About NORMA
The Nordic Maritime Cyber Resilience Centre
NORMA Cyber provides centralised functions and services for its members such as threat intelligence, incident and crisis response.
NORMA Cyber is a non-profit company established by Norwegian Shipowners.
From 2024 NORMA Cyber supports the Norwegian Coastal Administration in their mission as sectorial response function for Cyber Security within the Norwegian maritime sector.
Employees:
Lars Benjamin Vold
Managing Director
Lars has 10 years’ experience with the Norwegian Armed Forces, most of which was spent in the Norwegian Special Forces. He has a BsC in Finance and over four years’ experience working within The Norwegian Shipowners’ Mutual War Risk Insurance Association (DNK) in the areas of security and contingency preparedness, cyber security and digital development.
Øyvind Berget
Chief Technology Officer
Øyvind has 12 years’ experience with the Norwegian Armed Forces where he worked within information security, data analytics and intelligence. Before joining NORMA Cyber, Øyvind worked at the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for three years where he led projects involving digitalisation and machine learning. Øyvind holds a BTech in Electrical Engineering and a MSc in Informatics, both with a specialisation in information security.
Arne Asplem
Head of Intelligence
Arne has 25+ years’ experience from the private and government sector, including 7 years as Chief Security Officer in Sopra Steria, 5 years as Head of Technical Analysis in the Norwegian National Security Authority and two years as Senior Engineer in the Armed Forces. Main focus the last 15 years has been operational cyber security and cyber threat intelligence.
Eirik Bue
Head of Security Operations Centre (SOC)
Eirik Bue has several years of experience from the Norwegian Armed Forces as a Senior Engineer where he focused on information security and intelligence. Before joining NORMA Cyber, Eirik worked as a System Developer focusing on Industrial Automation. Eirik holds a B.Sc in Computer Engineering. Eirik heads the Security Operations Centre (SOC).
Marius Høiseth
Senior security advisor
Marius Høiseth has 20 years’ experience working with Information security and IT operations. Prior to joining NORMA Cyber, Marius worked in a law firm as a Senior IT consultant focusing on information security.
Ole Nese
Cyber security analyst
Ole Nese has a Bachelor of Science degree with Honours in Applied Cyber Security from the University of South Wales. Ole has a background from Noroff's network and IT security program along with IT experience from Fjord1. He is certified as a Nozomi Networks Engineer.
John Velo
Cyber security analyst
John Velo has experience from Security Operations Centre (SOC), where he supported efforts to maintain and improve digital security. John is a certified Junior Penetration tester. John holds Bachelor's degrees in Cybersecurity and in Entrepreneurship.
Øystein Brekke-Sanderud
Senior maritime OT/ICS security analyst
Øystein Brekke-Sanderud has over a decade of experience from offshore and subsea where he held several roles, among them as lead project engineer. Øystein holds a B.Sc. in Digital Forensics
Marthe Brendefur
Intelligence analyst
Marthe Brendefur has several years of experience from the Norwegian Armed Forces, where she has among other things, served in the Royal Norwegian Navy. Marthe has a Bachelor degree in Digital Forensics. She is an analyst in the Intelligence and information sharing group, focusing on cybercrime.
Morten Østbye
Senior intelligence analyst
Morten Østbye has more than 10 years’ experience from Information Security and threat intelligence from the Norwegian Armed Forces and the healthcare sector. He has worked in several Security Operation Centre’s (SOC). He holds a M.Sc. in Information Security with specialisation in Digital Forensics. He is an analyst in the Intelligence and information sharing group.
Halvard Barstad
Maritime OT/ICS security analyst
Halvard Barstad has experience working as a Cyber Security Engineer in the Product Cyber Security team in Kongsberg Maritime where he focused on product certification and customer projects. Halvard holds a M.Sc. in Informatics with a specialization in Secure and Reliable Communication.