revelations about Prism and widespread Internet monitoring by U.S. security agencies, the market for Internet services appears to be an important turning point. If citizens are insensitive to respect for their private life, business, they are very careful in the management of their data, in particular to reduce the risk of industrial espionage. The trust now seems difficult to maintain between the American giants and their clients the benefit of European publishers, as explained Christian Fredrikson, CEO of the Finnish F-Secure, which takes full advantage of the American diet practices. Point.fr: What do you think revelations about Prism? Christian Fredrikson: With all due respect I have for our U.S. competitors, they are going through a difficult time! U.S. authorities do not help … Since Edward Snowden told the business is it easier for you, Finnish publisher, as an American? Today is clearly an asset not to be on the U.S. market for Internet services. Companies are very attentive to who holds their information and where. And we understand: an information leak can be a disaster! CIOs prefer to know exactly which law applies and how their data will be processed.
We will install any backdoor in our products, ever. Finland has a very clear law, and apply it.
F-Secure was founded in 1988. It now provides more than 200 operators around the world, tens of millions of Internet users use their antivirus software, primarily under the brand names of ISPs, including the European giant Orange. The 1,000 employees of the publisher are distributed in 20 countries and operates in 40 countries.
