Oliver Eckel

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Oliver is an accomplished, dedicated and certified Security Executive with a proven international track record of successfully completing highly complex enterprise-wide security projects, developing and improving risk management, security and internal control processes, effectively managing and mentoring solutions-oriented, multi-disciplined, multinational teams in the telecommunications, defence, insurance, banking and gaming industries, as well as in the public sector.

After studying at Vienna University and having had several IT positions in Austria, Oliver moved on to gain professional experience in various security positions in Eastern and Western Europe, Africa and Asia.

In 2006, Oliver changed from the financial sector to the gaming industry to become bwin’s first Head of Corporate Security. Embracing the dynamic and challenging nature of online gaming, Oliver successfully designed and implemented an enterprise risk and security management system to prepare bwin for the years to come.

He is actually CEO of Cognosec, a company that assists and enables the safeguarding of corporate assets managing and implementing assignments varying from the most simple to the highly complex projects in Europe, Middle East, Africa, and the America regions

Oliver has been a speaker at various conferences throughout Europe and is an active member of several renowned organisations, such as ISACA. He is a well known figure of the online gaming industry due to his Director of the Board position at eCOGRA.