Peter Kieseberg heads the Institute of IT Security Research at St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, as well as the JRC for Blockchain Technologies and Security Management. Peter received a master’s degree in technical mathematics in computer science from the VTU Wien with specializations in cryptography and numerical mathematics. He worked as a consultant in the telecommunication sector for several years before joining SBA Research. In 2017, he joined St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences as a lecturer on the focus topic of privacy. Since 2014, he has also been a visiting doctoral researcher at the Holzinger Group Human-Centered AI and been involved in standardization activities at ETSI (TC-CYBER). His main research interests include various topics in the area of IT security: privacy protection and the GDPR, securing blockchains and DLTs, as well as fingerprinting sensitive data.