Presentation at Finpro Market Opportunity Day 22.10.2013.

1. European ICT security
business opportunities
Marjaana Karjalainen, Anne Laitinen

2. Why now?
• Information security –
The hot topic of 2013
• European Union cyber
security strategy Europe
into reliable & secure
environment
• ICT security – one of
the few growing
segments in Europe
• Demand is on now!
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3. Changes in the environment
• Big data, growing
usage of mobile
devices, Bring Your
Own Device trend in
work
• Cyber-attacks push
companies into
investing in ICT security
• The discussions about
reliability of global
players
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4. Security needs
• Bank and finance
• Retail
• Communications
• Healthcare
• Cloud
• Integration
• Platform
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5. ICT security solutions are
needed in European market
With the new cyber security strategy EU is aiming at making Europe a leading cyber security
environment. The ICT security market in Western Europe is growing annually by around 10 %,
despite the current economic situation.
France
83% of French are ready to
adopt m-commerce, provided
that the security level guarantees
protection of their bank details
France
The French IT security market
was estimated at 1,2 billion €,
with an annual growth of about 910%, which is a 2-4 times higher
growth rate than other IT sectors.
The Netherlands
Country is world’s top 3 provider
of hosting IT services. One of the
biggest internet switching points
is located in the country.
Belgium
The Federal Police estimated the
annual cost of cybercrime at 1 to
3 billion euros for the Belgian
economy
Benelux countries
Forecasted 7% growth in the
security sector next year. Driven
by increased data protection
regulations, consumerization,
and deployment of mobile and
cloud-based solutions.
Denmark
E-signatures and e-agreements
often discussed but concrete
usage is limited
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Germany
Calls for action and stronger
legislation are growing, and will
be difficult to ignore in the long
run
Italy
More investments in IT security,
especially in identity and access
management, smart cards, data
loss prevention
Sweden & Denmark
Banks have had issues with
skimming and lost consumer
data.
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6. Why a Finnish company?
• Neutral, reliable country
with a good reputation
• World class expertise
on ICT security
solutions as well as in
integration, cloud and
platform solutions
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7. Finpro’s local knowledge of the
market and players there is of
unprecedented value. The value is
even greater when Finpro has
both local and Finnish staff: The
Finnish staff understands the client
and the local staff understands the
business ecosystem in the market.
We have used Finpro in various
markets to help us with channel
development issues.
Kim Fagernäs, Vice President,
Stonesoft Oyj
Stonesoft delivers software
based, customer-driven network
security solutions to secure the
information flow and simplify
security management at
customer sites.

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