Christopher Heuer has been working as an IT security consultant at softScheck GmbH since 2026.
His professional focus includes IT security audits of networks, software and hardware products as well as the development, testing and evaluation of security concepts and security architectures. His background in PLC programming makes him a strong bridge between IT security and OT environments.
softScheck sheds light on the often-overlooked OT security risk surrounding the PROFINET mechanism ‘Reset to Factory’ and shows how it can be abused without authentication to deliberately disrupt industrial systems.