Department of Computer and Systems Sciences Stockholm University
Kista, Sweden

Fredrik Blix is a senior lecturer in cybersecurity at Stockholm University and Director at the European cybersecurity consulting company Knowit Secure in Stockholm, Sweden. Dr. Blix has 25 years of experience in the research and practice of cybersecurity with an interest in cloud security, information security management, and offensive cyber capabilities. He is one of the contributors to the world-leading standard for information security management, ISO/IEC 27001. He was awarded a doctoral degree in computer and systems sciences at Stockholm University in 2005, with a dissertation on information security management, and a Master of Science in Information Systems Security from the London School of Economics in 1998. After having worked for big four consulting, Blix founded several companies including Visente Information Security AB, advising more than 100 clients including almost 40 government agencies and local councils in Sweden. In a given year, Blix reaches about 500 academic and professional students teaching cybersecurity.