"IT security in a crisis: how companies can survive a cyberattack" is the title of the event organised by TechnologieZentrumDortmund (TZDO) at the start of Digital Week Dortmund #diwodo .
The TZDO Business Breakfast on 1 September 2025 (Monday) from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. offers you exciting insights and networking contacts on the topic of cybersecurity. Photo: TZDO
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The event is free of charge and the number of participants is limited. Register now and by 28 August 2025 at the latest via the #diwodo website.
The venue is the Biomedicine Centre Dortmund (BMZ), Otto-Hahn-Straße 15, on the Science and Technology Campus Dortmund. The BMZ is the competence centre of the TZDO for the fields of biomedicine, biotechnology, bioinformatics, medical technology, proteomics and drug research. Car parking is available in the vicinity of the BMZ.
Panel discussion on the topic of IT security
We look forward to an exciting and insightful panel discussion with you on the important topic of IT security, which currently concerns all companies. You are welcome to contribute your specific concerns and questions. Afterwards, there will be an opportunity for personal dialogue and networking over coffee and sandwiches.
IT security experts who are intensively involved in the various aspects of cyber attacks and how to combat them will be discussing with us. The discussion will be moderated by TZDO Managing Director Dirk Stürmer.
Dirk Stürmer, Managing Director TechnologieZentrumDortmund. Photo: TZDO
With our event to kick off #diwodo, we want to provide you with practical insights and effective strategies for dealing with cyberattacks as well as actionable recommendations for your company.
Ransomware attack paralyses all systems
Our discussion centres on a real cyberattack in which the Bellendorf car dealership in Bottrop was the victim of a ransomware attack. The attackers paralysed all systems, encrypted data and demanded a high ransom. Customer data, appointments and workshop functions were no longer available.
Tobias Bellendorf, Managing Director Car dealership Bellendorf GmbHand Christian Hoffmeister, Chief Information Officer GREEN IT Das Systemhaus GmbHreport on the incident, how to deal with the crisis and show how companies can prepare for such cases.
Tobias Bellendorf, Managing Director of Autohaus Bellendorf. Photo: Autohaus Bellendorf
Christian Hoffmeister, Chief Information Officer GREEN IT. Photo: GREEN IT
Recognising cyberattacks early and taking action
Ralf Sturhan, Managing Director, explains what went wrong in all successful cyber attacks Cybersense GmbH. And this is not necessarily the fact that an attacker has succeeded in penetrating your IT - despite all your defences. Unfortunately, this can never be ruled out 100 per cent. The weak point in successful attacks is more likely to be that the intrusion was noticed too late or not at all. It is precisely in this area that many companies can still make great progress with simple means.
Ralf Sturhan, Managing Director of Cybersense. Photo: Cybersense
As an expert in digital forensics and IT security, Prof Dr Daniel Spiekermann will enrich the panel discussion. After several years as a professor at the Lower Saxony Police Academy in the field of digital forensics, Spiekermann has been working and researching as a Professor of Distributed Data Systems, Computer Science at Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts.
Prof Dr Daniel Spiekermann, Professor of Distributed Data Systems, Computer Science at Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts. Photo: FH Dortmund
Location network Expand in a relaxed dialogue
With the TZDO Business Breakfast, we want to promote the personal exchange of founders, start-ups and companies in Dortmund and further expand the location network in a relaxed dialogue.
Register now by 28 August at the latest
The event is free of charge and the number of participants is limited. Register now and by 28 August 2025 at the latest via the #diwodo website.
