Next Stop: Fulda
On the way to the Verband Deutscher Eisenbahn-Ingenieure e.V. (VDEI) conference about railway cybersecurity where I’ll be speaking tomorrow… of course by train!

On the way to the Verband Deutscher Eisenbahn-Ingenieure e.V. (VDEI) conference about railway cybersecurity where I’ll be speaking tomorrow… of course by train!

We are already seeing real-world applications of artificial intelligence in the rail sector. Deutsche Bahn is using artificial intelligence to reduce delays on its network. My prediction: This is just the beginning of ML/AI applications in our sector. We will see machine learning and AI algorithms becoming more and more widespread in the coming years….
The beauty of a business trip to Vienna by night train: The possibility to fall asleep watching a wonderful sunset while driving through the Swabian Alb.
The German BSI (Federal Office for Information Security) and TÜV-Verband conducted a survey among German companies to assess the status of cybersecurity in the private sector. Some worrying results from my point of view are: 🌐 Link to the study: BSI – Presse – TÜV-Studie zur Cybersicherheit der deutschen Wirtschaft: Bedrohungslage steigt, Unternehmen wiegen sich…
Here are some questions to ask! Of course this is not the full list of questions, since your environment has to be known to choose the corresponding countermeasures.
With this year’s timetable change, the first part of the new railway line between Ulm and Stuttgart is finally going to be in operation – thus, reducing the journey between both cities from 1h to only 45 min. More changes in the German railway timetable for 2023 are presented in this video:
This was my start into the new week this morning! 🌞🚴 This week I’m at one of our customers laboratories. Certain tests with OT components require physical presence and can’t be done remotely – which is a difference to a lot of IT environments.