Turner ensures that Avast products protect their hundreds of millions of users daily.
Considering Avasts popular name, this is no small feat.
We thank Peter Turner for his contribution to cybersecurity.
His advice for maintaining online privacy: Be careful what you post on social media.
When hes not working on ensuring security for Protons users, Dr.
Yen likes to Alpine ski close to where he lives in Switzerland.
He is also fascinated by Blockchain and likes to keep an eye on the latest developments.
When asked about how he sees censorship progressing, Dr.
Yen described that censorship is getting harder to bypass.
He believes that the world could benefit from more people working to solve this issue.
As the VP of Marketing for IPVanish, Jeremy Palmer has a tremendous influence on internet censorship.
We thank Jeremy Palmer for helping make the internet available to everyone.
After studying Computer Science at the University of Utah, Jeremy Palmer never imagined going into marketing.
But he found the perfect balance working for IPVanish.
The co-founder and CEO, Matthias Pfau, is dedicated to everyones right to privacy.
We thank him for fighting for the cause by providing a free, encrypted service.
Looking at the homepage of Tutanota, you wouldnt think of Matthias Pfau as the CEO and co-founder.
Yet, after speaking with him about cybersecurity, its clear why he started Tutanota.
Over the last decade, the pressure to restrict privacy in favour of surveillance has increased, he explained.
We salute and thank Leon Schumacher for providing an improvement to our online security.
Part of this includes building technology that protects us but is also easy to use.
We thank Amit for his help to ensure a secure and free internet.
After studying Computer Science and Economics, Amit was swept into the start-up world.
Three years later, he co-foundedPerimeter81, a online grid and VPN company designed for small and medium businesses.
But you’ve got the option to always find him giving tips on how to stay secure online.
His number one piece of advice?
Dont browse on public WiFi without using a VPN!
Considering that everyone uses public WiFi, having a unit like this is sure to come in handy.
We thank Ben Baumgartner for his innovation that improves cybersecurity.
One thing he knows very well is the problem with free software.
Digital Guardian focuses on protecting a companys data once there is a breach.
We thank Mark Stevens and Digital Guardian for protecting companies from losing important data.
Mark Stevens has been with Digital Guardian for seven years.
As the SVP, he is in contact with all of Digital Guardians customers.
Stevens realizes that just like attacks are inevitable so too are breaches in privacy.
Even so, he still recommends that everyone should be careful of what they share on social media.
Without knowing it, people post compromising statements that can affect their friendships, careers, and more.
We thank Joseph Steinberg for creating a tool that educates others about internet safety.
What makes this different from censorship is that its only suggestive.
People should be warned of the potential consequences of their speech, but actually censoring them is problematic.
We want to thank Graeme Speak for his contribution to online protection.
While you wouldnt know it from his success in the cybersecurity world, Graeme Speak actually loves physics.
We would like to thank Bruce Schneier for educating others about cybersecurity.
If you look online for Bruce Schneier, youre only going to find one real result his blog.
Other than that, its hard to track his digital footprint.
This is because Schneier practices what he preaches.
He wont even answer what are his favorite things to do, since they sound like a security question.
Its clear Schneier knows that hes talking about, and we can all learn from him.
We thank Morey Haber and BeyondTrust for establishing an effective way to prevent and mitigate cyber attacks on companies.
From his 15 years at BeyondTrust, he knows that whatever you post online can be found later on.
We express our gratitude to Dr. Akdeniz for his dedicated activism in combatting online censorship.
The firm provides risk-assessment, consulting, penetration testing, and more to find vulnerabilities in products and companies.
We want to thank Ondrej Krehel for making the cyber world a bit safer.
If you ask him for some advice on cybersecurity, hell answer that you shouldnt answer security questions truthfully.
Odds are that a company is going to get hacked and this information [will be] exposed.
By creating a false persona to answer these questions, you greatly protect your identity and privacy.
In addition, Mailfence donates 15% of proceeds from their Pro plan to fight for digital rights.
We thank Patrick de Schutter and Mailfence for fighting for the cause.
Ofcoursewe need protection against security threats both internal and external.
Patrick’s company, Mailfence, promotes that same idea by providing a secure and private email service.
He hopes that more people will join the movement in the future.
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