Runa Sandvik

Runa Sandvik is a Norwegian-American computer security expert and founder of Granitt. She is noted for her extensive work in protecting at-risk civil society groups, including human rights defenders, lawyers, and journalists. Sandvik was previously the Senior Director of Information Security at The New York Times, helping launch the company’s confidential tips page in December 2016.

Career

Sandvik was an early developer of the Tor anonymity network, a cooperative facility that helps individuals obfuscate the Internet Protocol information they are using to access the Internet.