Kim Larsen, a veteran in the cybersecurity industry with over two decades of leadership experience in both the public and private sector, has been appointed as the new Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Keepit, one of the front-runners in the SaaS data backup and recovery scene. Larsen's appointment, announced on 16th April 2024, is seen as a strategic move to further enhance Keepit's security advisory capabilities and development of future services.

Larsen, whose career spans across numerous significant organisations including NATO, EU, Verizon, Systematic, and various industry security boards, started his professional journey in the Danish National Police. He subsequently spent nine years with the Security and Intelligence Service (PET) where he served as a delegate for the Danish government in both NATO's and EU's security committees. His later foray into the private sector saw him acting as a strategic advisor on government, public and financial sector matters. He has been crucial in developing security organisations and partnerships in companies such as Verizon, Huawei, Systematic, and has served on the information security board of the Danish Industry Confederation (DI) and Danish Council for Digital Security for a decade.

Morten Felsvang, CEO of Keepit expressed delight at Larsen's appointment, stating, "It's a real pleasure to welcome Kim Larsen to the team – his deep government and broad private sector experience is exceptional, and perfectly positions him to bring Keepit's security advisory capabilities and development of future services to the next level. Our current growth trajectory and go-to-market strategy has us engaging in conversations where his expertise is highly valuable."

Larsen, known for his innovative and holistic approach to cybersecurity solutions, is elated at this new professional endeavour. "I am very happy to join Keepit: Backup and recovery are critical components of a solid cybersecurity posture, and the unique Keepit solution is the answer to so many compliance and security challenges. It’s a great opportunity to work with organisations on how to retain access to their data in the face of any malign or arbitrary threats to their infrastructure," Larsen said.

With regards to why he chose Keepit as his new professional home, the seasoned cybersecurity professional pointed to compliance, cyber resilience, and disaster recovery as his favourite topics. "If there’s one thing we can be sure of, it’s this: We don’t know the threats we will be facing in the future. But we can make educated guesses. And based on those, we can make sure to cross the t’s and dot the i’s that we do know about. That’s why the Keepit solution is a future-proof solution: with its vendor-independent tech stack that keeps data physically and logically separate from the production environment, it’s a guarantee that customer data is always available. And with local data centres keeping data in the same regulatory regions as the organisation, full compliance is assured. It really is quite unique," Larsen added.