About the Reviewer

Dr. Michael Spreitzenbarth, after finishing his diploma thesis with the major topic of mobile phone forensics, worked as a freelancer in the IT security sector for several years. In 2013, he finished his PhD at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg in the field of Android forensics and mobile malware analysis. Since then, he has been working as a team lead in an internationally operating CERT.

Dr. Michael Spreitzenbarth's daily work deals with the security of mobile systems, forensic analysis of smartphones and suspicious mobile applications, as well as the investigation of security-related incidents within ICS environments. At the same time he is working on the improvement of mobile malware analysis techniques and research in the field of Android and iOS forensics as well as mobile application testing.