Mikko Hyppönen is a worldwide authority on computer security.
Mikko Hypponen is a global security expert who has been working in security research since 1991. He is currently the Chief Research Officer at Sensofusion in Finland. Mikko has published his research in The New York Times, Wired, and Scientific American. He has lectured at Oxford, Harvard, and MIT, and at the Finnish National Defence Courses since 2002. He has keynoted at DEF CON, RSA and Black Hat conferences and he's an official TED Speaker. Mikko is also a best-selling international author.
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More recently, Mr. Hyppönen has been discussing the impact of COVID-19 on cyber criminal activity and leading the collective cyber security community in warning attackers away from targeting vital healthcare services and providers.
Mr. Hyppönen is also a regular advisor to the cyber security industry, as seen recently with the Vastaamo Psychotherapy Centre cyber attack in Finland, where he took the lead in helping both victims and the authorities.
Mr. Hyppönen has been the subject of hundreds of interviews in global media, including a 9-page profile in Vanity Fair.
Mr. Hyppönen, born in 1969, 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.