Announcing Mikko Hyppönen as the Keynote Speaker for the 18th Annual AVAR Conference

August 25, 2015

This is to  announce that Mikko Hyppönen, Chief Research Officer of  F-Secure   will give the keynote address  to the 2015 conference, taking place from December  02 to December 04 in  Da Nang, Vietnam.He has keynoted or spoken at various conferences including Black Hat, DEF CON, DLD,[8] and RSA. In addition to data security events, Hyppönen has delivered talks at general-interest events, such as TED, TEDx, DLD, SXSW and Google Zeitgeist. He has also delivered the two most viewed computer security talks on the Internet. Here is overview of his talk at AVAR  2015:

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Securing Our Future
If we want to secure our online future, we only have two problems to solve: Privacy and Security. Our online privacy is being eroded by multinational companies that make billions with our data. Services like Google and Facebook are always exploring new ways to monetize people’s personal data, exposing the fact that many business models and platforms that power digital life operate at the expense of privacy. However, there doesn’t seem to be anything illegal in that, as end users happily accept any cost to get their ‘free’ services. On the other hand, our online security is being targeted by groups that are willing to break the law. This includes both the criminals that do their attacks to make money as well as governments that do it for surveillance and espionage purposes. Where are we really? And what can we do? ”

For more information about Mikko Hyppönen and his research: http://mikko.hypponen.com/

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