Franziska Schwarz

Franziska Schwarz is a Senior Cyber Security Consultant in Risk Advisory and an external lecturer in Computer Science and Cybersecurity. She holds an M.Sc. in Computer Science and has several years of experience as an Information Security Officer and Data Protection Officer in the public sector, as well as in consulting for financial institutions and public organisations.

Her work focuses on designing and implementing Information Security Management Systems (ISMS), as well as cyber risk and compliance frameworks, and security governance structures. In addition to her industry role, she teaches courses such as Agile Project and Risk Management, Software Engineering, Security Technologies, and Information Security Management Systems at the university level, bridging academic foundations with practical implementation experience. Her research interests include open-source intelligence (OSINT), automation, and machine–learning–based approaches to security and crisis management.

Skilsets

  • Design and implementation of ISMS (ISO 27001, IT-Grundschutz)

  • Cyber risk management and security governance

  • Policy design, security frameworks and documentation structures

  • Regulatory and standards-based security (e.g. DORA, BaFin/BSI-related requirements)

  • IT audit preparation, assessments and gap analyses

  • Security awareness, training concepts and workshop facilitation

  • Project management in security and compliance projects

  • OSINT, data analysis and automation concepts in security contexts

  • Teaching, curriculum design and academic supervision.

Expertise Areas

  • Information Security Management Systems and governance

  • Cyber risk, compliance and regulatory alignment in finance and public sector

  • Security architectures and operational security (network, endpoint, cloud)

  • Security awareness, training and organisational change

  • Cyber resilience, BCM/BCMS and operational resilience

  • OSINT and data-driven approaches to security and crisis management