IT security visionary Mikko Hypponen to address GISEC 2014

DUBAI, UAE: Cyber-security threats continue to be among the biggest challenge in today's hi-tech, modern economies throughout the globe.

The swift and increasingly sophisticated manner at which these threats endanger a growing dependence on online interactions and transactions across various business and economic sectors have spurred an equally rapid increase in demand for a secure information technology (IT) infrastructure.

With the International Data Corporation (IDC) predicting that the Middle East's spending on IT products and services is to increase by 7.3 percent year on year in 2014 to top USD32 billion (AED 117.5 billion). A host of top IT security experts and industry leaders, led by IT security expert Mikko Hypponen, will address the industry at GISEC 2014.

Chief research officer of F-Secure, Hypponen will discuss the significance of critical information security issues to empower businesses with superior protection. Best known for having led a team through the largest outbreaks in history and tracked down the authors of the first PC virus, Hypponen also assisted law enforcement in USA, Europe and Asia on cybercrime cases.

"The online risks are changing all the time and online crime is always international crime." Hypponen said. "National police forces and legal systems are finding it extremely difficult to keep up with the rapid growth of online crime, which is why I'll be glad to address the GISEC audience and share the latest news from the online underground."

Powered by GITEX TECHNOLOGY WEEK, the region's leading Information and Communications Technology (ICT) event, GISEC is strictly a trade-only event and is open to business and trade visitors from within the industry only. GISEC is open 10am-6pm from 9-11 June 2014 at Dubai World Trade Centre. Visitor attendance is free of charge.