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Mr. Ylönen has established and led several companies prior to SSH Communications Security. These include New Generation Software (NGS) Ltd. in 1988 and Applied Computing Research (ACR) Ltd. in 1994. He is an internationally respected network security expert, and has made key industry contributions to data security standardization.
In 1995, Mr. Ylönen invented Secure Shell for secure remote access. Since that time, Secure Shell has become a pervasive network data security standard used throughout the Internet and enterprise internal networks.
Mr. Ylönen graduated in 1992 from Helsinki University of Technology with a Master of Science degree in Technology, major in Computer Sciences. He also holds a Licentiate of Technology diploma from Helsinki University of Technology since 1994. He is a member of ICSA (International Computer Security Association), IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) and the IETF. He has authored several articles in national and international journals and periodicals.
