Cyber Security | Online Crime | Cyberwar
Mikko Hypponen
Mikko Hypponen is a global security expert. Tagged as a „Code Warrior”, Hypponen is a go-to expert on cybercrime for international news media.
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About Mikko Hypponen
Mikko Hypponen is a world-wide authority on computer security and privacy issues. He has been working with computer security for over 20 years and has fought the biggest malware outbreaks in the net. As a result, he has been involved in catching several online criminals. He also tracked down the authors of the very first PC virus.
He has also extensively researched cyber warfare and online espionage. Mikko has written on his research for the New York Times, Wired, Foreign Policy and Scientific American and he appears frequently on international TV. He has lectured at the universities of Stanford, Oxford and Cambridge.
Mikko Hypponen was selected among the 50 most important people on the web by the PC World magazine and was included in the FP Global 100 Thinkers list. Tagged as a „Code Warrior” by Vanity Fair, Hypponen is a go-to expert on cybercrime for international news media. He sits in the advisory boards of t2 and EUROPOL. He has worked at F-Secure since 1991.
Mikko Hypponen has delivered hundreds of talks in over 40 countries over the last 25 years, including keynotes in the most important security conferences such as Black Hat Asia and DEF CON. In 2010, he was awarded the Virus Bulletin Award as the best educator in the industry.
He has keynoted at events like EDIST in Toronto, DLD in Münich, TEDGlobal in Edinburgh, Forum the la Haute Horlogerie in Lausanne, and at various IDC events. His other speaking clients include SXSW, Google, MWC, Mozilla, Microsoft, CeBIT, several oil & gas companies in the Middle East and banks in Europe and in South Africa. He has also addressed the EU Parliament on privacy topics and lectured at the Universities of Stanford, Oxford and Cambridge.
Mikko Hypponen has delivered the most watched online security talk on the internet. This is his TED Talk from 2011. It has been watched more than 1,8 million times and it has been translated to over 40 languages.
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''He was extremely engaging and informative.''
We organized an event where Mikko made a presentation to a diverse group of 400 senior executives. He was extremely engaging and informative. His presentation was a nice blend of the latest facts and informed predictions delivered in an entertaining style. I would highly recommend Mikko for an enlightening look at the latest trends on cybersecurity.
''Mikko exhibits a remarkable capacity to make complex technical concepts easy to understand.''
Mikko exhibits a remarkable capacity to make complex technical concepts easy to understand, uncoupling the relevant from the mere buzz, and bringing notable anecdotes and first-hand accounts to his storytelling.
''As a speaker, he was very knowledgeable and inspirational.''
Mikko made us think and he made us laugh. As a speaker, he was very knowledgeable and inspirational. He made us hope that the talk wouldn’t end just yet!