A PhD's experiences from industry: Security in practice
University degrees are not just preparation for an academic career: they train you to think critically, process information and to find your way
in complex systems. In the best case, it does not even matter so much what you do, because you can learn efficiently and apply basic theoretical concepts to a widerange of different problems and situations.
Sini Ruohomaa gives a presentation on her experiences after a direction change, and a year of working at Ericsson Network Security. She
completed her PhD at the CS department in 2012 and spent two years teaching and setting up new security courses before taking the great
leap into the unknown.
Ericsson Network Security is a global competence center bringing together experts from all kinds of security fields from risk and
vulnerability analysis, penetration testing, cryptography and building security products. It is one of the largest security competence centers
in Finland.
Target audience: This presentation has been originally promised to the department's postdoc group, but is designed to be also relevant for
students and security-interested people in general."