René Schuster studied Computer Engineering – Information Technologies at the university of applied sience in Wiener Neustadt (Lower Austria). He graduated with his diploma thesis 'Methodische Entwicklung eines Monitors mit Echzeitüberwachung für den PROFIBUS'. Afterwards he worked in automotive industry with a big company in Graz. There he developed sofware for control and automatisation of engine and drivetrain testbeds.
Since november 2007 he works at IIS in the area of security research.