Eivind Arvesen
Lead Advisor Information Security And Privacy
Oslo, Norway
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Top SchoolEivind Arvesen is a seasoned information security and privacy leader with 11+ years of experience bridging hands-on engineering and strategic cybersecurity, most recently serving as CISO for a KKR portfolio company and now Lead Advisor at NetNordic Norge. He combines a strong technical foundation as a former senior developer and architect with governance and advisory experience across sectors, delivering pragmatic security programs, incident response, and vendor management. A co-lead of OWASP Norway, public speaker, writer, and open-source contributor, he actively shapes the infosec community and mentors practitioners. His M.Sc. in Computer Science with a specialization in machine learning informs a thoughtful approach to privacy engineering and security research. Known for fast learning, clear communication, and a focus on measurable outcomes, he excels at aligning security strategy with business goals while diving into technical challenges when needed. Outside work he’s musically inclined—an occasional multi-instrumentalist—which reflects a creative, disciplined mindset he brings to complex problems.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MS), Informatikk, Master of Science (MS), Informatikk at Høgskolen i Østfold (HiØ)
Norwegian, English, German, French, Swedish
Stackoverflow
26reputation
5kreached
1answer
2questions
Github Skills (182)
package-control10
python10
bash10
firefox-addon10
custom-ui10
scheduling10
menu10
deep-learning10
command-line-tool10
webextension10
fingerprinting10
mesos10
duckduckgo10
javascript10
twitter10
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
EivindArvesen/prm
Sep 2015 - Oct 2021
A minimal project manager for the terminal.
Contributions:158 commits, 23 PRs, 128 pushes in 6 years 2 months
project-managerworkspace-managerproductivitybashterminal
EivindArvesen/faarikaal
Oct 2014 - Oct 2019
Custom UI theme for Sublime Text
Contributions:1 release, 25 commits, 7 PRs in 5 years
sublimecustom-uisublime-texttheme-ui
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