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Gerald Sendera

Gerald Sendera

is Data Protection Supervisor and Legal Counsel for SBA Research. He is Consultant for cybersecurity legislation and data protection.

Consulting Area

Gerald’s consulting activities are focused on cybersecurity regulation and data protection. He combines legal expertise with hands-on experience in information technology.

  • Cybersecurity legislation compliance (CRA, AI-Act, …)
  • Data protection compliance
  • Data protection audit
  • External data protection officer
  • Lectures and talks (cybersecurity legislation, data protection)
  • Awareness talks, Assessments, Workshops


Research Interests

Gerald’s main research interest is the impact of European and national regulatory efforts in cybersecurity and data protection on an organizations required compliance measures and operations.


Bio

Gerald graduated in law at the University of Vienna (Mag.iur) in 2001 and has been working in IT since 2004 in different functions and joined SBA in 2017. During his career he completed technical certification trainings for vendor solutions such as AvayaCisco or Oracle. He is CIS-certified Data Protection Officer and was awarded the Privacy Professional certification at Sigmund Freud University Vienna’s Training Academy.