About Me
OT Security Consultant
Josefine Foehre
Hi, I am Josefine. I’ve been living and working in Germany and the US and am fluent in both languages. I am currently based in Germany and work remotely for different time zones. I love to travel, explore new things and consider myself a lifelong learner.
I would be happy to work with you on your OT Security challenges.
Skills
Work Experience
Acent AG – Associate Partner
09/24 – today, Remote
foehreSolutions – OT Security & Automation Consultant
03/23 – today, Remote
Development, improvement and implementation of OT security-related measures for clients in the manufacturing and chemical environment. In addition, conducting gap analyses in regard to local and international standards and risk assessments in relation to internal company guidelines.
Digitalization projects to meet Industry 4.0 goals.
Covestro Deutschland AG – OT Security Officer EMEA
05/20 – 04/22 in Leverkusen, Germany
Development, improvement, and implementation of IT security measures related to OT systems.
Execution and implementation of OT Security projects as defined in OT Security strategy.
Consulting for local PCT on IT related technical issues on security aspects.
Identification and reporting of local awareness and training needs, Maintaining high awareness through campaigns and user training.
Support of central IT/OT security projects e.g. SIEM, SOC.
Support of different production sites and units regarding OT Security topics as meeting legal requirements, fulfilling the internal OT Security standard, running risk assessments and audits, exchanging knowledge/information between sites by leading regional and global communities.
Liaison for departments as SOC, IR teams, local and global PCT, vendor and IT.
Management of interfaces to other departments as laboratories, Research & Development and IT.
Support in developing an OT in Cloud strategy.
Standards: IEC62443, ISO 270001, NIST 800-82 and Cybersecurity framework.
Up to date on regional (Germany) legal requirements as IT Security Law 2.0 and KAS51, align to a global scale.
Covestro Deutschland AG/LLC – PCT Project Engineer
01/19 – 04/20 in Baytown, US
Distributed Control Systems, automation projects, project management, PCT related knowledge transfer between US and Germany, site support regarding automation topics, knowledge transfer between site and project.
Covestro Deutschland AG – PCT Engineer
03/13 – 12/18 in Dormagen, Germany
Distributed Control Systems, safety control systems, batch, implementation of OT Security guidelines, interface to the Manufacturing Executing System, production tool support, troubleshooting, turnarounds, software support for projects, soft- and hardware engineering in multiple S- and M-projects, migration projects, liaison for external companies and vendors.
Bayer MaterialScience AG – Student Trainee
10/10 – 02/13 in Dormagen, Germany
PCT Unit Engineer, development of fundamental knowledge in the field of Process Control Technology, instrumentation engineering, maintenance, and process control system.
Education
Niederrhein University of Applied Science
03/13 – 12/14
M. Eng. Electrical Engineering, Automation Technology.
Thesis: Comparison of a boiler cascade control using a near infrared
(NIR) probe and a heat balance model, respectively.
Niederrhein University of Applied Science
09/08 – 02/13
B. Eng. Electrical Engineering – Automation Technology, cooperative
study program, Ewald-Kalthoefer Prize for the best thesis.
Thesis: Realization of a route control system with SIMATIC PCS7 with
special consideration of SIMATIC Route Control.
Currenta GmbH &Co. OHG
08/08 – 06/10
Apprenticeship Technician for Electronics of Automation Technology,
cooperative study program.
