Niklas Särökaari
Lead Cybersecurity Operations Engineer
Helsinki, Mainland Finland
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Top SchoolNiklas Särökaari is a Lead Cybersecurity Operations Engineer in Helsinki with a decade of hands-on experience hardening enterprise defenses through detection engineering, threat hunting, and incident management. He currently leads detection and security engineering at KONE after shaping red team capabilities and service delivery at F-Secure, bringing practical offensive insight to defensive programs. His background in penetration testing, developer training and customer-facing advisory work gives him a rare blend of technical depth and communication skills for improving organizational resilience. With a Master’s in Computer Science and roots in network/system administration, he consistently translates complex attack techniques into actionable detection and risk-reduction measures. Notably, he pairs strategic program leadership with day-to-day hunting and incident response, ensuring controls are both effective and operationally sustainable.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Master’s Degree, Computer Science, Master’s Degree, Computer Science at University of JyväskyläDegree Programme in Business of Information Technology, Network and System Administration/Administrator, Degree Programme in Business of Information Technology, Network and System Administration/Administrator at HAAGA-HELIA University of Applied SciencesGithub contributions (5)
ukk1/ITKST53
Jun 2016 - Aug 2016
Contributions:146 commits, 144 pushes, 1 branch in 2 months
ukk1/cybersecuritybase-CtF
Apr 2017 - May 2017
Contributions:22 commits, 2 pushes in 9 days
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