Mikko Hyppönen

CRO, WithSecure

Mikko Hypponen is a global security expert, speaker and author. He works as the Chief Research Officer at WithSecure and as the Principal Research Advisor at F-Secure. Mikko 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. Mikko sits in the advisory boards of t2 and Safeguard Cyber.

The Next Decade of Corporate Ransomware

The first bitcoin-enabled ransomware attacks targeting companies were discovered in 2014. Over the past decade, ransomware has emerged as the biggest type of cybercrime. Today, the most significant organized online criminal groups are those behind ransomware operations, and there's no end in sight with new groups continually entering the fray. What will the next decade of ransomware look like?