Gemalto Oy, a Thales Company Vantaa,
Finland

Helvi Salminen has worked in information security since June 1990. Before her security career, she worked in systems development for 12 years. Ms Salminen is founder member of Finnish Information Security Association and president of ISACA Finland Chapter. She is a qualified CISA, CISSP, & SABSA. She was awarded as CISO of the year in Finland 2014. She taught information security in the lifelong learning centre of Helsinki University of Technology  (now  Aalto  University)  between  2000 and 2014. She has also given lectures in security seminars and conferences in Finland and abroad.