About Us

Meet Pistachio’s Team

  • Erlend Seppola
  • Romy Thor
  • Kasper Kristiansen
  • Sarah Baudinet
  • Oliver Strömberg
  • Francis Hughes
  • Michael Söderqvist-Waag
  • Anda Liepa
  • Amine Naini
  • Kasper Rynning-Tønnesen
  • Christine Ricco
  • Denise Castelli
  • Jonas Menous
  • Joe Jones
  • Sindre Holm Lægreid
  • Hanna Steingrímsdóttir
  • Simen Berge
  • Mitchell Tilyard
  • Diogo Tomaz
  • Zack Korman
  • Rebecca Friedemann
  • Oleksandr Levchenko
  • Michael Damnjanovic
  • Mai Prokosch
  • Silje Knudtzon
  • Rebecca Aversano
  • Michael Söderqvist-Waag
  • Francis Hughes
  • Oliver Strömberg
  • Sarah Baudinet
  • Kasper Kristiansen
  • Romy Thor
  • Erlend Seppola

Our Mission

We're dedicated to making cybersecurity a seamless part of your digital life.

Pistachio is a cybersecurity company founded in 2019 in Oslo, Norway, focused on making digital security accessible to everyone. Unlike other awareness training tools that expect users to manage everything themselves, Pistachio handles it all—sending personalized, automated cybersecurity training directly to employees.

The system adjusts content to each user’s unique requirements and provides real-world simulations to help them understand cybersecurity threats. The name comes from the movie The Master of Disguise, where the protagonist, Pistachio Disguisey, uses his skills of disguise for good. We felt that was fitting, as we disguise ourselves as malicious actors in order to help people learn about cybersecurity in a safe environment.


OsloBased Office

30Employees

15+Nationalities

2019Founded

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Pistachio Principles

Our work is guided
by four core principles

(01)

Learn-by-doing

We send tailored simulations based on realistic scenarios, removing the need for outdated, generic content. Without quizzes, boring videos, or gamification gimmicks, we offer a safe space for your team to make mistakes and naturally sharpen their skills for the next attack—real or simulated.


(02)

Be Realistic

Most people don’t care about security awareness training, so trying to make it 'fun' is already an uphill battle. Instead, we focus on convenience. With automatic delivery straight to their inboxes and no logins required, building security awareness becomes an effortless part of everyday life—something they don’t have to schedule in.


(03)

Actually Automated

We are an automated alternative to the existing competitors that are mainly manual (despite claiming to have automated products). With our product, you don’t need to spend more than 15 minutes a year on our platform; 10 minutes to set up and 5 minutes to download reports when needed.


(04)

Progress Not Perfection

We firmly believe that reaching 100% security, and staying there, should not the goal for any company. Instead, they should aim for continuous awareness training to be a way to help adapt their team to evolving cyber-threats and nurture a security conscious culture.

Leadership

Meet our leadership team

Joe Jones
Joe JonesChief Executive Officer
Denise Castelli
Denise CastelliDirector of Revenue Operations
Kasper Rynning-Tønnesen
Kasper Rynning-TønnesenVice President of Engineering
Mai Prokosch
Mai ProkoschDirector of Finance
Zack Korman
Zack KormanChief Technology Officer
Hanna Steingrímsdóttir
Hanna SteingrímsdóttirDirector of Design
Rebecca Aversano
Rebecca AversanoDirector of Customer Success
Mitchell Tilyard
Mitchell TilyardVice President of Revenue

Investors

Backed by institutional investors


SKYFALL
Idékapital
Signals.VC
J12
MP Pensjon

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