Executive record
Kim Larsen
Career profile: Kim Larsen on CISO Spotlights ↗
Kim Larsen is Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Keepit. The appointment was announced in the week of April 15, 2024, per SecurityWeek Industry Moves.
The seat was verified again on October 23, 2026, per keepit.com.
1 tracked move on the Wire · Updated
Career timeline
Every move the record holds for Kim Larsen, newest first, with the earlier roles the announcements name.
The appointment
Announced week of April 15, 2024 · Source: SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2024-04-15) ↗ · Move record
Keepit, a Danish SaaS data backup and recovery company, hired Kim Larsen as its new CISO. Larsen has more than 20 years of leadership experience in IT and cybersecurity from government and the private sector, and once served as a delegate for the Danish government in NATO's and the EU's security committees.
According to Keepit, Larsen began his career in the Danish National Police before spending nine years at the Security and Intelligence Service, known as PET. After moving to the private sector, he acted as a strategic advisor on financial, public and government sector matters, the release says. Keepit says he also developed security organizations and partnerships at companies including Systematic, Huawei and Verizon. For 10 years he sat on the Danish Council for Digital Security and on the information security board of DI, the Danish Industry confederation, the company says. Keepit described Larsen as having been, at the time of the announcement, a board advisor, negotiator and keynote speaker on general and cyber security topics. Keepit says Larsen holds the title of Group Chief Information Security Officer at the company.
According to its release, Keepit provides SaaS data protection for companies that store their data in the cloud. The company says it runs a vendor-independent cloud for SaaS data protection that rests on a blockchain-verified solution. Keepit says it protects data in business applications such as Salesforce, Google, Microsoft Entra ID and Microsoft 365. The company is headquartered in Copenhagen, has offices and data centers around the world, and says thousands of companies use it to protect and manage cloud data.
The company: Keepit
- Sector
- Cybersecurity Vendors
- Region
- Europe
- Company record
- Who runs security at Keepit: 1 confirmed move on the record
- Vendor directory
- Keepit sells security products, filed under Backup and cyber recovery. What it sells
In their own words
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Elsewhere
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Appointed in the same period
Other security chiefs in Cybersecurity Vendors whose appointment was announced within 90 days of Kim Larsen's, nearest first (8 of 10). The Cybersecurity Vendors bench
Richard Marcus, Chief Information Security Officer at AuditBoard
Jason Scott, Chief Information Security Officer at Sectigo
Dennis Dayman, Chief Information Security Officer at Code42
Dean Macris, Chief Information Security Officer at Dispel
Ryan Black, Chief Information Security Officer at BlackCloak
Wyman Lewis, Chief Information Security Officer at Apptega
Merritt Baer, Chief Information Security Officer at Reco
Record facts
- Time in the seat
- About 2 years 7 months since the appointment was announced (week of April 15, 2024), as of November 2026
- Moves on the record
- 1 confirmed move, each with its source
- On the record since
- September 26, 2026
- Cybersecurity Vendors in 2026
- 25 security-leadership appointments announced in the sector on the record
How these are counted. Time in the seat: Counted in whole months from the announcement of the appointment, the date the record holds; announcements rarely give a start date.
Questions about Kim Larsen
- Who is the CISO of Keepit?
- Kim Larsen is Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Keepit. The appointment was announced in the week of April 15, 2024, per SecurityWeek Industry Moves.
- When did Kim Larsen become CISO of Keepit?
- The appointment was announced in the week of April 15, 2024, per SecurityWeek Industry Moves. The record holds the announcement, not a start date.
Sources
- 1.SecurityWeek Industry Moves (week of 2024-04-15) ↗: the appointment at Keepit, week of April 15, 2024
- 2.CISO Spotlights career profile ↗: a fuller career profile on a sister site
This record begins with CISO Tribune's tracking in 2026.
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