Cybersecurity Experts in Switzerland
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Stefan Ullerich
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
Klaus Schmitt
Last position:
Senior Financial Consultant and Project Manager at Start Up
- Establishment of a licensing model
- Preparation of investor documents (business plan, cash flow forecast, ROI, etc.)
- Marketing simulation of market development, market potential assessment, etc.
- Definition and implementation of KPIs to measure market entry
- Setting up project planning, project controlling, and business processes
Wolf Preuster-Drews
Last position:
Interim Head of IT POS (GK & SAP) at Depot GDC
- Interim head of IT POS on GK and SAP basis for DEPOT GDC.
- Responsible for the stability and further development of the POS base platform.
- Managing adjustments and rollouts in the POS environment in coordination with the SAP backend.
Jakob Faktorovitch
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 Seredyn
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)
Tomas Hundegger
Last position:
Senior Advisor at Private Equity company
- Support the client in the business integration: technical project management of design & roll out of Corporate Governance & Sox framework / controls for purchase to pay, record to report, procure to pay, order to cash and hire to retire with focus integration of approx. 30 lines of businesses on Business & IT level
- Setup of an Audit & Assurance function & support Finance & HR department with business integration
- Designing and prepare roll-out for: IT Access Management, SoD, ITAC and ITGC
- Establish a Risk Framework (ERM) / Process, introduce risk assessments across the Business, IT and Management
- Establish Compliance function with design and rollout of Whistleblower, ABC, CoC, Fraud and Risk Management framework, ESG, ABC, AML, Sanction
Jürgen Müller
Last position:
Global Healthcare IT and Strategy Expert at Deloitte
Executive advisory for healthcare organizations focused on enterprise transformation, healthcare modernization, digital health strategy, AI strategy, enterprise ICT transformation and strategic EHR modernization.
- Advise healthcare organizations in Switzerland, Germany and Belgium on EHR strategy, enterprise transformation, digital health, AI and target operating models.
- Lead EHR platform selection and evaluation as well as RFI/RFP processes; define governance, vendor-assessment and decision methodologies.
- Develop EHR feasibility studies, transformation roadmaps, executive business cases, cost-benefit analyses and value-realization assessments.
- Assess Epic and alternative EHR platforms for strategic fit, operational excellence, AI enablement, interoperability, governance and long-term value.
- Design AI strategy scenarios and governance models and facilitate executive workshops on AI, data governance, operational excellence and future healthcare operating models.
Károly Aczél
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
Stefan Berreth
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 Speller
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
Marcel Koenig
Last position:
Co-Founder & Owner, Principal Consultant at Ancoma Professional Group GmbH
- Commercialization of professional experience and formation of a consulting services offering for infrastructure, engineering, digitalisation, M&A and supply chain.
- Implementation of an expert network in the field of IT optimisation, IT financial management, benchmarking, rollout management and service validation & testing.
- Execution of project management and interim management mandates in the field of IT & telecommunications for decentralized or international organizations from the IT, industrial, pharmaceutical, finance, utilities, and public sectors.
- Transition manager for cloud access, LAN services and SD WAN rollout in AsiaPac for Siemens (2023 to date).
- Topic lead for Digital Backbone transition for Siemens (2023 to date).
- Project manager for R&D Lab IT move and next generation digital lab workplace rollout in pRED center Basel for Roche Pharma (2023 to 2024, 2025).
- TSA workstream responsible for IT infrastructure M&A carve out and contract separation for Novartis / Sandoz (2023 to 2025).
- Interim lead architect for network and datacentre redesign and transition project for an utility company at Bechtle (2023).
- Project manager for IT infrastructure build out of new engineering facility at ABB (2022 to 2024).
- Consultant process engineering, go to market for IoT services and security incident event monitoring and interim service owner for shopfloor networks and cyber security at Bystronic Group (2021 to date).
- Contract management consultant for software ADM optimization, cloud services and global WAN transformation at Novartis (2020 to 2022).
- Consultant for multi-utility, business development and smart grid services and implementation of a contract management system at EBL (2014 to 2024).
- Rollout manager for SD WAN at SAG Derendinger (2021).
- Interim & project management in global IT category, global SD WAN rollout (600 sites) and network integration (Baxter/Shire), DHC, DNS, server and WiFi consolidation at Takeda Pharma (2015 to 2022).
- Project manager for global SDWAN multi-vendor MSA technical negotiations and consultant for global network transformation and benchmark process (800 sites) at Unilever (2014 to 2021).
- Advisory board member and speaker in SDWAN conference “WAN Summit” at Telegeography (2018 to date).
- Project manager for IT organizational change and white-collar productivity programme, product & material master data governance implementation, M&A PMO for Power Grids spin-off to joint-venture Hitachi-ABB at ABB (2017 to 2020).
- Consultant for multi-domain IT benchmark and RFP preparation for global network and carrier services at Deutsche Bank (2018 to 2020).
- Project manager for rollout management and process design engineering of a global web proxy solution (Zscaler) at Munich Re (2018 to 2020).
- Consultant for development of architecture for cloud access and WAN optimization at Implenia (2018 to 2019).
- Consultant for global business strategy alignment at Swisscom (2019).
- Project manager for global migration from TDM and Cisco IPT to Skype for Business and for datacentre backup to a public cloud at Richemont (2017 to 2019).
- Consultant for telecommunications benchmark at AXA Insurance (2018).
- Interim CEO and workforce management in business engineering, software integration and service validation & testing at BIM (2014 to 2015).
Jürgen Albrecht
Last position:
Requirements Engineer / System Engineer at CCC Systems Engineering Suisse GmbH
- Supported design, setup, maintenance and enhancement of IBM Rational DOORS (9.6 and DNG) and IBM Rational Publishing Engine
- Conceived IT solutions and implemented them, including acceptance tests, considering customer-specific requirements
- Ensured functionality of tools and systems in scope
- Identified needs and advised departments and projects, designed single solutions when necessary
- Monitored and maintained central requirements engineering systems (servers, software, subcomponents)
- Advised on tool selection, features and application use cases for engineering applications
- Handled support requests from employees, customers and development teams autonomously
- Created system documentation and user guides
- Participated in cross-departmental IT projects and led subprojects
Rami Linkomo
Last position:
Board and Business Advisor, part-time at CloudMotiv
Advising the founders on commercial GenAI-empowered enterprise solutions including strategy, positioning, product architecture, implementation and organizational scaling to meet global client needs.
Supported the creation of the IoT commercial drone business vertical, delivering on six continents.
Supported the exit from the India only predictive machine maintenance software joint venture.
Supported the long-game entry into the proprietary AI embedded software solutions area, now at MVP and client PoC stages in Financial Research (footnote.ai) and EPM & ERP (cloudbooks.ai) in Asia.
Matteo Ganzaroli
Last position:
Vice President IT Applications at Comet AG
- Provide global leadership for Comet’s enterprise applications and digital transformation agenda, acting as a strategic partner to the CIO and Executive Committee. Accountable for driving business value, operational excellence, and innovation across the entire enterprise systems landscape.
- Define and execute the global enterprise applications strategy across ERP, CRM, PLM, MES, HR systems (SuccessFactors, SAP HR), and Microsoft 365 (M365), ensuring scalability, security, and alignment with long-term business objectives.
- Partner with executive and regional business leaders to translate strategic objectives into actionable digital initiatives that enhance efficiency, agility, and user experience.
- Drive Agile delivery practices across cross-functional global teams using Jira, Confluence, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Lead a centralized and standardized global application delivery model to ensure governance, efficiency, and consistency across all regions and business units.
- Own vendor management and sourcing strategy, establishing and monitoring KPIs, SLAs, and performance metrics for application reliability, user adoption, and business impact.
- Manage multi-million euro application budgets, optimizing Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and value creation.
- Strengthen IT governance, cybersecurity, and regulatory compliance in line with GDPR, ISO, and IFRS requirements.
- Enable IT/OT convergence by integrating SAP, MES, PLM, and production systems with enterprise platforms, ensuring secure and interoperable manufacturing and R&D architectures.
- Act as Deputy CIO, contributing to enterprise IT strategy, cybersecurity programs, risk management, and transformation initiatives.
- Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement across global IT and business teams.
- Ensure efficient and cost-effective Managed Service Provider (MSP) delivery while maintaining required service levels across all application services.
- Oversee SAP AMS and non-SAP application support teams across internal resources and external MSPs.
- Ensure high service reliability through structured Incident, Change, and Problem Management in coordination with the IT Service Delivery organization.
- Establish and continuously monitor KPIs, SLAs, and application performance dashboards to ensure service quality and business continuity.
- Coordinate L2/L3 escalation paths across internal IT teams, MSPs, and software vendors to ensure rapid issue resolution.
Georgios Sfakianakis
Last position:
Senior Software Engineer at UBS Bank
- Implementations of a code refactoring framework able to refactor thousands of repositories leveraging Generative AI
- Use Python (Django, Flask, FastAPI), Java and Typescript in Azure Cloud (Data Lake, VMs, AI) and GitLab infrastructure
- Mentoring and pair programming
- Obtained Azure AI-900 and AI-102 certifications
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Statistics of experts using Cybersecurity
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
24 years
Position duration
2.6 years
Positions per freelancer
11
Top business areas
Project Management, Information Technology, Finance
Top industries
Information Technology, Professional Services, Banking and Finance
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Quality Assurance, Product Development
Bachelor's degree or higher
90%
Master's degree or higher
70%
Doctorate
10%
Certifications per freelancer
3
Most common languages
English, German, French
Speak two or more languages
100%
Based on our profile pool as of 30 Aug 2026.
Daily rate distribution
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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 30 Aug 2026. Actual rates may vary depending on seniority level, experience, skill specialization, project complexity, and engagement length.
About the technology
Security coverage
Cybersecurity protects systems, networks, applications, and data from attack, misuse, and disruption. Specialists work on prevention, detection, response, and recovery so business services stay usable and trusted.
Typical work
- Firewall, identity, and access control design
- Cloud security reviews and hardening
- Vulnerability scanning and remediation support
- Security monitoring, alert tuning, and incident response
- Policy, risk, and control documentation
Tooling and standards
Strong professionals know common tools around SIEM, EDR, vulnerability management, and secrets handling. They also understand frameworks such as ISO 27001, NIST, and CIS Controls, plus the guardrails needed for audits and secure delivery.
When to bring in help
Companies add freelance expertise when a release needs a security review, a platform has unknown exposure, or an incident needs fast triage. In Switzerland, this often matters for finance, healthcare, public services, and cross-border teams that need careful access control and clear documentation.
What good specialists do
Good cybersecurity specialists think in attack paths, not just tools. They test assumptions, reduce noise in alerts, write clear remediation notes, and work closely with infrastructure, product, and compliance teams without slowing delivery.
Search terms and fit
People may search for cybersecurity, cyber security, or information security, depending on the team and context. The right specialist should understand the real environment, whether that is cloud, endpoint, network, or application security, and adapt to remote or on-site work in Switzerland when needed.
Frequently asked questions
Before you brief your next project: the most common questions about Cybersecurity.
A strong Cybersecurity specialist helps protect systems, applications, users, and data against real threats. Typical work includes access control, threat detection, vulnerability handling, incident response, and security reviews before releases go live.
Cybersecurity and cyber security are usually used for the same field. Information security is broader and also covers physical and organizational controls, but in practice many companies use these terms interchangeably when they need help with protection, risk, and response.
A Cybersecurity freelancer is a good fit for cloud hardening, application security checks, security monitoring setup, and incident response support. Companies also bring in specialists for audits, policy work, and secure delivery during major changes or migrations.
A useful Cybersecurity professional usually understands networking, cloud platforms, identity systems, logging, scripting, and basic system administration. For application-focused work, knowledge of secure coding, threat modeling, and common attack patterns is also important.
With Cybersecurity, risk rises when the team lacks current threat knowledge, incident handling practice, or familiarity with the stack being protected. If the work affects production access, customer data, or compliance evidence, an outside specialist can reduce blind spots quickly.
Many Cybersecurity tasks can be done remotely, especially reviews, monitoring support, policy work, and planning. On-site time can help during incident handling, hardware access, or sensitive internal sessions, so the best setup depends on the system and the security rules in Switzerland.
Look for clear thinking, practical remediation advice, and experience with environments like yours. A strong Cybersecurity specialist explains findings in plain language, shows how risks connect to business impact, and can separate urgent issues from noise.
A Cybersecurity freelancer should understand the scope, the assets in play, the access process, and any compliance or reporting needs. It also helps to know which tools are already in use, who owns remediation, and whether the work is advisory, hands-on, or incident driven.
The average hourly rate of freelancers in Switzerland who have used Cybersecurity in their recent projects is 136 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 1,092 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers in Switzerland who have used Cybersecurity in their recent projects, 90% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 70% hold at least a Master's degree, and 10% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers in Switzerland who have used Cybersecurity in their recent projects have 24 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2.6 years.
The most common languages among freelancers in Switzerland who have used Cybersecurity in their recent projects are English (100%), German (95%), and French (41%).
The most common industries among freelancers in Switzerland who have used Cybersecurity in their recent projects are Information Technology (82%), Professional Services (73%), and Banking and Finance (64%).
The most common business areas among freelancers in Switzerland who have used Cybersecurity in their recent projects are Project Management (100%), Information Technology (91%), and Finance (55%).
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