Christiane Kirketerp de Viron

Christiane Kirketerp de Viron is the Acting Director for Cybersecurity and Trust at the European Commission’s Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content and Technology (DG Connect) since July 2024. The Directorate spans a wide range of areas related to cybersecurity, digital identity and trust services. In 2022 she became the Head of Unit for cybersecurity and digital privacy policy with responsibilities for critical infrastructure resilience, product security, cyber defence and international cooperation in the field for cybersecurity. Between 2019 and 2022, she was Member of Cabinet to the Commissioner for Budget and Administration Johannes Hahn where her portfolio included the digital transformation and cybersecurity of the EU institutions, Bodies and Agencies as well as political advice related to Research and Innovation, Digital policies, Education, Space and Defence. Prior to this, she was a Cabinet member of the Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation, Carols Moedas. Christiane is a political scientist from the University of Copenhagen and joined the Commission in 2006.