“We are no longer securing just computers - we are securing the society.”
Source: A talk at Slush 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV9gnLKw8P0 November 2015
Mikko Hermanni Hyppönen is a Finnish computer security expert, speaker and author. He is known for the Hyppönen Law about IoT security, which states that whenever an appliance is described as being "smart", it is vulnerable. He works as the Chief Research Officer at WithSecure and as the Principal Research Advisor at F-Secure. Wikipedia
“We are no longer securing just computers - we are securing the society.”
Source: A talk at Slush 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV9gnLKw8P0 November 2015
“Security is like Tetris: You're successes disappear but your failures pile up.”
Source: Keynote address, https://www.youtube.com/c/cebitau/videos CeBIT Australia, October 2019
Source: Mikko Hyppönen interview by Heikki Valkama (in Finnish) https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-10565677 Yle, December 2018
“Cyber weapons are effective, affordable and deniable. That’s a great combination in any weapon.”
Source: BusinessInsider Article https://www.businessinsider.com/internet-security-expert-cyber-arms-race-dangerous-russia-israel-north-korea-china-nuclear-mikko-hypponen2017-3, March 2017
“Rarely is anyone thanked for the work they did to prevent the disaster that didn't happen.”
Source: Via @mikko on https://twitter.com/mikko/status/1153964272793395200 Twitter, July 2019