Dieter Gollmann
Gollmann’s research and widely used security-engineering texts connect foundational concepts to deployed systems.
Dieter Gollmann is a computer-security scholar associated with Hamburg University of Technology and SBA Research. His work has covered communications security, software security, application security, and security in distributed systems.
Security engineering across layers
Gollmann’s writing emphasizes that sound security depends on the interaction of mechanisms, systems, and operational context. His textbook Computer Security has been used to introduce the discipline’s concepts and engineering trade-offs.
Timeline
- 1984Receives a doctorate from Johannes Kepler University Linz.
- 1991Receives habilitation in computer science at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.
- 2001Publishes the first edition of Computer Security.
Dieter Gollmann
- Type
- Person
- Era
- 1980s-Present
- Known for
- Security engineering; Distributed applications; Computer Security textbook
- Tags
- security-engineering, distributed-systems, software-security, academia, books
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