Bjørn Tore Hellesøy
Bjørn Tore Hellesøy is a security analyst at KraftCERT, Norway’s sector-specific cyber response organization for the energy, petroleum and other critical infrastructure sectors. His work focuses on understanding cyber threats, strengthening incident response and communicating complex security challenges to both technical specialists and decision-makers.
He is also co-chair of FIRST’s Human Factors in Security Special Interest Group, where he works to promote a more human-centred approach to cybersecurity and challenge the tendency to treat “human error” as the root cause of security incidents. Bjørn Tore regularly contributes to KraftCERT’s threat assessments and is an active commentator on cyber risk, preparedness and the security of society’s most critical services.