Career
Wermdalen got district prosecutor"s degree at Stockholm University in 1962. He then worked in the police, including as bureau chief of the Swedish Security Service. In 1975 he became Chief Security Officer at Ericsson and founded the trade association Swesec, which he was chairman of between 1982 and 1996.
Moreover, he has been vice president at Securitas Bachelor of Arts. Wermdalen has also been active in American Society for Industrial Security International including as chairman of the Swedish chapter, Vice President in Europe, board member and chairman in the board of directors of American Society for Industrial Security International Affairs.
When he left the board, he was appointed Lifetime Asis member. In 1997, Hans Wermdalen established an award called whose aim is to "draw attention to innovators of particularly interesting and/or important system solutions, services and products".
Since then, the prize is awarded annually by the Swedish security trade association Swesec.
