Investors

F-Secure as an investment

F-Secure is a globally operating Finnish cyber security company that offers award-winning security and privacy products and services, helping tens of millions of consumers to protect themselves against online threats. F-Secure is a global leader in simplifying cyber security. F-Secure’s strong financial position and liquidity support capital allocation principles and allows to invest more capital to growing the company while simultaneously offering solid dividends to the shareholders.

F-Secure’s key strengths

A strong position in the large and growing consumer security market

F-Secure's long experience, the company's good brand image and global partner network create a strong position in the large and growing consumer security market. It is reinforced by a comprehensive offering that meets consumers’ key cyber security and privacy needs. Our market has grown steadily as digitalization progresses and there are more users of various online services than ever before. Research also shows that consumers’ willingness to pay for cyber security is increasing, while security concerns have grown.

High customer retention creates predictability

Our business is based on long-term partnerships and high customer retention. Long-term partnerships are based on a partnership model where F-Secure's success is based on the success of our partners. To support this, our sales and marketing organizations support partners in launching, selling and marketing our products.

In addition, we have built our cybersecurity solutions to meet the business needs of our channel partners and are fully integrated with their business processes, such as invoicing.

Leading position in the communication service providers segment is scalable to other segments

We have a long track-record of cooperation with various communication service providers. We believe we are a global market leader in providing consumer security and privacy services through communication service providers.

Our tested business model that has been proven successful with communication service providers has been found to be reproducible in other industries as well. In recent years, sales in our partner channel have expanded from telecom operators to, e.g., insurance companies and other financial sector players whose offering is well complemented with our cyber security products.

Significant technological expertise and strong track-record in product development

F-Secure has extensive know-how in the different areas of cyber security and telecommunications, as well as a strong track-record of the ability to generate value through R&D investments.

As far as cyber security expertise is concerned, we have been recognized by leading journals and independent testing organizations and our products have won multiple awards. We cooperate with selected, industry-leading third-party technology and data providers to ensure that our products offer the best possible protection.

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