Rico Kerstan

I am Rico Kerstan. I combine AI, transformation and organisational resilience: changing how work is done and building organisations’ ability to adapt and act.

Since 2023, I have been rebuilding KR as an AI-native business. This first-hand experience informs my work on AI and organisational change.

Intergraf

I am an Intergraf auditor for ISO 14298 and INTERGRAF 15374. I have led ICR projects on information security and the integration of AI and agentic AI. As initiator and trainer of the Intergraf Academy, I work with security professionals worldwide on security, resilience, crisis management and AI defence capabilities.

ISO 14298 concerns management of security printing processes. INTERGRAF 15374 concerns security management for suppliers to the security printing industry. ICR means Intergraf Certification Requirements.

Intergraf: ISO 14298 / INTERGRAF 15374 · Intergraf Academy

My experience in management, audit, cyber and security supports this work.

Background

I have been managing partner of KR Krisensicher Risikoberatung GmbH since 2019. Before that, I worked for just over six years at the Bundesdruckerei: first as Risk and Security Manager, then as Consultant: focusing on risk and security management for critical infrastructure and high-security processes.

I hold lecturing positions at NBS Northern Business School Hamburg (resilience and civil protection, corporate security) and previously at HWR Berlin. I am the national chair of BVKR e.V.: the German association for crisis resilience.

Since 2024, I am working on my PhD at the Technical University of Ostrava, researching the effectiveness of crisis management approaches in the German business context.

Education: B.Eng. in Hazard Control (HAW Hamburg), MBA in International Management (HWR Berlin).

Certifications: Lead Auditor ISO 27001, Business Continuity Manager ISO 22301, KRITIS auditor pursuant to §8a BSIG, Intergraf auditor for ISO 14298.

Languages: German (native), English (business fluent).

External references

• LinkedIn profile: Rico Kerstan — professional background, KR Krisensicher Risikoberatung GmbH, crisis management, and organizational resilience
• Radio Cottbus: Chef on Air — Rico Kerstan with Krisensicher Risikoberatung GmbH — public entrepreneur and expert profile
• Security Network: BVKR crisis resilience association elects new federal board — external reference to Rico Kerstan as founder and managing director of KR Krisensicher Risikoberatung GmbH
• IHK Ostbrandenburg: Crisis resilience is a leadership task — and learnable — expert article on crisis resilience and leadership responsibility