CompTIA Security+
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Meet FRATCH CompTIA Security+
Andreas R.
Last position:
Freelance Information Security Consultant at A-R-C Andreas Rühl Consulting
Development and implementation of customized information security strategies
Introduction and further development of ISMS according to ISO 27001, BSI-Grundschutz and other standards
Risk management and preparation of security concepts
Consulting for KRITIS, PCI DSS, TISAX and VdS 3473/10000
Establishment and optimization of security organizations
Creation and implementation of policies, guidelines, work instructions and process descriptions
Audit support and certification preparation
Delivery of training sessions, workshops and awareness campaigns
Selection and consulting for the introduction of IT security solutions such as SIEM, DLP, IDS/IPS, firewalls and encryption technologies
Conducting penetration tests and vulnerability analyses
Consulting on the selection, integration and management of security architectures in complex IT environments
Consulting on ITSM, managed security services and SOC
Management and coordination of complex projects to improve information security
Process analysis, optimization and management according to ITIL, ISO 27001 and cybernetics
Introduction and quality assurance of management, documentation and knowledge management systems
Support in complying with regulatory information security requirements (e.g. GDPR, HIPAA, SOX, GMP, KRITIS)
Development and implementation of risk analysis procedures
Organization of initial response, forensic investigations and organizational measures in security incidents
Design and delivery of targeted workshops on topics such as ISMS, IT risks and current threat scenarios
Awareness campaigns to promote a security culture in companies
Special training on ISO 27001, BSI-Grundschutz, KRITIS and other relevant standards
Simulations and exercises to prepare for information security incidents
Interim management for leading information security projects or IT security organizations
Taking on the role of external CISO (Chief Information Security Officer)
Support in developing and implementing IT security and corporate strategies
Coaching and mentoring of managers in information security
Establishment and management of security departments, including employee recruitment and qualification
Temporary assumption of management responsibility in critical situations
Chrisabel P.
Last position:
AI Systems & Product Strategy Expert at Webmeisterin
I build. I advise. I think in systems. After years leading digital transformation at scale — Accenture, BP, Lidl — I made a deliberate choice: trade platform dependency for structural independence. My focus is at the intersection of AI systems, product strategy, and venture thinking. I work with operators and founders who want to move fast without losing control — of their data, their stack, their direction.
Michael N.
Last position:
Hardware Development Engineer at Thales
- Architected and implemented a bidirectional USB-C 3.0 Power Delivery (PD/DRP) system for 24V battery charging, successfully minimizing software integration risks through targeted feasibility studies.
- Integrated CAN, USB 3.0, Gigabit-Ethernet, and Audio-Codec interfaces in Altium Designer, successfully delivering the complete system schematic ready for board redesign.
ACHIEVEMENTS:
- Rescued a failing (military) legacy project by reverse engineering undocumented hardware, successfully resolving critical design flaws and consolidating the Altium project.
Alwin G.
Last position:
IT Interim Manager & AI Strategist
- Founder of CheironX: AI-supported GRC management (ISO 27001, BSI IT-Grundschutz, TISAX, DORA)
- Strategic focus on Agentic AI and GenAI for modern IT Governance, Risk & Compliance Management
- IT interim management and strategic consulting
Jerry B.
Last position:
Owner at DIGIPM Consulting e.U.
From 02/2023 to 05/2024: IT interim manager within an international construction chemicals group headquartered in Germany as Global TSA Manager in a carve-out project responsible for the IT workstream.
End-to-end management of an international IT carve-out and TSA program, including transition of five service providers, governance and operating structures, service continuity, provider performance, SLA/KPI and cost management, SIAM and supplier management, security services, operational readiness, and transition into stable operations.
From 06/2024: IT consulting in project management and IT service management areas, providing PM/PMO coaching and support.
Christoph P.
Last position:
ICT DevSecOps Engineer & Security Coordinator at Abraxas Informatik AG
- Interface role with the SOC team; improved incident response time by 45% through structured escalation processes and proactive security monitoring.
- Defined technical standards for a multi-tenant enterprise platform (10+ services), resulting in a 30% shorter onboarding time for new clients in the public sector.
- Active knowledge transfer and mentoring of a 6-person team; increased team autonomy and established a sustainable engineering culture.
- Reduced time to market by 50% by optimizing CI/CD pipelines and establishing self-service deployments.
- Stack: GitLab CI/CD, Kubernetes, Nexus, Harbor, ArgoCD, HashiCorp Vault, Grafana, Python, PostgreSQL, Java, Spring Boot, Flyway, Quarkus, JBoss, Loki, Go, Kafka, Kustomize, MongoDB
Olaf S.
Last position:
Trainer & Facilitator for Digital Sovereignty at ITSM-COLOGNE
Project: Digital Sovereignty – Toll Collect
Workshop: Digital Sovereignty Recognize dependencies, reduce risks, remain capable of acting
Format
- One-day practical seminar
Target group
- Executive management
- IT managers
- Data protection officers
- Compliance functions
Content and objectives
- Systematic analysis of digital dependencies
- Assessment of legal and operational risks
- Development of a concrete plan to increase digital sovereignty
- Mapping of the entire IT infrastructure by participants
- Identification of critical dependencies on non-European providers
- Creation of a prioritized risk matrix based on:
- GDPR
- NIS2
- EU AI Act
- Joint development of options for action – from a hybrid model to complete migration to European solutions
- Development of an individual sovereignty roadmap with:
- Responsibilities
- Milestones
- Budget framework
Agenda
- Preliminary self-assessment (current infrastructure)
- Digital sovereignty? Nothing but an illusion
- Digital sovereignty 2026 – Germany’s dangerous dependency in focus
- Digital sovereignty & open source
- What is digital sovereignty?
- Three questions raised by digital sovereignty
- Reflection: Digital sovereignty in your own life
- Why is digital sovereignty existential now?
- Practical examples of digital sovereignty
- Schleswig-Holstein initiative
- Benefits of digital sovereignty for your company
- Assessing strategy options (cost-benefit matrix)
- Sovereign provider? 10 questions
- What does digital sovereignty specifically mean for your company?
- How do you shape digital sovereignty?
- Digital sovereignty and psychological safety
- Psychological safety: The key to high-performing teams
- Why psychological safety in your company?
- Benefits of psychological safety
- Invitation to group work: PsySafety Check (PS-C)
- The “Braintrust” experiment
- Creating a risk matrix
- Creating a roadmap & project plan
- European alternatives to US Big Tech
- 10-point plans:
- NIS2
- EU AI Act
- GDPR
- ISO 27001
John A.
Last position:
Software Developer and DevOps Engineer at Bundesrechenzentrum (BRZ)
Refactoring and improving core APIs; implementing client change requests. Setting up metrics, traces, and logs monitoring infrastructure to support operations. Designing GitOps deployment and infrastructure as code. Applications and systems configuration in ArgoCD and Openshift. Confluence documentation of design, approach, and solution. Tech Stack: Java 8 & 21, Spring framework, JSP, JavaScript, Bash scripts, SQL, Grafana Stack, OpenTelemetry, Docker, DB2, Maven, Kubernetes Kompose.
Constantinos S.
Last position:
Managing Director at PrimeLogic Advisory Sàrl
- Partnering with organisations to manage complex IT programmes, architect and implement ERP solutions, and embed AI where it drives measurable performance gains.
- ERP solution architecture and hands-on delivery across the full lifecycle (Oracle Cloud, Infor LN, Cegid, iValua)
- Programme and delivery leadership in both Waterfall and Agile environments (SAFe / Scrum / Kanban) - governance, stakeholder management, and execution at scale
- Comprehensive assessment of business processes, organizational maturity, and technology landscape to ensure successful ERP adoption and digital transformation initiatives
- Current mandate: Oracle Cloud SCM implementation for a Big Four consultancy
- Geneva-based; operating across Switzerland and the EU
Shamaila M.
Last position:
Founder/Kubernetes and Cloud Architect at Kubekanvas
- Developed browser based platform for kubernetes no-code deployment and cluster management
- Developed CLI in Typescript to deploy the resources in the cluster without leaving the browser UI.
- Implemented DevSecOps pipelines: image scanning, SBOM, policy enforcement, supply-chain security and used Kyverno. Implemented IAM integration for the command line utility tool.
- Designed role & permission models for Keycloak, oAuth/OIDC, social login flows.
- Used LLM to convert user intent into the diagram.
- Worked on integration with multiple Sovereign Cloud like stackIt, Hetzner, CIVO, UpCloud plus public clouds like AWS, GCP, Azure
- The technology stack includes Java, SpringBoot, Kubernetes, OpenAI, Kubernetes multi-tenancy using vCluster, Karpenter, RBAC for CLI, Helm, React
Manuel P.
Last position:
AI Engineer at Misumi Europe GmbH & Motius GmbH
- Designed and built a next-generation NLP platform to accelerate sales-driven customer service through intelligent request analysis and routing, reducing average customer query response time by 30%.
- Architected a hybrid NLP system combining Large Language Models (LLMs) with traditional NLP pipelines for robust, explainable results.
- Developed request classification and routing mechanisms to accelerate customer support teams in handling customer queries faster and more accurately.
- Optimized LLM based data extraction and classification with context engineering.
- Integrated the platform into customer service processes, reducing response times and enhancing workforce efficiency.
Pedro L.
Last position:
Fraud & Financial Crime Specialist at JP Morgan Chase
- Conducted CDD and risk-based AML/KYC assessments on high-risk customers, independently determining risk classification.
- Performed enhanced due diligence (EDD), verifying source of wealth/funds against expected client profile and activity.
- Conducted sanctions and adverse media screening; identified and escalated red flags for senior review.
- Investigated AML/financial crime alerts via transaction monitoring, deciding closure, further review, or escalation.
- Prepared escalation memos and audit-ready case documentation for high-risk and onboarding decisions.
- Liaised with front-office, Compliance and Risk teams on AML/KYC matters; contributed to policy and procedure updates.
Christian F.
Last position:
Project Lead & Cyber Security Consultant at Deutsche Börse Gruppe
- Established a cyber resilience framework for AI-accelerated threats in the Frontier AI Threat Endurance (FATE) program: capability assessments, maturity assessments and gap analyses covering cyber security, operational resilience, incident response, recovery and governance, followed by target concepts and improvement measures
- Supported action owners from specification through implementation: implementation roadmaps, decision papers, management presentations and governance reporting, as well as audit- and supervision-ready documentation; managed stakeholders from IT, Information Security, Risk Management, Operational Resilience, Business Continuity and the business units
Michael F.
Last position:
Self-employed IT Consultant, Business Analyst and Requirements Engineer at Räv IT
- Conducting analyses and identifying options
- Process analysis
- Preparing requirements specifications for tenders (government environment including EU projects)
- Preparing specifications for software developers (agile and classic environments, from Software Requirements Specification to User Stories)
- Managing development teams
- Taking on the Product Owner role
- IT consulting with a focus on Business Analysis, processes, ways of working and standards
Philipp L.
Last position:
External Consultant & Interim Manager at Löffler Management GmbH
- Project Manager for IT Governance and IT Compliance (including ISAE 3402, ISO 27001, DORA and NIS2 implementations)
- Project Manager for Digital Transformation (including ServiceNow)
- Industries: Banking, Insurance and Automotive
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CompTIA Security+ statistics
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
22 years
Position duration
3.1 years
Positions per freelancer
14
Top business areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Operations
Top industries
Information Technology, Professional Services, Manufacturing
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Quality Assurance, Project Management
Bachelor's degree or higher
87%
Master's degree or higher
53%
Doctorate
9%
Certifications per freelancer
9
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
97%
Based on our profile pool as of 21 Oct 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of experts holding this certification are distributed, based on recent contracts on our platform. Each bar covers a rate range — its height shows the share of experts charging within that range.
Average rates for CompTIA Security+
Rates are based on recent contracts and do not include FRATCH margin.
The average daily rate is the mean of all daily rates from recent contracts of comparable freelancers on our platform.
The median daily rate is the middle value of all daily rates — half of comparable freelancers charge less, half charge more. Unlike the average, it is barely affected by outliers.
Calculated based on our freelancers’ daily rates as of 21 Oct 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
CompTIA Security+ experts industry focus
See which industries our matched freelancers work in most often — every figure is calculated live from the freelancers on FRATCH.
- Information Technology (78%)
- Professional Services (55%)
- Manufacturing (53%)
- Automotive (44%)
- Banking and Finance (43%)
- Healthcare (32%)
- Energy (32%)
- Government and Administration (31%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the certification
Core Security Capabilities Verified by the Certification
The CompTIA Security+ certification validates foundational, vendor-neutral IT security skills. Freelancers holding this credential demonstrate a practical, hands-on understanding of threat management, vulnerability mitigation, and secure network architecture. They are equipped to proactively identify security incidents, implement robust defense mechanisms, and support organizational compliance initiatives across diverse business sectors.
Essential Technical Skills for Security Projects
A certified professional brings a broad range of technical competences to secure your corporate infrastructure and digital assets. They understand how to establish secure hybrid environments, deploy cryptographic solutions, and configure identity and access control models. Their practical knowledge covers several vital domains:
- Threat detection, vulnerability scanning, and proactive mitigation
- Identity and access management implementation including multi-factor authentication
- Secure network design, port configurations, and protocol selection
- Risk assessment, risk tolerance alignment, and policy formulation
- Incident response planning, basic forensics, and disaster recovery support
Business Value of Hiring Security+ Freelancers
Engaging a certified security specialist ensures that your digital assets, user identities, and network perimeters are protected against evolving cyber threats. These experts help businesses minimize the risk of costly data breaches, implement zero-trust principles, and establish proactive network monitoring. Their training aligns with global standards, making them valuable assets for companies aiming to meet strict regulatory audits and client security requirements.
Typical Project Roles and Environments
Freelancers with this certification typically step into critical roles such as security administrators, network security engineers, or cybersecurity consultants. They assist with security audits, install and configure firewalls, manage digital certificates, and guide internal teams on threat awareness. They adapt quickly to diverse cloud, on-premises, and hybrid IT infrastructures, ensuring immediate contribution to project teams.
Frequently asked questions
Everything clients usually want to know about CompTIA Security+, in one place.
The CompTIA Security+ certification validates core knowledge in cybersecurity, confirming that a professional possesses the foundational skills required to secure networks and devices. It proves competence in threat detection, risk management, and identity controls.
While Network+ focuses on designing and managing network infrastructure, CompTIA Security+ specifically emphasizes securing that infrastructure. A specialist with the security credential prioritizes threat mitigation, cryptography, and access controls over general network engineering.
You should engage a CompTIA Security+ freelancer for projects involving vulnerability assessments, identity management setups, network hardening, or security policy drafting. They are ideal for initial security implementations and compliance preparation projects.
Yes, the CompTIA Security+ curriculum covers security concepts across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments. It prepares professionals to secure cloud assets and manage access controls within cloud infrastructures.
Yes, CompTIA Security+ is an internationally recognized, vendor-neutral credential that complies with ISO 17024 standards. This global recognition ensures that certified freelancers understand standardized security practices applicable worldwide.
System administrators, network engineers, security analysts, and junior penetration testers often hold CompTIA Security+. It serves as a benchmark credential for IT professionals transitioning into dedicated cybersecurity roles.
Freelancers must maintain their CompTIA Security+ status through the CompTIA Continuing Education program. They achieve this by participating in industry activities, earning advanced certifications, or completing relevant training courses.
Yes, CompTIA Security+ is widely accepted by public and private organizations to meet strict cybersecurity compliance frameworks. Hiring certified freelancers helps demonstrate a commitment to standardized security principles during audits.
The average hourly rate for freelancers with CompTIA Security+ is 110 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 878 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers with CompTIA Security+, 87% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 53% hold at least a Master's degree, and 9% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers with CompTIA Security+ have 22 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3.1 years.
The most common languages among freelancers with CompTIA Security+ are German (99%), English (97%), and French (24%).
The most common industries among freelancers with CompTIA Security+ are Information Technology (78%), Professional Services (55%), and Manufacturing (53%).
The most common business areas among freelancers with CompTIA Security+ are Information Technology (86%), Project Management (77%), and Operations (66%).
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