Our Authors

Graduated in Management at the University of Cagliari and at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Lorenzo Asuni has over 10 years of experience in startup and scaleup filed as Marketing & Sales Director. In the past he launched AirHelp, YCombinator startup included among the top 100 global startups in 2016, Lunii a French scaleup and led the growth of the Italian Enuan. He has an international experience between the USA and Europe, specialized in Growth Hacking and Digital Marketing. It has also recently launched two projects in the field of sport marketing and health-tech: respectively Teda and Healthy Virtuoso, a rapidly expanding reality in recent years.

In February 2022 he joined the Ermes team as Chief Marketing Officer leading the company's initiatives aimed at disseminating knowledge and awareness of its innovative security system and will promote the large-scale expansion of corporate marketing to respond to the direction of international growth recently undertaken by the company.

Lou Covey is the Chief Editor for Cyber Protection Magazine. In 50 years as a journalist he covered American politics, education, religious history, women’s fashion, music, marketing technology, renewable energy, semiconductors, avionics. He is currently focused on cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. He published a book on renewable energy policy in 2020 and is writing a second one on technology aptitude. He hosts the Crucial Tech podcast.

Lou Covey is the Chief Editor for Cyber Protection Magazine. In 50 years as a journalist he covered American politics, education, religious history, women’s fashion, music, marketing technology, renewable energy, semiconductors, avionics. He is currently focused on cybersecurity and artificial intelligence. He published a book on renewable energy policy in 2020 and is writing a second one on technology aptitude. He hosts the Crucial Tech podcast.

Lydia Zhang is the President and Co-founder of Ridge Security. She holds an impressive entrepreneurial-focused resume that includes 20 years of leadership roles in network and cyber security. Lydia leads a Silicon Valley cybersecurity startup that develops automated penetration testing with the goal of delivering innovative security technologies to all.  Prior to founding Ridge Security, Zhang held Senior Vice President and Product Management roles at Hillstone Networks and Cisco Systems. She holds a double Masters, MA, and MS, from USC, and a degree from Tsinghua University in Biomedical Engineering

Mahbubul Alam is the CEO and co-founder of TrustedMobi and co-author of book series on software defined vehicles. TrustedMobi provides trustworthy artificial intelligence real-time mobility application platform for connected and autonomous vehicles. Prior to TrustedMobi, Mahbubul was Chief Technology & Marketing Officer at Movimento which offered comprehensive software/firmware over-the-air update for vehicles. Movimento was acquired by Aptiv PLC in 2017 (formally known as Delphi Automotive), where Mahbubul was responsible for Movimento and Aptiv’s OTA services & autonomous vehicle cloud services platform. Mahbubul has spent 14 years in Cisco in various product management & leadership position including heading Internet of Things platform with P&L responsibility for $700M product portfolio. Mahbubul holds MSc EE from Delft University of Technology, Netherlands. 

Marc Lueck is a senior security practitioner with over 20 years of experience crossing multiple industry sectors, from financial services to publishing. With a strong technical background, he has spent the past ten years leading security improvement programmes for the likes of Pearson, T-Systems and Symantec. Lueck is also an advisory board member of ClubCISO, a security leadership peer group.

Mareike Vogt has been a data protection specialist at TÜV SÜD Sec-IT since 2018. As external Data Protection Officer (DPO), she advises companies on all issues related to data protection and data privacy, monitors their processes relevant to these areas and supports companies in their communications with supervisory authorities. Her area of expertise also covers advisory services, e.g. for internal data protection officers.

In 2020 Mareike Vogt was further appointed Data Protection Coordinator of TÜV SÜD Sec-IT. In this role, she supports management and is responsible for the internal implementation of data protection measures. Within the scope of her professional activities, she also gained certified qualifications as a data protection auditor and information security officer. Mareike Vogt laid the foundations for her activities as data protection specialist during her bachelor's and master's studies in law and economic sciences at Augsburg University.

Maria Elena Gonzalez is a broadcast journalist and has been working as a tech writer for almost three years. During this time, her work has been published by companies like TechAccute, Trip University, and Entrepreneur.