Benjamin Michéle received a Dipl.-Ing. degree in computer engineering from the Berlin Institute of Technology (TU Berlin) in 2009. Following this, he has been working as a research assistant at TU Berlin and the Telekom Innovation Laboratories until 2015. He has authored a book on Smart TV security and is currently finishing his PhD thesis on the topic of consumer electronics security. His research focuses on the security of Smart TVs’ media playback system and the security of broadcasting-related technologies such as DVB-T and HbbTV. He has been working closely with the corresponding consortia and vendors to improve the security of devices and standards.