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Sami Laiho is one of the world’s leading professionals in the Windows OS and Security. Sami has been working with and teaching OS troubleshooting, management, and security since 1996.

Sami has been auditing and implementing security solutions, specializing in Principle of Least Privilege, Application Control and Privileged Access Workstations, since 2002. Sami has deployed solutions for companies with between 1-550000 endpoints.

Sami currently works as a Chief Research Officer at Adminize.com.

Since 2019 Sami has been chosen by TiVi-magazine as one of the top 100 influencers in IT in Finland. He is in the TOP10 most followed people in his field in Finland.

At Ignite 2018, Sami’s “Behind the Scenes: How to build a conference winning session” and “Sami Laiho: 45 Life Hacks of Windows OS in 45 minutes”  sessions were ranked as #1 and #2 out of 1708 sessions!! This was the first time in the history of the conference that anyone has been able to do this.

Before that, at Ignite 2017, the world’s biggest Microsoft event, Sami was evaluated as the Best External Speaker! Also, Sami’s sessions were evaluated as the Best session in TechEd North America, Europe and Australia in 2014, and Nordic Infrastructure Conference in 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2022 and 2023.

Facts

  • Chief Research Officer / Founder – Truesec Finland
  • Born in late 1979
  • IT Admin since 1996
  • MCT since 2001
  • MVP in Windows OS since 2011 (Profile)
  • Top 100 most influencal people in IT in Finland, since 2019 (TiVi)
  • PluralSight Author (My courses)
  • Languages: Finnish (native), English (fluent), Swedish (basic), Spanish (basic)
  • Pictures for Press etc: https://1drv.ms/f/s!AspOCmNF4_bZoKs2BT7YGeE0sdFIWw

T-SHIRTS AND OTHER SWAG:

Videos (Top picks):

Specializes In

  • Troubleshooting
  • Security
  • Active Directory
  • Hacking
  • Penetration testing
  • Social Engineering

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Trophies / My Professional Awards

  • Best Speaker at Nordic Virtual Summit 2021, Online
  • Best Session at Advanced Threat Summit 2020, Poland
  • Best Session (and #2) out of 1708 sessions at Microsoft Ignite 2018, Orlando
  • Best External Speaker & Best Session by an External Speaker at Microsoft Ignite 2017, Orlando
  • Best Sessions (#1 and #2) at AppManagEvent 2018, Utrecht
  • Best Session at the Sharepoint HPR 2017, Helsinki
  • Best Sessions (#1 and #2) at TechTalks 2017, Helsinki
  • Best Session at AppManagEvent 2017, Utrecht
  • Best Speaker at TechDays Sweden 2016, 2018, Stockholm
  • Best session at TechTalks 2016, Helsinki
  • Best Speaker at NIC Conference 2016, 2017,2019, 2020, 2022 and 2023, Oslo (More info)
  • Best session at TechTalks 2015, Helsinki
  • Ignite 2015 Chicago – #2 in the evals (over 1000 speakers)
  • TechEd Europe 2014 – Best session (More info)
  • TechEd North America 2014 – Best session, Best Speaker (More info)
  • TechEd Australia 2013 � Best session, Best speaker
  • TechEd Europe 2013 � Best Session by an external speaker
  • Best session at Techdays Finland 2013
  • Best session by Microsoft STEP member in 2012
  • Best session at Techdays Finland 2012
  • Best session at Techdays Finland 2011
  • Best SpeakerNordic Infrastructure Conference, Oslo2023
  • Best SpeakerNordic Infrastructure Conference, Oslo2022
  • Best SpeakerNordic Virtual Summit, ONLINE2021
  • Best SessionAdvanced Threat Summit, Poland2020
  • Best SpeakerNIC Conference, Oslo2020
  • Best SpeakerNIC Conference, Oslo2019
  • Best SessionMicrosoft Techdays, Stockholm2018
  • Best Session, and #2 (out of 1708 session)Microsoft Ignite, Orlando2018
  • Best Session (#1 and #2)AppManagEvent, Utrecht2018
  • Best Speaker external speaker & Best SessionMicrosoft Ignite, Orlando2017
  • Best SessionSharepoint HPR, Helsinki2017
  • Best Session (#1 and #2)TechTalks, Helsinki2017
  • Best SessionAppManagEvent, Utrecht2017
  • Best SessionNIC Conference, Oslo2017
  • Best SessionTechDays Sweden, Stockholm2016
  • Best SessionTechTalks, Helsinki2016
  • Best SessionNIC Conference 2016, Oslo2016
  • Best SessionTechTalks, Helsinki2015
  • #2 in the evals (over 1000 speakers)Ignite Chicago2015
  • Best SessionTechEd Europe2014
  • Best Session & Best SpeakerTechEd North America2014
  • Best Session & Best SpeakerTechEd Australia2013
  • Best Session by an external speakerTechEd Europe2013
  • Best SessionTechdays Finland2013
  • Best Session by a memberMicrosoft STEP2012
  • Best SessionTechdays Finland2012
  • Best SessionTechdays Finland2011

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We Deliver


Adminizer
sales@adminize.com

  • One-time Admin passwords for users
  • Hasslefree administration for local admin accounts


Training
Win-Fu.com

  • Anything Microsoft
  • Anything Security
  • Onsite, Online, Offsite


Consulting
sales@adminize.com

  • Anything Microsoft
  • Top-end troubleshooting (Online/Onsite)
  • Removing admin rights from end users in Windows
  • Penetration Testing and Security Auditing for Windows

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