Show Notes
Maxime “Max” Lamothe-Brassard, Founder of LimaCharlie, brings a tech-focused community perspective and a history of working at Google to the Hacker Valley security podcast this week. Inspired by the internal motivation to empower others and build what didn’t exist, Maxime created LimaCharlie to help security teams automate and manage security operations. In this episode, Max walks through his founder’s journey and points out the problems that are begging for innovative solutions from the brightest minds in cyber. Be sure to subscribe to Hacker Valley Studio, the premiere cybersecurity podcast for cybersecurity professionals.
Timecoded Guide:
[01:59] Improving community & empowering practitioners
[06:04] Leaving Google for LimaCharlie
[10:55] Unpacking the incentivization problem of cyber
[16:21] Targeted products vs massive suites of problem solvers
[21:29] Looking at a red team-less future
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