DeTaSECURE AMA with CRE8R DAO
Primer: DeTaSECURE is one of the newest cybersecurity firms in the Web3 space. They have won a Polygon DAO hackathon by developing a fully automated vulnerability scanner/smart contract scanner. Find out more about their team, products, and services in their AMA with CRE8R DAO. Don’t miss out on the important cybersecurity tips as well!
Background
Tamaghna Basu
Founder and CEO of DeTaSECURE
Have 20 years of experience in the cybersecurity space
Have worked in multiple large enterprises like PayPal, Walmart, eBay, and PwC
Started his first venture 7 years ago
During the pandemic, a lot of companies had data breaches. Started DeTaSECURE to address this demand
Team
During the pandemic, he posted on social media looking for people to join them
People joined their team and currently have 7 members
Have a fully remote team
Getting Involved With Polygon DAO
Polygon DAO Hackathon
The first step as an entrepreneur is idea validation
Participated in the Polygon DAO hackathon to validate his idea
Received an award from the hackathon
Their Submission In The Hackathon
They are smart contract auditors
Today, there’s no one protecting or preventing someone to deploy vulnerable code on a testnet or mainnet
Built a fully automated vulnerability scanner/smart contract scanner that can be used both on-chain and off-chain
Have used AI in his product
“It will be able to do an on-chain vulnerability detection and protect your code from being deployed if it is vulnerable.”
- Tamaghna Basu
DeTaSECURE
What Is DeTaSECURE?
Started out as a cybersecurity company
Have both products and services for Web2 and Web3
Provides full-stack cybersecurity service (e.g. smart contract, cloud infrastructure, front-end web app, backend database)
Offers education and training as well
Why Are They Called DeTaSECURE?
Their vision is to help companies protect their data in a simplified and affordable manner
DeTa is the first two letters of the co-founder’s names: Debarati and Tamaghna
Do They Specialize In Certain Blockchains/Coding Languages?
They are language agnostic
In Web3, they are predominantly in the EVM chain space
Have started looking into the Rust ecosystem
Building an educational platform to help devs to learn about security
How Do They Plan To Compete Against Competitors?
His team comes with 2 decades of experience
A company can be broken down into 3 layers:
People — People working for the company have a Cybersecurity mindset
Process — The processes that the company follows and how to enhance/implement security
Technology
A full-stack cybersecurity company would look into all 3 areas
Stage The Project Is In
Have more than 40 customers in both Web2 and Web3
Clients include both startups and Fortune 500 enterprises
In Web3, they have worked with NFT marketplaces and gaming companies
Recruiting Manpower With Specialized Knowledge
Challenging to find good people
Trying to educate developers on security in the Web3 space
These people are in high demand. Difficult to retain them as well
How Do They Generate Revenue?
Offers a subscription model or a fixed project model
How Do They Accept Payments?
Through the traditional payment system
Unable to accept crypto as payment in India
Plans For Their Own Token?
No, they are currently focused on providing good services for their customers
A token is valuable only when there’s a strong community built around its products and services
Roadmap
Have already launched the GETSecured product
Adding more smart contract modules to it
Creating an AI algorithm to do on-chain source code vulnerability detection. In the process of integrating it with multiple chains in the EVM space and Solana
Planning to launch open source tools and training program for the community
Partnering with other Cybersecurity firms, incubators, and accelerators
Cybersecurity Tips For Listeners
What Can Be Done To Help Protect The Data Of A Company From Threats?
Inculcating a security-first mindset — Create more Cybersecurity Awareness training, regular attack simulations, and phishing simulations
People often integrate 3rd party vendors, tools, products, etc. People do not change their default passwords and they get attacked in this manner
Top Tips To Stay Safe While Using Web3 Protocols
Better organization of your passwords and secrets — don’t use the same passwords, change your passwords often, backup your data, and keep your software up-to-date
If something is too good to be true, it probably isn’t
Be paranoid about sharing your personal data online
Don’t take things at face value
How Can People Get Involved?
Follow them on Twitter and LinkedIn
Going to create their Telegram group for people to share their ideas
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