Cybersecurity Experts in Switzerland
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Tomas H.
Last position:
Senior Advisor at Private Equity company (Business Integration)
Engaged to build governance, risk and process-improvement capabilities from scratch across approximately 30 fast-growing, decentralised lines of business in Germany, driving quality and productivity gains across business and functional teams.
- Applied Six Sigma root-cause analysis methodology (5-Why, Fishbone/Ishikawa) to lead investigations and process-improvement initiatives across the organisation’s finance, risk, IT and procurement functions, driving corrective actions and process redesign through to verified, sustained closure.
- Delivered structured training programmes to approximately 1,200 employees, for Compliance topics, incl. Six Sigma analysis and process-improvement methodology, building a continuous-improvement mindset and self-assessment capability across business and functional leaders.
- Analysed and optimized finance, risk and procurement processes across approximately 30 decentralised lines of business, developing and implementing continuous-improvement strategies and collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders (Finance, Controlling, IT, Procurement) to achieve measurable quality and productivity gains.
Greg M.
Last position:
S/4HANA Transformation & Stabilization Lead at FANUC AG
- Led cross-functional IT teams across international regions to deliver post-go-live system stabilization and integration alignment across ERP, PLM, and legacy J.D. Edwards platforms.
- Managed complex interface mapping, end-to-end data flows, OData services, and electronic invoicing workflows across distributed teams.
- Directed defect triage, root-cause analysis, and risk mitigation strategies to ensure system reliability and operational readiness.
Matthias S.
Last position:
Lecturer in Software Management at GraubĂĽnden University of Applied Sciences
- Design and delivery of the university module “Software Management” in the Bachelor’s degree program in Artificial Intelligence in Software Engineering
- Teaching software project management, project organization, stakeholder management, risk and quality management, and agile and hybrid project management
- Coverage of release planning, cut-over, go-live, handover to operations, and the operational impact of technical decisions
- Combining methodological foundations with experience from software development, customer projects, delivery, release management, testing, and IT operations
- Use of AI in software and project management
Methods and tools: Software project management, HERMES, PRINCE2, Scrum, Kanban, hybrid approaches, requirements engineering, risk and quality management, release management, test management, Moodle
Rupesh Kumar S.
Last position:
IT Baseline Compliance Consultant at Consultant
- Verified baseline compliance against MAS audit findings
- Developed technical architecture concepts for 30 technologies to create hardening standard artifacts
- Identified and developed automation opportunities for given technologies based on CIS
- Developed standard baseline configurations based on internal security standards
- Responsible for developing Cloud Native Application Protection Platform (CNAPP) architecture artifacts based on the Azure cloud platform
- Responsible for RFQs and RFPs for different CNAPP solutions (Qualys Total Cloud, CrowdStrike, Azure Security Center)
- Supported compliance verification and validation through automated scripts for a sample population of IT devices and instances
- Responsible for the full vulnerability management lifecycle using Nexpose, including remediation, reporting, and integrating results with Splunk, HPSM, and Tableau
- Supported MAS audits
Yannick H.
Last position:
Managing Director and Trusted Advisor at ODCUS
ODCUS makes sure AI works alongside people in the day-to-day operations of Swiss SMEs while keeping their data secure: vendor-independent, pragmatic and without hidden agendas. We make a company's knowledge useful to AI, automate workflows and protect what matters.
I transform IT from a cost factor into a competitive advantage. As the founder of ODCUS, I advise Swiss SMEs and mid-sized companies—independently, with a focus on results and without hidden agendas.
What drives me: Too many companies invest in technology without knowing its business value. That is where we come in: we always advise on IT in the context of the business and its success.
My focus areas:
- Cybersecurity – Pragmatic protection that fits the business
- Compliance – NIS2, ISO 27001, EU AI Act without excessive bureaucracy
- IT costs – Create transparency, eliminate waste
- AI – From pilot project to measurable value creation
Klaus S.
Last position:
Senior Finance Consultant and Project Manager at Start Up
- Establishment of a licensing model
- Preparation of the documents required to attract investors (business plan, liquidity calculation, ROI etc.)
- Marketing simulation of market development, evaluation of market potential etc.
- Definition and implementation of KPIs to measure market penetration
- Establishment of project planning, project controlling and business processes
Wolf P.
Last position:
Interim Head of IT-POS Base GK - SAP at Depot GDC
- Interim management of IT-POS based on GK and SAP for DEPOT GDC.
- Responsibility for the stability and further development of the POS base platform.
- Management of adaptations and rollouts in the POS environment in coordination with the SAP backend.
Stefan U.
Last position:
Workstream Lead Solution Delivery / IT Operations Manager SAP S4/HANA Private Cloud Edition - RISE at Munich Re
- Lead Solution Delivery workstream
- Serve as IT Operations Manager ad interim
- Define, implement, and continuously optimize the Target Operating Model
- Design and implement incident and problem management processes
- Develop, maintain, and execute business continuity and disaster recovery plans, including DR testing
- Ensure system availability, performance, scalability, and compliance with SLAs
- Liaise between business stakeholders, SAP Basis teams, managed service providers, and cloud vendors
- Oversee incident, change, and problem management processes per ITIL best practices
- Lead service reviews and vendor performance evaluations
- Coordinate patching, upgrades, and enhancement cycles with SAP AG and application operations teams
- Monitor system health, performance, and security using SAP for Me
- Collaborate with IT security, infrastructure, and network teams to ensure system integrity
- Create, track, and manage project-related firewall requests
- Develop, coordinate, and deliver cutover activities for targeted system lines
Thorsten M.
Last position:
Managing Director at Morschheuser Consulting GmbH
- Building, developing and auditing ISMS and IAM/IDM structures (SAP & Non-SAP)
- Developing, optimizing and reviewing authorization concepts, role models and interfaces (including SAP IDM/NetWeaver/S/4HANA, as well as cloud & AD)
- Managing and documenting audit, compliance and certification projects (ISO 27001, TISAX, KRITIS)
Jakob F.
Last position:
Core Team Member at Jafa Consulting
- SME for operational processes, contract negotiation and product design for the implementation of a SaaS contact center solution & carrier services
- Definition of several operational processes, organizational setup, ITSM application integrations, creation of contract schedules and advising contract negotiation
- Scrum Master with agile tooling (processes & automation)
- Commercial manager to create business cases and closing the sales process
- Increasing impact, trusted relationship, and key team member within a short time
Piotr S.
Last position:
CTO Program Manager, Theme Owner / Senior Project Manager at Avaloq Group AG
- Clients: Central banks of the most developed economies in the world, German, Swiss, Luxembourgish, Monegasque, Singaporean, Japanese wealth managers and universal/private banks, world’s largest investment banks
- Accountable for managing the delivery of a portfolio of digital wealth and consumer relationship management initiatives
- Project managing portfolios of projects within CTO product and technology business area (cyber security, architectural changes, re-organisational transformation, 3rd party apps)
- Products: Kernel & Parametrisation for Core Avaloq Banking Platform; modules: CRM, client data management, wealth management, portfolio management (generating over 90% of company revenues)
- Key responsibilities:
- Reporting to Head of Disruptive Innovation Division; stakeholder to five product owners & two domain owners
- Accountable for delivery of annual themes and quarterly key deliverables
- Managing demand vs supply via QBR process: book of work, execution, reporting, risk management
- Directly managing around 40 external consultants (front-end/back-end engineers, BAs, designers)
- Hiring and managing resources in eight countries
- Running quarterly divisional closure meetings presenting achievements and challenges
- Resolving cross-team dependencies and internal/external conflicts
- Owning and controlling maintenance budget; planning, forecasting, execution; ensuring demand matches supply
- Identifying and staffing key roles with chapter leads
- Approach: Agile, Scrum of Scrums, QBR/OKRs
- Technology: Angular, PL/SQL, JavaScript, Confluence, JIRA (JQL)
Károly A.
Last position:
NIS2 & Risk Strategy Consultant at RRC power solutions GmbH
- Developed a compliant information security management system (ISMS)
- Advanced a modern risk management framework based on NIST for NIS2 compliance
Kristian Michael H.
Last position:
Director Global IT at JC Newretail AG / Peek & Cloppenburg Group
- Lead 300+ tech professionals across internal and consulting teams
- Transformed IT into a strategic, product-centric consultancy
- As industry first: Initiated ERP migration SAP → Oracle Fusion
- Implemented AI strategy, built the data science competence and initiated AI pilots
- Established IT Strategy Board aligning technology with business vision and objectives
- Implemented a central and standardised IT vendor management process reducing IT costs by 10%
- Outsourced internal ERP management structure into an external service entity
- Implementation of IT security protocols, standards, trainings and systems
Stefan B.
Last position:
Co-Founder at Stealth AI Infrastructure Deep-Tech Venture
- Deep-tech venture in enterprise AI model compression for on-premises and edge deployment.
- Built systematic R&D pipeline, business and technical architecture, early investor pipeline, and design partner network across AI verticals, datacentre operators, and robotics/edge computing — from zero.
- Ventures built concurrently, each in a fundamentally different regulatory and technical domain.
Michael S.
Last position:
Freelance compliance & IT regulatory consultant at Various financial institutions and regulated companies
- Consulting financial institutions on implementing DORA and NIS2 requirements
- Gap analyses between existing governance structures and new regulatory requirements
- Creation and revision of policies, process descriptions, contract annexes, and technical-organizational measures
- Design of digital operational resilience testing programs (DORA Art. 24–25)
- Third-party risk management: building third-party registers, LEI matching, value chain analysis
- Training internal staff on DORA/NIS2 requirements
- Negotiation and renegotiation of outsourcing contracts according to DORA/NIS2 guidelines
- Use of technologies/frameworks: DORA, NIS2, EBA guidelines, BaFin requirements, NIST CSF, ISO 27001
- Engagements are subject to strict NDAs
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Statistics of experts using Cybersecurity
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
25 years
Position duration
3.8 years
Positions per freelancer
11
Top business areas
Project Management, Information Technology, Operations
Top industries
Information Technology, Banking and Finance, Professional Services
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Product Development, Project Management
Bachelor's degree or higher
88%
Master's degree or higher
65%
Doctorate
8%
Certifications per freelancer
3
Most common languages
English, German, French
Speak two or more languages
100%
Based on our profile pool as of 29 Oct 2026.
Daily rate distribution
The chart shows how the daily rates of experts in this technology in Switzerland 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 of experts in Switzerland using Cybersecurity
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 29 Oct 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
Cybersecurity 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 (86%)
- Banking and Finance (64%)
- Professional Services (64%)
- Energy (43%)
- Manufacturing (43%)
- Insurance (36%)
- Telecommunication (29%)
- Aerospace and Defense (21%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
Protecting critical enterprise infrastructure
Cybersecurity safeguards networks, sensitive data, and cloud workloads against unauthorized access, ransomware, and system disruptions. Specialists assess system vulnerabilities, design resilient perimeter controls, and establish layered defensive postures. Modern defense combines automated monitoring with active threat intelligence to prevent operational downtime.
Core security tooling and defensive frameworks
Practitioners implement comprehensive defensive controls using standard operating tooling across distributed architectures:
- SIEM and SOAR platforms such as Splunk, Microsoft Sentinel, and Elastic Security
- Identity and access management through Okta, Entra ID, and HashiCorp Vault
- Vulnerability detection with tools like Nessus, Burp Suite, and Qualys
- Endpoint detection and response platforms including CrowdStrike and SentinelOne
- Infrastructure hardening frameworks like CIS Benchmarks and NIST CSF
Meeting Swiss compliance and enterprise standards
Organizations across Switzerland operate under rigorous data protection expectations, including the Swiss Federal Act on Data Protection (revFADP) and FINMA circulars for financial services. Freelance specialists ensure systems meet strict sovereignty mandates, implement end-to-end cryptographic standards, and prepare digital platforms for rigorous audit verification.
Typical freelance security deliverables
Freelance professionals provide targeted expertise to remediate specific technical and architectural vulnerabilities:
- Penetration testing of internal APIs, microservices, and web frontends
- Cloud security posture assessments across AWS, Azure, and private datacenters
- Automated pipeline integration for static and dynamic code security testing
- Zero trust architecture design across hybrid enterprise environments
- Incident response playbooks and post-breach root-cause investigations
When organizations engage external security talent
Companies hire external professionals during major architectural migrations, after acquiring legacy software assets, or before statutory audit reviews. Bringing in independent specialists allows teams to uncover blind spots, resolve critical security debt, and implement advanced controls without expanding permanent headcount.
Indicators of experienced security specialists
High-performing professionals explain risks in operational contexts rather than abstract threat scores. They combine defensive engineering with offensive testing knowledge to design practical remediations. They demonstrate thorough documentation practices, respect production stability constraints, and communicate technical findings clearly to both engineering teams and non-technical stakeholders.
Frequently asked questions
Before you brief your next project: the most common questions about Cybersecurity.
Effective cybersecurity practitioners understand network protocols, operating system internals, and cloud authorization boundaries. They balance defensive blueprinting with offensive testing methodologies to identify exploitable attack paths before adversaries do.
While software engineering focuses on feature delivery and system throughput, information security interrogates trust boundaries, input handling, and privilege escalation vectors. Security specialists audit architectural assumptions to ensure that systems remain resilient under active abuse.
Enterprise environments prioritize proven familiarity with frameworks such as NIST CSF, ISO 27001, and SOC 2. Respected credentials among IT security professionals include CISSP, OSCP, and CISM, though demonstrated hands-on remediation track records outweigh certificates alone.
Most cybersecurity deliverables, including cloud audits, source code reviews, and threat modeling, are executed remotely using encrypted channels and role-based access. Occasional on-site presence remains valuable for hardware security modules, physical datacenter audits, or incident response.
Companies operating in Switzerland must address the revised Swiss Data Protection Act and industry guidelines like FINMA regulations. Engaging cybersecurity talent familiar with Swiss data residency and sovereignty requirements ensures compliance across all technical layers.
Technical documentation, vulnerability reporting, and code reviews in cybersecurity rely predominantly on English. However, regular stakeholder presentations and policy drafting frequently require working proficiency in German or French depending on the canton.
Focused penetration tests and technical assessments for cyber defense usually span two to four weeks. In contrast, complex cloud transformations, compliance remediation roadmaps, or interim advisory roles often extend across several months.
Quality in cybersecurity work shows in actionable findings categorized by business impact rather than generic vulnerability scanner exports. Reliable deliverables include step-by-step reproduction guides, pragmatic remediation advice, and post-fix validation testing.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Switzerland who have used Cybersecurity in their recent projects is 137 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 1,095 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Switzerland who have used Cybersecurity in their recent projects, 88% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 65% hold at least a Master's degree, and 8% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Switzerland who have used Cybersecurity in their recent projects have 25 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 3.8 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Switzerland who have used Cybersecurity in their recent projects are English (100%), German (96%), and French (43%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Switzerland who have used Cybersecurity in their recent projects are Information Technology (86%), Banking and Finance (64%), and Professional Services (64%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Switzerland who have used Cybersecurity in their recent projects are Project Management (96%), Information Technology (93%), and Operations (61%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used Cybersecurity
Our freelancers and interim experts are at home across the DACH region — available on-site in the major business hubs or fully remote. Choose a location to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.
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