Norwegian retail is no longer “just stores.” It is payment flows, loyalty platforms, distribution networks, and always-on digital customer journeys that have to work across hundreds or thousands of endpoints. That blend of scale and speed makes cybersecurity a frontline business function. The leaders below are shaping how major retailers and retail-adjacent operators in Norway manage risk, protect operations, and keep trust intact while the sector continues to digitize.
Soner Sevin — Chief Information Security Officer, Coop Norge SA
Soner Sevin brings long-running, enterprise-level security leadership, with a profile grounded in governance and execution. At Coop Norge SA, he has led information security and compliance for many years, with strengths across ISO 27001, vulnerability management, forensics, IT service management, and security strategy. His career includes prior CISO roles in large, complex organizations, which shows up in a consistent theme: building structured security programs that can scale, stand up to audits, and operate reliably in environments where uptime and trust are everything.
Joakim Torper — Chief Information Security Officer, Uno-X Mobility Norway
Joakim Torper’s leadership style sits at the intersection of technology, people, and strategy, which matters in retail mobility where security is tied to both operational continuity and customer experience. With a foundation shaped by experience from the defense sector, he pairs leadership and security discipline with a practical mindset that avoids getting stuck in purely technical rabbit holes. That balance is useful in fast-moving commercial environments, where the best security outcomes come from clear prioritization, strong execution, and bringing teams along rather than forcing compliance from the outside.
Steinar Forshaug — Chief Information Security Officer, REMA 1000 Norge AS
Steinar Forshaug has a long tenure at REMA 1000 Norge AS spanning executive technology leadership and security, including serving as Chief Information Officer and leading network operations before stepping into and sustaining the Chief Information Security Officer role. That combination is especially valuable in retail, where security decisions are tightly coupled with infrastructure reliability, store operations, and vendor ecosystems. His background signals an operator’s approach to security: risk management, compliance, and control ownership that is anchored in how the business actually runs day to day.
Fredrik Almstrøm — Head of Information and Technology Security and Shared Services, Reitan Retail
Fredrik Almstrøm represents the kind of security leader retail groups need when transformation is constant. In addition to leading information and technology security and shared services, he has held interim CISO responsibility and previously led cloud initiatives, giving him a practical view of how modernization choices impact risk. His earlier leadership in technology delivery and infrastructure roles supports a security posture that is built into platforms and operations, not bolted on afterward, which is critical for large retail ecosystems with many brands, locations, and partners.
Norway’s Retail Cybersecurity Landscape
Retail cybersecurity in Norway is increasingly defined by resilience and scale: securing payment and identity flows, protecting supply chain operations, hardening store and warehouse technology, and managing third-party risk without slowing the business. The leaders featured here reflect that shift. They combine governance with operational credibility, and they treat security as something that must enable growth while keeping customer trust and business continuity non-negotiable.