Mag. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Michael Sonntag is associate professor at the Johannes Kepler University in Linz at the Institute for Networks and Security. He studied both computer science and law and is researching and teaching in the areas of privacy, web security, computer forensics, and IT law. Besides the universities Linz and Graz he regularly teaches at the ELTE in Budapest and the university of economics in Prague.

He is also a sworn and certified court experts for computer science (Allgemein beeideter und gerichtlich zertifizierter Sachverständiger für die Fachgebiete 68.10, 68.11, 68.50, 68.60, 68.65 und 68.75).