Joining the podcast this week is Mikko Hypponen, Chief Research Officer at WithSecure. He breaks down the rise and fall of cybercrime unicorns, the effectiveness of unicorn hunting season and bounties, the impact of nations fighting back in today’s cyber war, Ukraine’s preparedness for Russian cyber war, cryptocurrencies future and how he came up with Hypponen’s Law. And be sure to keep an eye out for his upcoming book from Wiley later this summer, “If It’s Smart, It’s Vulnerable”!
Mikko Hypponen, Chief Research Officer, WithSecure Mikko Hypponen is a global security expert. He has worked at F-Secure, now WithSecure, since 1991. Mr. Hypponen has written on his research for the New York Times, Wired and Scientific American and he appears frequently on international TV. He has lectured at the universities of Stanford, Oxford and Cambridge. He 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. Mr. Hypponen sits in the advisory boards of t2 and Social Safeguard.
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