About Greenbone
It’s the Team that Wins
Greenbone Networks was founded by leading experts for network security and free software in 2008. The company is headquartered in Osnabrück, Germany. Today our solutions are at work all over the world.
We offer an open source solution for vulnerability analysis and management – the Greenbone Security Manager (GSM). It identifies security risks in corporate IT, assesses their risk potential and recommends actions. The goal is to prevent attacks by targeting precautionary measures. The GSM is the perfect complement to reactive security tools like firewalls & Co.
Transparency and quality are important to us. Our customers receive a completely auditable product made in Germany, not a black box. Our solution has even found favor in high places. Greenbone has a contract with the German Federal Office for Information Security to support federal agencies in fending off cyber attacks.
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The Management Team
Dr. Jan-Oliver Wagner, CEO and Co-Founder of Greenbone Networks
Dr. Jan Oliver Wagner is one of the founders and CEO of the IT security company Greenbone Networks.
After a career in science, he specialized in shaping and implementing IT products. “Just like science, technology and control, I have always been enthusiastic about identifying customer interests and finding the appropriate entrepreneurial response.”
Transparency and openness in these areas are key factors for me to maintain sustainable economic success and to contribute to the development of our modern society, not least in terms of digital sovereignty.
Lukas Grunwald, CTO and Co-Founder of Greenbone Networks
I draw on 15 years of experience in IT security, specializing in the security of wireless/wired data and communications networks, forensic analysis, auditing and active networking. I’m often featured in industry publications, such as Wired and RFID Journal and also participate actively in conferences such as Hackers at Large, Hacking in Progress, Network World, Internet World, Linux World (USA/Europe), Linux Day Luxembourg, Linux Tag, CeBIT and Blackhat Briefings.
Let’s make this world a little bit better place to live in. Before you can secure it, you have to understand how it works and how to break it. Then, the best security solution can be delivered based on experience and knowledge. No matter what language you speak, what culture you live in, the problems are always the same, and I have seen most of the IT security challenges at large.
I have first-hand experience as an entrepreneur in Europe, the USA and Asia and am now helping build Greenbone to position the company as a world-class provider of network security scanning solutions. I co-authored various security auditing tools and made them available as free software published under GPL.
Elmar Geese, COO
I am part of the Greenbone management team since early 2020. From my role as COO, I am responsible for Operations, Marketing and Sales.
The security of information systems is fundamental for all organizations and our modern society. Greenbone makes a decisive contribution to making our world safer.
With our solutions for intelligent vulnerability management we have the potential to develop from a European market leader to an international player.
I am pleased to be able to make a decisive contribution here.