Would you like to level up your skills in cybersecurity?
This is exactly what Limes Academy offers you!
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The advantages of Limes Academy
Welcome to Limes Academy – We are your partner for in-depth knowledge, practical training, and customized continuing education courses on cybersecurity, OT security, and product & solution security. Our experienced experts accompany your employees on the path to sustainable, long-term security knowledge.
Practical security education
With Limes Academy and our experienced trainers, your team will always have up-to-date knowledge of technologies, methods and best practices. Our experts not only convey theory, they also prepare your team for common real-world security challenges with tried-and-tested practical knowledge.
In-house training for your company
Benefit from In-house training for your company, department or team. These are carried out on your premises, either virtually or in hybrid form, in a timeframe that suits your organisation.
This could mean a one-day training course or a boot camp lasting several consecutive days or hours per day for several weeks.
Customized training solutions
Learning content and exercises are individually adapted to your requirements. In addition to the content, this also includes any focus towards relevant industry standards/regulations.
Edutainment for your security education
Learning with the Limes Academy is more than just conveying knowledge:
Our edutainment approach combines education with a bit of entertainment and fun, thus making complex content tangible, understandable and effective in the long term. Through this we create a learning environment that motivates and inspires.
The Limes Security training offering
Increased security requirements due to new regulatory changes and industrial security standards as well as a constantly evolving threat landscape are presenting industrial component manufacturers, system integrators and plant operators with ever greater challenges. In this context, having a solid understanding of cybersecurity is essential, also outside of the core security team. Our training courses provide the necessary knowledge and guidelines for the handling cyber security in the industrial environment properly.
Certification
Personal certification by TÜV Austria Academy
The OT security training courses – from practitioner to manager – are divided into three main areas according to focus areas and last 2.5 days each. After completing the course, participants can take an exam, which is administered by the TÜV Austria Academy. This certification is perfect for employees from the industrial sector who want to visibly gain further qualifications in the field of OT security and also want to provide proof of their knowledge in this area.
Customized learning formats and solutions
Limes Academy is happy to support you with any cyber security training or skill enhancement needs of your employees. As part of our SHIELD* services, we create training (programs) tailored specifically to your needs. We can start developing custom trainings either from any existing training content or from any new requirements on your end, in order to develop a fitting education program.
*Security-focused– Heuristic– Individual– Education– Learning & Development
”If we want to counteract the shortage of cyber-skilled staff, then our goal must also be to enable people to enter or change careers into cybersecurity, by giving them well-curated learning and skill-development offerings!
Kerstin ReisingerHead of Limes Academy
What we recommend for building up security knowledge
Building security knowledge is more than “just” training – it is a strategic success factor for every company increasingly relying on digital information. With the right efforts, you will not only create security knowledge, but also promote a culture of security that strengthens your teams and infrastructure in the long term. Our recommendations show you how to develop skills in a practical, structured and future-proof way.
Discover our e-learning training courses!
Find out more about our e-learning options and provide your employees with OT security training at their own pace.
The Limes Academy Team
Get to know our training heroes
Thomas Brandstetter
is our „broad-spectrum antibiotic“ against security ignorance. As a Stuxnet Incident Handler and former head of Siemens ProductCERT, he knows industrial security from all life-cycle phases. He is Professor of IT and OT Security at the University of Applied Sciences St. Pölten and is certified for CISSP, GSEC, GICSP and GRID.
Lucas Brandstätter
supports companies in the introduction of management systems with his vast knowledge in the ISMS (ISO 27000) and OSMS (IEC 62443) area. In risk analyses and penetration tests, he checks systems for untapped potential for improvement. In training courses he emphasizes interactive feedback from participants.
Peter Eder-Neuhauser
shows the importance of integrated risk management, incident handling, coordinated IT governance, threat and gap analyses, privacy impact assessments and awareness through his research focus on malware propagation in IT/OT networks, specific mitigation measures and secure architecture.
Nino Fürthauer
supports customers as a penetration tester to better secure web applications, infrastructure and systems against attacks. As pro duct owner for the certification trainings offered by Limes Security in cooperation with TÜV Austria, he places special emphasis on every little detail.
Florian Gerstmayer
worked for several years as a project manager and embedded software developer, where he designed and implemented secure products. Thus, he knows from personal experience which topics need to be addressed in the management of systems, as well as implemented as a developer in a holistic concept, and is happy to pass this on to others.
Sixtus Leonhardsberger
is an OT Security Specialist with a focus on penetration testing of OT environments and embedded devices/IoT devices. In addition to his passion for technical OT security topics, he also shares his experience from consulting projects on securing networks and architectures with the training participants.
Peter Panholzer
is veteran of the first hour for industrial security and secure software development. He is a certified ISO 27001 auditor, member of the OVE working group on IEC 62443, hacker and for over ten years trainer for secure coding. He loves to give the participants tricky tasks and to assist them with the right security tips.
Kerstin Reisinger
is an Offensive Security Certified Professional and trainer for Industrial Security. As a long-standing, experienced project manager in complex OT security projects, she supports industrial companies and energy suppliers with a great deal of technical knowledge. She likes to incorporate this experience into her classes as war stories.
David Schauer
has an in-depth understanding of security from a technical and organizational perspective. In his projects, he uses this knowledge to build a bridge between technical requirements and management strategies. He shares his experience with the participants so that they can navigate securely in both security worlds.
Bettina Wächter
always has a clear overview and an eye for important details. With her knowledge of ISO 27000, IEC 62443 and NIS-2 as well as her experience in working with processes, she creates the organizational framework for the introduction of management systems. She values sustainable knowledge transfer.
Course book 2025/2026
Get the latest Limes Academy course book now and find the right OT security training for your company or your personal development.
Whether awareness training, technical training for experts, or individual workshops – our course book offers you a comprehensive overview of all available courses.
What you will find in our course book:
- Detailed course descriptions with learning objectives and target audiences
- Information on formats and booking options
- Offers for classroom training, online training and In-house workshops
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Frequently asked questions
How is training material provided?
Training documents are made available in PDF format via a download link shortly before the training starts. This gives you quick and easy access to all the necessary materials.
In which language are the training materials available?
Since many in-house training courses are conducted and are predominantly held in English, the training material is available in English. This ensures that all participants can use the content in a consistent and understandable manner.
I am interested in training, but the training dates or content are not quite right for me. Is it possible to customize the training?
Yes, the Limes Academy is happy to support you in training your employees and will put together a training program specially tailored to your requirements. Based on existing Training Contents, the training can be individually adapted to your wishes. This includes tailoring the content and examples to the level of knowledge of your employees, your industry and relevant standards and specifications. In addition, the duration of the training and the delivery method (on-site or online) can be adapted to the availability of the employees to be trained. Existing exercises can also be modified or new exercises developed that are geared to the specific skills of your employees. Request in-house training
Do I receive a certificate after completing the course?
Yes, a certificate of participation will be issued to each participant after successful completion of the course.
Daniela Weidinger, Academy Assistant
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