Ownership. Empathy. Creativity

I have significant expertise in various areas of Cybersecurity and Enterprise Resilience, covering multiple sectors such as Financial Services or Consumer Products.

I strongly believe in taking ownership for my client’s problems and building creative solutions by empathizing with affected stakeholders.

    • Chief Information Security Officer and Head of Corporate Security for the most digitally advanced business unit in one of the world’s leading insurance firms

    • Successfully built a strong and scalable DevSecOps function

    • Led various Cybersecurity and IT Compliance change programs in financial services and other sectors; including VAIT and DORA implementations

    • Managed multiple M&A-related security initiatives, including Due Diligences, Post Merger Integrations and Post Carve-Out security strategy design

    • Experience in Big4 Advisory in the areas of Cybersecurity Strategy, Resilience and Governance, working for Financial Services, Industrial Products, Consumer Products and Automotive sectors

  • While I have experience in all areas of Cyber- and Corporate Security, spanning from A for Application Security to Z for Zero Trust, I especially excel in the following capabilities:

    • IT and Cybersecurity Strategy development

    • DevSecOps, Agile Product Security and Cloud Security Strategy

    • Cyber Risk Quantification and Cybersecurity Economics

    • Cybersecurity Project and Program Management

    • Enterprise Resilience and Crisis Management

  • While I bring the analysis, presentation and communication toolkit you should expect from an experienced consultant, I pride myself on working differently from other advisory firms.

    I believe in owning the problem: The best consultants I worked with, always made me feel like they co-owned my problems. I want to give you that same assurance. When you let me support your organization, I want to take on your problems as my own and tackle them as if I’m just as accountable for the outcome as you are.

    I understand your situation: I have been in your shoes and understand the pain points of running a cybersecurity organization. The constant context-switching, the conflicting priorities, the pressure from attackers, regulators and company-internal challenges. Therefore I am uniquely suited to support you in executing your change projects and improving your security posture.

    I look for creative solutions: My approach has always been to find the levers to achieve maximum results with the smallest investment possible. This, of course, requires creative solutions but also strong collaboration with peers and stakeholders.

What customers and partners say about me

  • Birgit Bacher | Chief Operating Officer - Allianz Direct

    I had the pleasure of working with Anton as our CISO for several years, and I can’t recommend him enough as he launches his consulting business.

    What sets Anton apart is his ability to bridge security with business goals—he’s someone both IT and business leaders trust. He’s mastered the art of keeping us secure without losing sight of the customer experience, which is rare and so valuable today.
    With deep experience in security governance and cloud-focused security operations, Anton has a talent for building security that’s both strong and practical.

    Any company looking to step up its security strategy would be lucky to have him on their team.

  • Akash Gharu | Managing Director - CXO Fintech

    I take great pleasure in recommending Anton.

    A thoughtful colleague, a considerate leader, a responsible professional, an incisive challenger and a force for change.
    Once Anton is clear on important challenges of the business, he can devise, guide and implement easy to understand and fuss-less frameworks for safety scaling enterprises; energetically keeping this important topic high on the agenda and seeded into organisational culture.

    Any technology led organisation seriously wanting to cement its infosec posture and overall business resilience would greatly benefit from such an all round CISO.
    Executives & boards in regulated industries seeking fiducial confidence should strongly consider working with Anton.

  • Desmond Field-Corbett | Chief Technology Officer - Allianz Direct

    His expertise not only taught us what to think about, but enabled him to make pragmatic decisions to non trivial problems.

    In his time, Allianz has experienced many security events, but Allianz Direct has weathered each one, and more often than not Direct engineers have led the way in responding & protecting Allianz customers.

    So if you worry about how to balance your security posture with your new Agile setup then look no further than Anton… just don’t expect me to be happy about it 🥲