PRESS RELEASE
Copenhagen, Denmark, April 16, 2024 – Keep it, the global leader in SaaS data backup and recovery, today announced Kim Larsen as its new Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). With more than 20 years of government and private sector IT and cybersecurity leadership experience, the new CISO’s areas of expertise include: business-focused security; align business, digital and security strategies; risk management and threat mitigation; development and implementation of security strategies; lead through communication; and coaching. Larsen’s deep government and private sector experience will allow him to take Keepit’s security consulting capabilities and future service development to the next level.
Kim Larsen is an experienced speaker, negotiator and board advisor on cyber and general security topics, with experience in a wide range of organizations, including NATO, EU, Verizon, Systematic and numerous industry security councils.
“It’s a pleasure to welcome Kim Larsen to the team – his deep government and private sector experience is exceptional and positions him perfectly to bring Keepit’s security consulting capabilities and future service development to the next level. superior. Our current growth trajectory and go-to-market strategy leads us to engage in conversations where his expertise is of great value,” says Morten Felsvang, CEO of Keepit.
Kim Larsen began his career in the Danish National Police and subsequently spent nine years at the Security and Intelligence Service (PET), where he served as the Danish government’s delegate to both NATO and EU security committees.
Moving into the private sector to act as a strategic advisor on government, public and financial matters and developing security organizations and partnerships in companies such as Verizon, Huawei and Systematic, he served on the information security council of the Danish Confederation of Industry (DI) and by the Danish Digital Security Council for 10 years.
Backup and restore of critical components for cybersecurity
With this background, Kim Larsen has a holistic view of cybersecurity and a deep understanding of what is required and desired in organizations hardening their IT infrastructures against cyber threats:
“I am very happy to join Keepit – backup and recovery are critical components of a strong cybersecurity posture, and the unique Keepit solution is the answer to so many compliance and security challenges. It is a great opportunity to work with organizations on how to maintain access to their data despite any malicious or arbitrary threat to their infrastructure,” says Kim Larsen.
The CISO focuses on compliance, cyber resilienceand disaster recovery best practices as three of his favorite topics and reasons for choosing Keepit as his new playground:
“If there’s one thing we can be sure of, it’s this: We don’t know the threats we will face in the future. But we can make educated guesses. And based on these, we can make sure that we cross the t’s and dot the i’s that we Do know. That’s why the Keepit solution is a future-proof solution: with its vendor-agnostic technology stack that keeps data physically and logically separated from the production environment, it’s a guarantee that customer data is always available. Additionally, because on-premises data centers store data in the same regulatory regions as your organization, full compliance is ensured. It’s very unique,” says Kim Larsen.
About Kim Larsen
Kim Larsen is the Chief Information Security Officer at Keepit and has more than 20 years of IT and cybersecurity leadership experience in the government and private sectors.
Areas of expertise include business-focused security, aligning business, digital and security strategies, managing risk and mitigating threats tailored to business needs, developing and implementing security strategies, driving through communication and coaching.
Kim Larsen is an experienced speaker, negotiator and board advisor on cyber and general security topics, with experience in a wide range of organizations, including NATO, EU, Verizon, Systematic and numerous industry security councils.
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