Finland’s healthcare ecosystem runs on data integrity and operational continuity: patient records, diagnostic systems, laboratory workflows, scheduling, remote care, and cross-organization integrations. That makes security leadership here uniquely high-stakes. Chief Information Security Officers must balance clinical uptime, privacy, and regulatory compliance while supporting modernization across sprawling environments with many users, devices, and third parties.
Jouni Satopää — Chief Information Security Officer, Varsinais-Suomen hyvinvointialue
Jouni Satopää’s experience reflects a rare long-haul, municipality-to-wellbeing-services trajectory that fits modern Finnish healthcare security. As Chief Information Security Officer for Varsinais-Suomen hyvinvointialue, he builds on deep internal audit and security design leadership from the City of Turku, including governance-heavy work that defines durable public-sector security programs. His earlier role as Information Technology Manager for municipal healthcare—spanning large-scale workstation fleets across many locations and building an Information Security Management System—signals hands-on operational credibility, not just policy ownership.
Tanja Linnonmaa — Chief Information Security Officer, Päijät-Hämeen hyvinvointialue
Tanja Linnonmaa brings a strongly operational foundation into the Chief Information Security Officer role at Päijät-Hämeen hyvinvointialue, shaped by years of infrastructure, service delivery, and security-focused leadership across complex environments. Her background includes Information and Communication Technology management with security responsibilities, plus roles in postal, logistics, and state Information Technology services where reliability, vendor coordination, and service continuity are central. In a wellbeing services context—where incidents quickly become service disruptions—this blend of delivery leadership and cybersecurity focus is a practical differentiator.
Tuomas Tiensuu — Chief Information Security Officer, Lääkärikeskus Aava
Tuomas Tiensuu represents a modern security strategy and execution profile with clear emphasis on risk-driven governance, Information Security Management System maturity, monitoring, metrics, and culture-building. In his current role as Chief Information Security Officer at Lääkärikeskus Aava, the focus centers on protecting sensitive patient data while aligning security outcomes with executive decision-making. His prior path adds depth: leadership across information security, physical security, risk management, and business continuity, combined with strong application security and DevSecOps experience.
Perttu Salmenjoki — Group Chief Information Security Officer, COR Group Oy
Perttu Salmenjoki brings a strong blend of cybersecurity strategy, operational leadership, and platform-level security execution to his role as Group Chief Information Security Officer at COR Group Oy. His background spans managed detection and response services, security architecture, and large-scale security operations, including responsibility for Security Information and Event Management platforms and 24/7 cybersecurity environments. Having led multidisciplinary security teams and driven governance alignment with frameworks such as ISO/IEC 27001 and the Network and Information Security Directive 2, he represents a security leader focused on building scalable, compliance-ready programs while fostering a practical security culture across complex organizations.
Ville Karuaho — Chief Information Security Officer, Fimlab Laboratoriot Oy
Ville Karuaho’s profile stands out for being tightly conne` acted to the operational realities of healthcare diagnostics and laboratories, where workflow integrity and service availability are non-negotiable. As Chief Information Security Officer at Fimlab Laboratoriot Oy, he applies a risk-based approach aligned with regulatory frameworks such as the Network and Information Security Directive. His prior experience as a systems specialist, including network infrastructure responsibilities and involvement in Laboratory Information System development, gives him practical insight into how security decisions affect day-to-day clinical operations.
Securing Patient Trust in Finland’s Healthcare System
In hospitals and healthcare providers, cybersecurity is not an abstract risk discussion. It directly affects patient safety, service continuity, and public trust. The leaders featured here demonstrate how governance, operational resilience, and secure digital transformation can coexist in environments where failure is not theoretical—it is personal and immediate.