Rickard Carlsson

Rickard Carlsson on ASW: “Finding vulnerabilities in staging doesn’t matter; what matters is what’s live.”

Rickard Carlsson, CEO of Detectify, recently joined as a guest speaker on the Application Security Weekly Podcast hosted by Mike Shema, Matt Alderman, and John Kisella.They discuss how Detectify’s solution is a game changer by combining the speed of automation and hacker expertise, why you should trust developers with security, and how the modern digital landscape requires even devs to look at the asset inventory.

Meet the team: Rickard Carlsson – From elite skier and management consultant to startup CEO

When Rickard accepted the position of CEO at Detectify three years ago, he was looking forward to new challenges. Little did he know that the company, then consisting of 4 people, would grow to 25 employees, launch a global network for ethical hackers, receive numerous nominations, startup awards, and attract customers like Trello and King.  This is the story of how a former elite skier and management consultant ended up as CEO of one of the security world’s most talked-about startups.