The Finnish Association of Graduate Engineers TEK has granted Tatu Yl nen the Finnish Engineering Award 2000 for his work on developing Internet security solutions. In 1995 Tatu Yl nen founded SSH Communications Security Ltd, which has grown into the premier Internet security company.
Cryptography is a sensible and economic way of making the Internet secure.
It enables secure web traffic and user authentication. The Internet is developing rapidly. That is why SSH is strongly involved in technology and product development. One of the best known SSH products and an Internet de-facto standard is SSH Secure Shell developed by Tatu Yl nen. The program guarantees strong security for remote connections over insecure networks such as the Internet.