Michael Schneider has over 25 years of experience at Continental and is currently Principal Expert Product Cybersecurity and Privacy. He leads an expert network for security & privacy topics in the Embedded Software, IT, and Industrial Engineering domain.
Previously, he supervised development of embedded software for vehicle dynamics and driver assistance systems for American OEMs and managed software projects in automotive applications.
The Pop in Your Job:
Why I like Cybersecurity and what made me become an Cybersecurity-Specialist (CISSP) is that I can protect the products I love and help create (vehicle dynamics, driver assistance systems).

AUMOVIO continues the business of the former Continental group sector Automotive as an independent company with its spin-off in September 2025. The technology and electronics company offers a wide-ranging portfolio that makes mobility safe, exciting, connected, and autonomous. This includes sensor solutions, displays, braking and comfort systems as well as comprehensive expertise in software, architecture platforms, and assistance systems for software-defined vehicles. In the fiscal year 2024 the business areas, which now belong to AUMOVIO, generated sales of 19.6 billion Euro. The company is headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany and has about 87.000 employees in more than 100 locations worldwide.