Philippe Humeau Built a Waze for Cybersecurity Threats

Season 6 · Episode 19 · February 02, 2025

Philippe Humeau joins us to discuss new crowdsourcing approaches to security. Phillippe is a former Hacker and Founder of CrowdSec, an crowd-sourced WAZE-Like Security platform. Learn more here: https://crowdsec.net Questions? Text our Studio direct. We read these and when helpful we give a special...

Philippe Humeau joins us to discuss new crowdsourcing approaches to security. Phillippe is a former Hacker and Founder of CrowdSec, an crowd-sourced WAZE-Like Security platform. 

Learn more here: https://crowdsec.net

Questions? Text our Studio direct. We read these and when helpful we give a special shout out for those to contact us.

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Chapters

  • 0:00 Introduction to CrowdSec
  • 4:06 Philippe Humeau's Journey into Cybersecurity
  • 8:08 Moving Beyond Static Rule Sets
  • 12:58 Real-Time Knowledge Sharing and Threat Intelligence
  • 15:53 Blocking Attacks at the Network Layer
  • 18:40 Harnessing the Power of Diversity in Threat Intelligence
  • 25:04 CrowdSec's Approach to Data Processing
  • 27:50 The Power of Crowdsourcing in Cybersecurity
  • 32:26 Proactive Protection with CrowdSec
  • 35:04 The Story Behind the CrowdSec Logo
  • 36:11 The Business Model of CrowdSec
  • 44:23 Neutralizing Offensive AI Attacks