Interview: Is the Security Train Already Gone for Germany? The Only Way Back Is Disruption — We’ll Show How

Germany doesn’t have an innovation problem in security. It has a model problem. For years, the industry optimized for low-cost supply, long projects, and vendor dependence—and called it “standard.” In a geopolitics-driven world, that has become a risk.
In this talk, Carsten Simons shows why disruption is the only realistic way back: change the economics, remove the friction, and build security technology that can be produced, delivered, and operated from Germany at scale.
No nostalgia. No theory. Just a practical path—and the few moves that actually matter.