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Shaun Vlassis Wins By Innovating Threat Detection

In this episode of "What's Important Now?" host Carrie Richardson sits down with Shaun Vlassis, founder of Illuminate Security, to explore the creation and impact of his innovative crowdsourced threat hunting platform, Blue Hat. Shaun shares his journey from working at top financial institutions to establishing his own business, tackling industry challenges, and leveraging crowdsourced expertise to enhance cybersecurity defenses.

Episode Highlights:

• Shaun's background in detection and response over two decades.
• Insights into the challenges faced by the cybersecurity industry.
• The conception and development of the Blue Hat platform.
• Advantages of crowdsourced threat hunting compared to traditional methods.
• The balance between technology and expertise in security operations.
• Shaun's transition from practitioner to entrepreneur.
• Overcoming obstacles in investment and enterprise sales cycles.
• The future of cybersecurity and the role of innovation in the industry.

Guest Quotes:

1. "We've been doing the same approach to solving cybersecurity problems for decades, yet expecting different results." – Shaun Vlassis
2. "The Blue Hat platform takes the same crowdsourced model from offensive security and applies it to the defensive side, making it more effective and scalable." – Shaun Vlassis
3. "Starting a business requires making as many mistakes as quickly as possible to figure out what works." – Shaun Vlassis

Guest Information:

Name: Shaun Vlassis
Title: Founder of Illuminate Security
LinkedIn: Shaun Vlassis on LinkedIn
Company Website: Illuminate Security

Links and Resources Mentioned:

• RSA Conference: RSA Conference Website
• Bugcrowd: Bugcrowd Website
• HackerOne: HackerOne Website
• Salesforce: Salesforce Website
• AWS (Amazon Web Services): AWS Website
• HubSpot: HubSpot Website
• Xero: Xero Website

Carrie Richardson and Ian Richardson host the WIN Podcast - What's Important Now?

Serial entrepreneurs, life partners and business partners, they have successfully exited from multiple businesses (IT, call center, real estate, marketing) and they help other business owners create their own versions of success.

Ian is certified in Eagle Center For Leadership Making A Difference, Paterson StratOp, and LifePlan.

Carrie has helped create and execute successful outbound sales strategies for over 1200 technology-focused businesses including MSPs, manufacturers, distributors and SaaS firms.

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