20 years of expertise serving sovereign cybersecurity
Cybersecurity cannot be improvised. It is built on experience, field observation and a deep understanding of threats that evolve every day.
The story of Wybot begins in 2006.
Its three founding partners have known each other for 20 years and, at the time, shared a common experience within SYSUN Cybersecurity (now Wybot's parent company), a vendor specialised in securing networks and MPLS// NETWORK · MPLSWhat is MPLS?MPLS (Multiprotocol Label Switching) is a carrier technology that routes data across a private network using "labels" rather than conventional routing. It gives companies a fast, reliable network isolated from the rest of the Internet, widely used to securely link branches, data centres and remote sites..
Over the years, they built unrivalled hands-on experience and expertise. They supported and protected hundreds of organisations, prevented major incidents, audited critical infrastructure and observed a constant reality: companies often have protection tools, but lack visibility into what is really happening at the heart of their infrastructure.
Faced with this observation, they decided to create a different solution.
It is this vision that gave rise to the WYBOT solution in 2022.
A complete probe able to see the invisible.
A technology that continuously monitors information-system activity, detects abnormal behaviour, identifies vulnerabilities and prevents an incident from becoming a crisis.
This is how WYBOT was born.
Roger Wybot: mere coincidence?
People often ask us: does the name Wybot refer to Roger Wybot, one of the great figures of French intelligence?
A Resistance fighter during the Second World War and a specialist in military intelligence operations, Roger Wybot was a member of the Central Bureau of Intelligence and Operations (BCRA) alongside General de Gaulle.
At the Liberation, Roger Wybot founded the Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DST), the French counter-espionage service he would lead for much of the Cold War.
His mission was to protect the national territory against espionage, foreign interference and threats to State sovereignty.
The parallel is striking. While the threats have changed in nature, today they pursue the same goal: to infiltrate, spy, destabilise or divert sensitive information.
The battlefield is now digital.
In its own way, the Wybot probe also watches over a territory. It monitors, detects and helps protect information systems against intrusions, modern espionage, computer sabotage and data exfiltration.
So, a mere phonetic coincidence or a discreet nod to one of the French pioneers of counter-espionage? Everyone is free to make up their own mind.
After all, in the world of intelligence, the best operations are often the ones that never reveal all their secrets.
Anticipate
rather than endure.
Detect
rather than repair.
Secure
rather than rebuild.
This is the promise that has guided WYBOT since its creation.
A 100% French and independent company
WYBOT is a company with entirely French capital: to keep its independence, it has not raised funds. Its shareholders are the partners who founded the company and hold its management positions. This independence guarantees full control of the technology, the data and strategic decisions.
Sovereignty is preserved right down to the report: the audit report is generated locally, on the probe, and never passes through any artificial intelligence or third-party service.
WYBOT is not a startup. It was born in the field.
And that is precisely what makes its strength.
Roger Wybot (1912–1997)
A French officer, Roger Wybot joined the Resistance very early. He joined Free France and helped organise intelligence within the Central Bureau of Intelligence and Operations (BCRA), where he stood out for his skills as an organiser and counter-espionage specialist.
At the Liberation, he was tasked with creating the Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DST), the domestic intelligence service, which he led from 1944 to 1959. There he built the foundations of modern French counter-espionage.
The DST, today the DGSI
Created in 1944, the Directorate of Territorial Surveillance (DST) was the French domestic intelligence service. Its mission: to fight espionage, foreign interference and threats to State security on the national territory.
In 2008, the DST merged with the Renseignements Généraux to form the DCRI, which became in 2014 the General Directorate for Internal Security (DGSI), the service that carries out these missions today, extended to counter-terrorism and cybersecurity.
Wybot watches over its clients' "digital territory" in the same spirit: detecting intrusions and interference before they strike.