peterdavida.

Hey, I’m Peter. I make security people actually enjoy.

CISO at Frontify, TEDx speaker, and recovering blogger from the beautiful (and tiny) Liechtenstein. Twenty-plus years of watching preventable incidents, and helping people prevent them.

Peter Davida sitting at a desk in a green room, smiling, with a stack of books, a laptop and a copy of his e-book beside him.

Some things I’m proud of

TEDx talk

The 90-Second Trade That Saves You Weeks of Cleanup

TEDxSchaan, Liechtenstein. The player loads only when you press play. Until then, YouTube sets no cookies and sees no visit.

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Award Peter on stage holding the Swiss CISO Award trophy, with a screen behind him reading “The Swiss CISO Award Winner: CISO for Culture, Peter Davida, CISO, Frontify”.

Swiss CISO Award 2023: CISO for Culture

From the Swiss Cyber Institute and EY, for building security people adopt rather than resent. Yes, I’m still smiling about it.

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Teaching A lecture room at FHGR with a laptop in the foreground showing a “Guest Speakers” slide, and Peter presenting at the front.

Guest lecturer, FHGR Fachhochschule Graubünden

Three years of teaching SaaS security to students: checklists, war stories and all.

Day job Peter giving a talk in front of a screen of customer logos, holding a sword over his shoulder.

CISO at Frontify

Since 2018, growing security at a SaaS scale-up from a one-person function to three teams. Security as a reason enterprise customers sign, not a reason deals stall.

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And before all of that: I supported around 100 companies as an IT, network and security engineer over the last twenty years.

Peter grinning up at the camera from under a raised datacenter floor, next to a server rack.
somewhere under a datacenter floor
Peter at a dark office desk late in the evening, holding a small black dog, with a sign reading “RTFM!” on the wall.
late shift. yes, that’s a dog. and yes, the sign says RTFM.
Office selfie of Peter with three colleagues mucking about at their desks.
on-site days
Cover of the e-book “IT Sicherheit leicht gemacht: 8 Tipps für eine sichere digitale Zukunft”.

IT Sicherheit leicht gemacht

Eight practical habits for a safer digital life, written for non-experts. German, second edition (2020). Direct download, no e-mail, no strings.

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