F-Secure's Mikko Hypponen selected as one of the 50 most important people on the Web

The US-based PC WORLD –magazine has selected the 50 most important people on the Web. F-Secure's Chief Research Officer Mikko Hyppönen is rated as #43 on the list.

Mikko Hyppönen has worked in the IT security business since 1991. Under his leadership F-Secure research teams have stopped several worldwide computer virus epidemics. This has earned F-Secure an international reputation as a very fast and reliable antivirus company. Mikko Hyppönen has been giving speeches around the globe and he has been a visible IT security spokesperson in major media, including CNN, BBC, The Wall Street Journal and Newsweek. He has also written articles for publications like Scientific American and Foreign Policy.

The PC WORLD article can be found here:
http://www.pcworld.com/printable/article/id,129301/printable.html

About F-Secure Corporation

F-Secure Corporation protects consumers and businesses against computer viruses and other threats from the Internet and mobile networks. We want to be the most reliable provider of security services in the market. One way to demonstrate this is the speed of our response. According to independent studies in 2004, 2005 and 2006 our response time to new threats is significantly faster than our major competitors. Our award-winning solutions are available for workstations, gateways, servers and mobile phones. They include antivirus and desktop firewall with intrusion prevention, antispam and antispyware solutions.  Founded in 1988, F-Secure has been listed on the Helsinki Exchanges since 1999, and has been consistently growing faster than all its publicly listed competitors. F-Secure headquarters are in Helsinki, Finland, and we have regional offices around the world. F-Secure protection is also available as a service through major ISPs, such as France Telecom,  TeliaSonera,  PCCW and Charter Communications. F-Secure is the global market leader in mobile phone protection provided through mobile operators, such as T-Mobile and Swisscom and mobile handset manufacturers such as Nokia. The latest real-time virus threat scenario news are available at the F-Secure Data Security Lab weblog at http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/

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