Kalman Simon has over 16 years of experience at Knorr-Bremse, currently serving as Product Cybersecurity Engineering Manager with global responsibility for product cybersecurity engineering activities. In his role he was responsible for setting up the global cybersecurity organization, processes, and technical concepts to secure the safety critical products (brake system, steering system) of Knorr-Bremse. Before that, he has led the Platform Software Department in Knorr-Bremse R&D Centre Hungary, focusing on safety-critical embedded system. Previously, he was Platform Software Team Leader for nearly nine years and served as Platform Software Subproject Manager at Knorr-Bremse Systeme für Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH in Germany, specializing in safety-critical embedded systems.
The Pop in Your Job:
My mission at Knorr-Bremse to make our products not only safe but also secure in close cooperation with our customer. I really like in my job that I can form to which direction my company and products shall go from cybersecurity point of view. Additionally, I also enjoy that I have to manage cybersecurity in the complete ecosystem of our products, which helps me learn a lot about systems out of the embedded world.

Knorr-Bremse Commercial Vehicle Systems: The Commercial Vehicle Systems division offers its customers braking systems for trucks, buses, trailers and agricultural machinery. In the chassis systems sector, Knorr-Bremse is a leading player in electronic control, driver assistance and air supply systems. Other product fields include steering systems, powertrain-related systems and torsional vibration dampers for diesel engines.