Jari Pirhonen

Jari Pirhonen has worked in a variety of security management roles and currently works for TietoEVRY as Chief Security Officer.

Chief Security Officer

• experienced security and information security leader
• member of Information Security Forum Supervisory Board
• lecturer at Aalto University Professional Development programs (information security leadership & management)
• speaker in various events
• holder of several personal certifications e.g. Information security, risk management
• lifelong learner

Always balancing security with business and trying to make sense of security instead of spreading FUD. Security is simply risk and opportunities management and security responsibilities can't be outsourced - not by organizations, not by management, not by individuals. Security is not done in security unit or by security experts. Security must be included in every day processes and tasks. Security is too important to be left just to security experts!

Although new technology brings interesting security challenges and opportunities with the accelerating pace it's even more interesting to get an "outside-of-the box view" to security. For example behavioral economics, business management and artificial intelligence bring interesting point of views to security work.

I'm continuously learning and I'm starting to know what I don't know. It's so true said that the more you learn the less you know. I strongly believe in Friedman's Formula: CQ + PQ > IQ.

I've been honored with the following awards in Finland:

• Security Director of the Year 2019
• CISO of the Year 2017
• Information Security Executive of the Year 2014
• Top 100 ICT-influencer in Finland 2014, 2015 and 2016

Education

• University of Eastern Finland
  MSc, Computer Science, mathematics
• Helsinki University of Technology, Lifelong Learning Institute Dipoli (TKK Dipoli)
  The Continuing Professional Development Programme for Security Management