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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
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
Enver B.
Last position:
Interim Manager Data Protection Projects at Telefonica Deutschland GmbH
Management of data protection & IT security-related projects. Adjustments to knowledge management and consulting processes.
Activities:
- Data protection consulting
- Process optimization in in-house consulting
- Interface to specialist departments, IT security, development and management
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
Robert F.
Last position:
Interim Group CIO / CISO at Kellenberger
- Private Equity owned precision grinding machines for Auto, Military & Aerospace – 1200 Employees
- Acting as Interim Group CIO / CISO consolidating Global IT back to Europe – M&A consolidation
- Managed major Security event and post event cleanup – Reporting to regulators
- Performed Vendor & Contract Management – full assessment of capabilities
- Guided Infrastructure refresh & Security Hygiene assessments
Martin R.
Last position:
Fractional CIO - IT Carve-out & Post-Merger Integration at XTRONIC GmbH & iinovis GmbH (Accursia Capital)
Carve-out and post-merger integration of two automotive engineering companies under Accursia Capital, 6 locations in Germany and Spain, 250+ employees after the carve-out. Reporting directly to the investor, with overall IT responsibility for both companies.
- Consolidation of the ERP landscape into one instance (replacement of SAP legacy)
- TISAX certification
- M365, identity and data center migration
- Replacement of end-of-life infrastructure
- Weekly investor reporting
Results:
- Critical infrastructure risk eliminated, backup and platform stabilized
- One IT organization established for both companies
- Weekly investor reporting successfully established
Peter D.
Last position:
Security Consultant at Public-law institution of the city administration
- Requirements management, process planning, interface function, ISMS setup, and documentation
- Setup and establishment of an ISMS according to ISO 27001 and establishment of emergency management / ITSCM
- Coordination of the circumstances with the public-sector IT service provider
- Consideration of KRITIS relevance within the scope and implementation of a B3S
- Development of requirements for document control and the continuous improvement process
- Preparation of relevant project documents
- Analysis of existing processes and preparation of guidelines
- Requirements gathering for ISMS and ITSCM and coordination with the IT service provider, including definition of interfaces
- Analysis of communication processes and escalation paths
- Review of documents for risk management, ISMS, emergency preparedness, and emergency response
- Redesign of the complete documentation and preparation of new relevant documents
- Development of necessary rules, policies, and concepts
- Interface between customer and service provider to ensure document quality
- Coordination of protection needs with specialist departments, particularly regarding KRITIS relevance, and planning of resulting measures
- Development of preventive measures to minimize the risk of data center outages in scenarios such as pandemics or ransomware attacks
- Definition of the test strategy for IT emergency exercises
- Initiation of necessary awareness training measures for specialist departments
- External Information Security Officer
- Introduction of document control
Reza N.
Last position:
Senior IT-Security Expert at Teambank AG
- Completed the integration of log sources into Microsoft Sentinel, including GCP workloads – centralized consolidation of all security-relevant events from Azure and GCP environments for complete end-to-end telemetry and comprehensive compliance evidence
- Developed custom rules and use cases based on the GFG Use-Case Library and the MITRE ATT&CK Matrix to cover company-specific threats and GFG-relevant scenarios with precise, mapped detection rules
- Tuned detection rules to minimize false positives, optimized detection thresholds, and modeled exceptions – enabling the SOC to work with relevant, prioritized alerts while reducing Mean Time to Detect/Respond
- Built SOAR capabilities in Sentinel by developing playbooks to automate recurring response processes such as containment, user and host isolation, and ticketing – shorter response times and 24/7 scalability
- Designed and built a log transformation solution to normalize and enrich incoming raw logs (GeoIP, CMDB, threat intelligence) and convert them into a consistent schema for high-performance KQL queries, use case logic, and correlations
- Managed Azure security through Azure Policies to enforce security and compliance standards, prevent drift, and continuously remediate deviations
- Operated the Defender XDR portal to link endpoint, identity, email, and SaaS signals with Sentinel findings, enable holistic incident triage, and orchestrate measures directly from XDR
Technologies: Microsoft Sentinel, Microsoft Defender XDR, Azure Policy, KQL, GCP, MITRE ATT&CK
Jens R.
Last position:
Platform Architect & Senior Developer at Direct client, industrial measurement technology, medium-sized company
- Technical leadership across hardware, firmware, and software teams; scope: hardware/firmware team (4 people) and leadership group (5 people)
- Consolidated and documented a product family that had grown over more than 15 years and aligned it with CRA compliance — from the bare-metal I/O module to the cloud interface.
- Provided the most important customer product with the essential requirements and architecture documentation within two months — for a firmware landscape that had grown over more than 15 years. It now supports the customer’s modernization strategy.
- Established a monthly reporting line to the supervisory board and executive board within three months: nine meetings since 12/2025. The report itself is versioned and built from the CI pipeline; it is based on automatically collected activity and release data instead of assessments.
- Built a container-based CI/CD infrastructure from scratch: cross-compilation, host tests, and documentation builds in one continuous pipeline.
- Introduced declarative QA gates for DevOps and development artifacts — from the start using lefthook instead of pre-commit, executed in a dedicated container image.
Technologies used: arc42, req42, tpo42, docToolchain, PlantUML, ArchiMate, C4 model, ADR, C, C++ (GTest), CMake, Bare Metal (ARM Cortex-M3/M7), OCI containers, Jenkins, lefthook, Prometheus, Grafana, SBOM, CRA, OPC, SCADA, PLC integration, IPv6 migration, Zero Trust, Sociocracy 3.0, Cynefin
Michael S.
Last position:
Establishment of Compliance/TPRM at Haftpflichtkasse
Establishment of Compliance Department & DORA Operationalization
- Establishment of a complete compliance organization in accordance with DORA
- Development and operationalization of the SfO
- Use of AI agents for automation:
- Evaluation of due diligence questionnaires including risk classification
- AI-supported contract analysis (DORA/MaRisk compliance)
- Monitoring of external data sources (cyber incidents, newsfeeds)
- Establishment of a decentralized risk and action register
- Preparation of GAP analyses and derivation of measures
- Establishment and maintenance of the Outsourcing Information Register
- Use of proprietary TPRM frameworks, checklists and process models
Establishment of Compliance Department & DORA Operationalization
- Establishment of a complete compliance organization in accordance with DORA
- Development and operationalization of the SfO
- Use of AI agents for automation:
- Evaluation of due diligence questionnaires including risk classification
- AI-supported contract analysis (DORA/MaRisk compliance)
- Monitoring of external data sources (cyber incidents, newsfeeds)
- Establishment of a decentralized risk and action register
- Preparation of GAP analyses and derivation of measures
- Establishment and maintenance of the Outsourcing Information Register
- Use of proprietary TPRM frameworks, checklists and process models
- Project controlling - presentation and structured measurement of project goals achieved as part of management reporting.
- Overall responsibility for establishing a Compliance, Governance and Risk organization
- Establishment of an integrated GRC model and executive reporting for the Management Board.
Marcus B.
Last position:
Senior PMO Lead / Transformation Office Consultant at International Family-Owned Company
International Family-Owned Company | Revenue of more than 1 billion EUR | CONFIDENTIAL
- Established and operationalized a company-wide PMO; took over the initial management function during ongoing operations.
- Structured a portfolio of more than 15 strategic transformation initiatives across several countries and functions.
- Designed project intake, decision levels, responsibilities and regular steering meetings; management reporting as well as risk and dependency management.
- Established the PMO environment with Microsoft 365, Planner Premium, Teams, SharePoint and Forms; planned reporting and prepared the structured handover to an internal PMO organization.
Yashar S.
Last position:
Compliance Consultant at RAS Reinhardt Maschinenbau GmbH
- Designed and moderated a NIS2 preparation workshop for RAS Reinhardt Maschinenbau GmbH and its IT service provider Catuno GmbH. Together with executive management and IT leadership, the current status was assessed, an initial GAP analysis was conducted and areas for action were prioritized based on ISO 27001.
- Developed an ISO-27001-based regulatory framework (ISMS) for NIS2 compliance, including a structured current/target GAP analysis, targeted improvement of the security maturity level and preparation of the organization for NIS2 audit readiness.
Henry H.
Last position:
Interim Manager IT-Compliance at Int. Fertigungsunternehmen
- Industry: mechanical engineering, vehicle manufacturing
- Regulations: Data Act
- Project focus: data governance, legally compliant use of machine data, data platforms
- Assigned by: CFO, platform product owner
Successes/Results (early phase):
- Compliance support for the setup of an internal standardized data usage platform based on Databricks.
- Created the basis for the legally compliant and effective use of machine data, including:
- Technical: gap analysis and closing of gaps in the segmentation and maintenance of collected machine data.
- Technical: consideration of data flows from the platform to users and third parties.
- Organizational: drafting and finalizing the required data usage agreements.
Jens B.
Last position:
Senior Cyber Security Consultant at Brennscheidt IT Consulting
KEY PROJECTS
Since 05/2023 | Bank | Senior Cyber Security Consultant (external)
- Advising and guiding the system owners in creating and further developing IT security concepts
- Coordinating and tracking the remediation of findings from reviews and audits
- Advising on the implementation of regulatory requirements for information security
10/2023 – 02/2024 | Fintech | Project Manager (external)
- Project management to close various audit gaps in the field of information security
- Conceptual design and implementation of an information security management system based on ISO/IEC 27001
- Creation and further development of ISMS documents and processes
Peter F.
Last position:
Subproject Manager and Solution Architect - Microsoft 365 Transformation at Automotive Industry
Integration of highly regulated countries such as China and South Korea into a company-wide M365 tenant.
Technical contact for integrating special requirements for the executive board and German subsidiaries that are subject to BaFin compliance requirements.
Subproject management.
Coordination of requirements within the overall architecture.
Design of the use of DLP features from Microsoft Purview.
Design of special access restrictions via Entra ID Conditional Access.
Support in designing the provisioning of Teams teams and SharePoint sites with higher compliance requirements.
Technical support for implementing information classification with sensitivity labels for SharePoint Online and Teams.
Technical support for the subproject introducing CoPilot for M365.
Skills: M365, Purview, DLP, Entra ID, Sensitivity Labels, CoPilot, Teams, SharePoint Online.
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Statistics of experts using NIS2
Aggregated from the professional profiles of matched freelancers.
Experience
21 years
Position duration
2 years
Positions per freelancer
16
Top business areas
Information Technology, Project Management, Quality Assurance
Top industries
Information Technology, Professional Services, Banking and Finance
Certification focus areas
Information Technology, Audit, Project Management
Bachelor's degree or higher
82%
Master's degree or higher
47%
Doctorate
3%
Certifications per freelancer
6
Most common languages
German, English, French
Speak two or more languages
96%
Based on our profile pool as of 21 Oct 2026.
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Average rates of experts using NIS2
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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.
NIS2 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 (95%)
- Professional Services (60%)
- Banking and Finance (59%)
- Manufacturing (51%)
- Automotive (45%)
- Insurance (42%)
- Government and Administration (39%)
- Energy (38%)
Please note that freelancers can work across multiple industries, so percentages overlap.
About the technology
What NIS2 covers
NIS2, formally the Network and Information Systems Directive 2, is the European Union framework for strengthening cybersecurity across essential and important entities. It focuses on risk management, incident handling, business continuity, supply-chain security, accountability and reporting. Companies use it to structure security obligations around critical services and digital operations.
Where it applies
The directive concerns sectors such as energy, transport, healthcare, banking, digital infrastructure, public administration, manufacturing and selected digital services. Applicability depends on the organisation’s activities, size, role in the supply chain and national implementation. Specialists help companies determine scope without treating NIS2 as a generic checklist.
Compliance workstreams
- Map systems, services, suppliers and dependencies
- Assess cyber risks and document treatment decisions
- Define incident detection, escalation and reporting procedures
- Strengthen continuity, recovery and crisis-management plans
- Prepare evidence for governance and supervisory review
NIS2 work often connects legal interpretation with operational security. Strong delivery turns obligations into controls that teams can run, test and improve.
Ecosystem and tooling
NIS2 projects commonly involve governance, risk and compliance tools, security information and event management, endpoint protection, vulnerability management, identity and access management, backup systems and incident-response platforms. Relevant practices include ISO 27001, CIS Controls, threat modelling, penetration testing and supplier assurance. Specialists should understand how these tools produce reliable evidence for risk and compliance decisions.
When companies need specialists
- A new national NIS2 law changes existing security duties
- The organisation cannot confirm whether it falls within scope
- Incident reporting and escalation paths are unclear
- Third-party risks are not documented or monitored
- Security evidence is scattered across teams and systems
Freelance expertise is useful when internal security, legal and technology teams need focused support. Remote work suits documentation, assessments and workshops; on-site sessions can help with leadership interviews, facility reviews and crisis exercises.
What strong experts deliver
Strong professionals combine NIS2 knowledge with hands-on cybersecurity and clear communication. They can link executive accountability to practical controls, explain gaps in plain language and produce usable policies, risk registers, response playbooks and remediation roadmaps. They also distinguish a genuine control from evidence that merely looks complete, and leave internal teams able to maintain the programme.
Frequently asked questions
What clients ask us most about NIS2 — answered in short.
The NIS2 Directive is used to raise cybersecurity standards for organisations that provide important or essential services. It guides risk management, incident response, governance, supply-chain security and business continuity. A specialist helps translate those duties into controls, processes and evidence.
NIS2 is a legal cybersecurity obligation whose scope and enforcement depend on the relevant national implementation. ISO 27001 is a voluntary management-system standard, although it can provide useful structure and evidence for NIS2 work. They can support each other but are not interchangeable.
A capable NIS2 specialist often combines regulatory analysis with risk management, security architecture, incident response, identity management and supplier assurance. Familiarity with ISO 27001, CIS Controls, SIEM tooling, vulnerability management and business continuity is also valuable. The right mix depends on whether the assignment is strategic, technical or operational.
The NIS2 Directive does not prescribe a single project profile for every organisation. A scoping review may need a focused compliance specialist, while a complex remediation programme may require professionals who have led security, continuity and supplier-risk work across several business functions. Judge the need by the organisation’s services, technical landscape and current evidence.
NIS2 assignments are often suitable for remote collaboration because interviews, document reviews, risk workshops and policy drafting can take place online. On-site work may add value when specialists must inspect facilities, validate operational processes or run crisis exercises. Clear access to system owners and decision-makers matters more than location alone.
No. NIS2 sets regulatory expectations, while frameworks such as ISO 27001, NIST CSF and CIS Controls offer methods for organising security activities. A good professional maps existing controls to NIS2 obligations instead of introducing a parallel programme without checking what already works.
A strong NIS2 deliverable connects each obligation to an accountable owner, a practical control, supporting evidence and a review method. It should identify scope assumptions, residual risks, dependencies and clear next steps. Avoid work that only repeats directive language without showing how teams will operate and test the proposed measures.
Before starting, a NIS2 specialist should clarify the organisation’s sector, services, legal entities, supply-chain role and national regulatory context. The assignment should also define whether the focus is scoping, gap assessment, implementation, incident readiness or evidence preparation. Access to business and technology stakeholders is essential for producing practical results.
The average hourly rate of freelancers who have used NIS2 in their recent projects is 119 €, which corresponds to a daily rate of about 955 € based on an 8-hour working day.
Of the freelancers who have used NIS2 in their recent projects, 82% hold at least a Bachelor's degree, 47% hold at least a Master's degree, and 3% hold a doctorate.
On average, freelancers who have used NIS2 in their recent projects have 21 years of professional experience, with a single engagement typically lasting around 2 years.
The most common languages among freelancers who have used NIS2 in their recent projects are German (99%), English (95%), and French (22%).
The most common industries among freelancers who have used NIS2 in their recent projects are Information Technology (95%), Professional Services (60%), and Banking and Finance (59%).
The most common business areas among freelancers who have used NIS2 in their recent projects are Information Technology (98%), Project Management (92%), and Quality Assurance (64%).
Main locations of FRATCH Experts, who have recently used NIS2
Our freelancers and interim experts are at home all over Germany — available on-site in Berlin, Hamburg, Munich and every major business hub, or fully remote. Choose a city to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.
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Essen In Austria our freelancers and interim experts support companies from Vienna to Graz — on-site where your project needs them, or fully remote. Choose a city to discover matched specialists, local market insights and up-to-date availability.
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