Dutch Schwartz

Dutch Schwartz

Dutch Schwartz is the Vice President of Cloud Services for SideChannel and a fractional CISO. SideChannel is a leading provider of comprehensive cybersecurity consulting services.

Prior to this, he was a senior security advisor with Raytheon and AWS. In those roles, he led security strategy, revenue, and customer engagement for fifty global enterprises spanning aviation, digital natives, financial services, travel, media & entertainment, software, and gaming.

Dutch partners with CISOs in the Fortune 500 to help them build and execute cybersecurity strategies that deliver business value. A sought-after thinker on strategy, culture, and the human side of cloud security - he’s provided executive presentation for ISSA, the SANS Institute, AWS, Amazon, Palo Alto Networks, Intuit, the CISO Series, and numerous others.

Dutch holds an MBA in Global Management, cybersecurity certificates from MIT Sloan School of Management and Harvard University, the AI Programme certificate from Oxford University, and is a Qualified Technology Executive (QTE). He’s currently earning a second master’s degree in Psychology with an Emphasis on Human Factors.

Posts by Dutch Schwartz

Cybersecurity Vendor Rationalization
Cybersecurity Vendor Rationalization

Cybersecurity Vendor Rationalization

(September 18, 2025) 8 min read