Gunter Ollmann

CTO, Cobalt

Six-time CTO and three-time CSO, Gunter perpetually operates at the forefront of offensive security consultancy and AI/ML powered threat detection and incident response technology development. As an expert in penetration testing and vulnerability research, he has built and led industry leading security consulting and R&D organizations for ISS, IBM, NCC Group, and IOActive. On the flipside, he has incubated and trailblazed new approaches in TDIR at Microsoft, IBM, Devo Inc., Vectra.AI, and Damballa – bringing to market leading AI and cloud solutions in the realm of SIEM, SOAR, IDPS, XDR, and threat intelligence.

Today, Gunter serves as CTO for Cobalt.io – harnessing a global community of hundreds of accomplished offensive security experts and bug hunters, and fusing them with the latest advancements in AI augmentation and automation to deliver the next generation of penetration testing-as-a-service (PTaaS).