Corporate Information Security Roundtable

Patrick Bichler

Global Security Officer, Head of Digitization & Security
SFS Group

Patrick is the Global Security Officer (incl. CISO) for the SFS Group, based in Heerbrugg, Switzerland. He joined the SFS Group from the Cantonal Police of Sankt Gallen where he was leading the IT department and had a first contact with digital forensics as well. This was right after he finished the master degree in Computer Science at the Federal Institute of Technology, ETH in Zurich. During his professional career he had a focus on leadership in all positions and earned certificates in strategic management. In 2020 he graduated an Executive MBA in Digital Transformation at the University of Applied Sciences of the Grisons - a Swiss university as well.