Company
Our mission is to deliver Cybersecurity Situational Awareness for Industrial Control and Automation Systems.
Real-time monitoring, enables immediate response.
Secure-NOK provides easy-to-use state-of-the-art security tools for high-quality monitoring, detection, and warning of cyber attacks. We detect attacks on OT systems coming from inside as well as outside threats. Our competent personnel help organizations define and implement Cybersecurity Programs for OT.
Our team
Secure-NOK™ is one of the most innovative companies within industrial cybersecurity. The company is comprised of security experts with extensive experience in controls, SCADA, ICT and embedded systems security. We have created an international team, with security experts and top developers from around the world. Meet our executive team below.
Management team
RUNE HALVORSEN
CEO
Rune Halvorsen has a B.Sc from University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST) from 1990. He has extensive technical and management experience as Founder, Manager and Board Member of several national and international companies.
+47 916 57 071
rune.halvorsen(at)securenok.com
SIV HILDE HOUMB, PHD
FOUNDER, CTO
Dr. Siv Hilde Houmb holds a PhD in Computer Science focusing on cybersecurity and decision theory and is an Associated Professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Dr. Houmb has worked as a security researcher internationally, is active in ISA99 and IEC 62443 standardization work and serves as the chair of the International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC) Cybersecurity Committee.
+47 913 07 714
sivhoumb(at)securenok.com
ERLEND AGØY ENGUM
PRODUCT DIRECTOR
Erlend Agøy Engum graduated with a M.Sc. in Computer Science from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in 2004 and MBA from Rice University in 2015. He has experience from various operational, teaching and management positions within the drilling- and drilling equipment industry. Engum is responsible for the SNOK™ product line.
+47 401 79 997
erlendengum(at)securenok.com
NINA HESBY TVEDT
SALES AND MARKETING DIRECTOR
Nina Hesby Tvedt holds a M.Sc. in Telecom from Norwegian University of Science and Technology from 2004. She has experience from technical and management positions analyzing and managing resilience of critical cyber-infrastructure to disruptions and cyberattacks in industries such as Telecom, Aerospace, Finance, IT and Oil & Gas.
+47 952 30 809
ninahesbytvedt(at)securenok.com
LIV ELIN HOUMB
CO-FOUNDER, CFO
Liv Elin Houmb has extensive background in finance and administration, both from professional experience and from her Bachelor degree in Finance and IT from Østfold University College and Buskerud University College. She has experience with IT, including database and data warehouse technology, and within software development and interface designer.
+47 920 61 802
livelinhoumb(at)securenok.com
JISHNU UNNIKANNAN NAIR
DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
Jishnu Unnikannan Nair holds a M. Sc. in System and Control Engineering from Telemark University College and B. Tech in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Mar Athanasius College of Engineering. In addition to general software development experience, Nair has extensive automation and control systems knowledge as systems engineer for National Oilwell Varco developing software for oil rig automation and control systems.
jishnuun(at)securenok.com
Board of Directors
Arve Johnsen
CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
Arve Johnsen is a Norwegian industry leader, lawyer and economist. He was the first CEO at Statoil, and he led Statoil to become one of the world’s largest oil companies at sea. Arve Johnsen has also extensive experience as a chairman and board member in several boards.
Knut Fangberget
BOARD MEMBER
Knut Fangberget is the Deputy Mayor of City of Hamar, and he also works as a business advisor. Knut has extensive experience with business strategy and has worked several years as a manager. He’s education is as a teacher, and economy at Norwegian Business School (BI). Knut has also extensive experience as a board member in several boards.
Bente E. Engesland
BOARD MEMBER
Bente E. Engesland is the CEO at BCW Norway. Bente has had a number of senior positions in communications and management in large companies, including Communications Director at Statkraft and UDI, and head of the news at NRK. Bente has deep expertise in crisis management, she has worked with crisis management in complex situations and has received crisis management training within the military. She has also an extensive experience in board work.
Thomas Bærheim
BOARD MEMBER
Thomas Bærheim is the CEO at Miles Stavanger AS, a Norwegian IT consultancy. Thomas has education and extensive experience in management, project management, business analysis and advisory, as well as a software developer and architect. In addition to this he is Managing Partner in x5 Invest AS and board member in several companies..
Siv hilde Houmb
BOARD MEMBER, FOUNDER
Dr. Siv Hilde Houmb has a Ph.D. in Computer Science focusing on cybersecurity and decision theory. She is the founder and CTO of Secure-NOK AS, works as an associated professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), and serves as the chair of the IADC Cybersecurity Committee.
THE INDUSTRIAL CYBERSECURITY EXPERT
Secure-NOK
We offer high competencies in securing industrial control and automation systems in various industries.
We provide solutions for real time monitoring of all types of cyber-attacks on both networks and endpoints in the industrial infrastructure.
