Fredrik Karlsson
Group COO & CISO at Opsio
Fredrik is the Group Chief Operating Officer and Chief Information Security Officer at Opsio. He focuses on operational excellence, governance, and information security, working closely with delivery and leadership teams to align technology, risk, and business outcomes in complex IT environments. He leads Opsio's security practice including SOC services, penetration testing, and compliance frameworks.
Expertise Areas
Articles by Fredrik Karlsson
Compliance Risk Assessment: A Practical B2B Guide
Regulatory exposure is not a theoretical concern. GDPR fines in the EU have exceeded €4 billion in aggregate since enforcement began. HIPAA settlements...
What Is AI Governance? Policies and Frameworks Explained
What Is AI Governance? Policies and Frameworks Explained AI governance is the system of policies, structures, roles, processes, and controls that an...
AI Strategy Roadmap: 7 Steps from Vision to Value
AI Strategy Roadmap: 7 Steps from Vision to Value Most enterprises have AI ambitions. Far fewer have AI results. According to Gartner (2024), 87% of AI and...
AI Governance Framework: EU AI Act Compliance
AI Governance Framework: EU AI Act Compliance The EU AI Act became law in August 2024 and represents the world's first comprehensive legal framework for...
AI Ethics in Enterprise: Building Responsible AI
AI Ethics in Enterprise: Building Responsible AI AI ethics failures carry real financial consequences, not just reputational ones. Amazon scrapped an AI...
Zero Trust for OT: Identity-Based Security in Industrial Environments
Zero Trust for OT: Identity-Based Security in Industrial Environments Zero trust adoption in OT environments grew by 34% in 2024, driven by the failure of...
Cloud-Connected OT: Securing Remote Access to Industrial Systems
Cloud-Connected OT: Securing Remote Access to Industrial Systems Remote access to OT systems is now nearly universal: 83% of industrial organizations provide...
AI in OT Security: Machine Learning for Industrial Threat Detection
AI in OT Security: Machine Learning for Industrial Threat Detection AI and machine learning are moving from experimental to operational in OT security: 67% of...
What Is OT Security? A Complete Guide for 2026
Operational technology (OT) security protects the hardware and software that monitors and controls physical processes in industrial environments. The global OT...
SCADA Security: Protecting Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Systems
SCADA Security: Protecting Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Systems SCADA systems are the primary target in 36% of all documented OT cyberattacks,...
PLC Security: Hardening Programmable Logic Controllers
PLC Security: Hardening Programmable Logic Controllers Programmable logic controllers are the execution layer of industrial automation: they receive sensor...
OT Vulnerability Management: Patching Without Downtime
OT Vulnerability Management: Patching Without Downtime The average OT environment contains vulnerabilities on 70% of its assets, yet fewer than 30% of those...
OT vs IoT Security: What's the Difference and Why It Matters
OT vs IoT Security: What's the Difference and Why It Matters The global IoT security market is projected to reach USD 59 billion by 2028, while the OT security...
OT Threat Landscape 2026: Ransomware, APTs, and AI
The OT threat landscape in 2026 is more dangerous than at any point in history. Sixty percent of organizations experienced OT security incidents in 2025, with...
OT Security in Water Utilities: SCADA Protection
Water utilities operate some of the most critically important and least well-protected OT environments in any sector. A 2025 cybersecurity assessment by CISA...
OT Security Vendor Selection: How to Choose the Right Platform
OT Security Vendor Selection: How to Choose the Right Platform The OT security market is projected to reach USD 25 billion by 2026 at a 16.5% CAGR, and the...
OT Security in Transportation and Logistics
Transportation and logistics OT systems move people and goods at national scale, making their disruption an attractive target for both criminal actors and...
OT Security ROI: Building the Business Case for Industrial Cybersecurity
OT Security ROI: Building the Business Case for Industrial Cybersecurity The average cost of an OT cybersecurity incident in 2024 reached USD 3.2 million in...
OT Security Maturity Model: 5 Levels Explained
OT Security Maturity Model: 5 Levels Explained Only 21% of industrial organizations reached Level 3 or higher on an OT security maturity scale in 2024, meaning...
OT Security in Manufacturing: Protecting Smart Factories
Manufacturing is one of the most frequently attacked sectors in OT security, accounting for a disproportionate share of ransomware incidents targeting...
OT Security in Healthcare: Medical Device Protection
Healthcare OT security sits at the intersection of patient safety and cybersecurity, where a breach is not just a data or operational incident but potentially...
OT Security in Energy: Power Grid and Oil & Gas
Energy sector OT security carries consequences that no other industry faces: a successful attack on a power grid or pipeline can affect millions of people and...
OT Security in Building Automation Systems (BAS)
Building automation systems (BAS) control HVAC, lighting, elevators, access control, and fire suppression in commercial and critical facilities. They are OT...
OT Security Best Practices: 12 Essential Controls
Sixty percent of organizations experienced OT security incidents in 2025 ( Dragos , 2025), yet many still lack even the most foundational controls. The 12...
OT Security Assessment: How to Evaluate Your Posture
An OT security assessment provides a structured baseline of your industrial environment's current security posture and the gaps between that baseline and an...
OT Network Segmentation: Zones, Conduits, and Industrial DMZ Design
OT Network Segmentation: Zones, Conduits, and Industrial DMZ Design Network segmentation is the single most effective control for limiting the spread of...
OT Incident Response Playbook: ICS-Specific Response Procedures
OT Incident Response Playbook: ICS-Specific Response Procedures Organizations with tested OT incident response plans recover from industrial cyber incidents...
NIST 800-82 for OT: Industrial Control Systems Security Guide
NIST 800-82 for OT: Industrial Control Systems Security Guide NIST Special Publication 800-82 Revision 3 is the primary U.S. federal guidance for securing...
NIS2 and OT Security: Compliance Guide for Industry
NIS2 and OT Security: Compliance Guide for Industry The NIS2 Directive expanded the European Union's cybersecurity obligations to cover more than 160,000...
IT vs OT Security: Key Differences and Convergence
IT and OT security teams have operated in separate worlds for decades, but that separation is collapsing. The OT security market is growing at 16.5% annually...
Showing 30 of 210 articles
Want Expert Cloud Guidance?
Fredrik Karlsson and the Opsio team are ready to help solve your cloud challenges.