The Fallacy of Security Through Obscurity
An age-old adage in cybersecurity has been that you expose as few details about the software you are …
Continue ReadingLari Huttunen is a polyglot linguist with an avid interest in defensive cyber security. He’s been working in the field since the late 1990s. At the beginning of his career he worked for the Finnish police, but since 2007 he has been employed by the private sector (Codenomicon - Synopsys - Arctic Security). Throughout his career, his main passion has been early warning. That is why he is heavily involved in researching the impact of known vulnerabilities and exposures on a global scale, as well as understanding cyber crime – but with a victim focus.
He is the editor for Public Exposure, a blog on cyber security, whose editorial you can read on Medium. He is also a photography enthusiast, which means that many of the photos used on the blog come from his portfolio.
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