In a former live Serge Droz obtained a PhD in theoretical Physics from the University of Alberta. He then continued working as a post doc in the field of black hole physics and gravitational waves. In 2000 Serge Droz switched fields and became IT-security officer of the Paul Scherrer Institute, a large Swiss nuclear research facility. Since 2004 he works for SWITCH where today he is the team leader of SWITCH-CERT.