Olivia Brännlund named CISO at Outpost24

Olivia Brännlund was promoted to CISO at Outpost24, having joined the company in 2022 and previously served as deputy CISO. Before Outpost24, she served as security architect at Ericsson and telecommunications firm Qvantel.

According to Outpost24, Brännlund leads the company's security strategy in her role as Chief Information Security Officer.

According to the release, Brännlund began at Outpost24 as a technical coordinator and was later promoted to technical architect for the platform team. The release says that in her roles at Outpost24 she worked on security initiatives, including the design of the security architecture for the orchestration platform. Before Outpost24, the release says, Brännlund held responsibility for security work in the 5G field as a security architect at Ericsson. Earlier, at the telecommunications firm Qvantel, she helped secure the Business Support Solution as a security architect, according to the release.

Outpost24 says The Hacker News named Brännlund Cybersecurity Woman of the Year at its 2026 Cybersecurity Stars Awards. The Cybersecurity Star Awards committee cited her design of the security architecture for Outpost24's core platform, Outpost24 says.

SecurityWeek describes Outpost24 as a provider of cyber risk management and threat intelligence. Outpost24 says it was founded in 2001, is headquartered in Sweden and has 14 offices worldwide, including in Israel, Belgium, France, Spain, the UK and the US.