Overview & Vision

We are at a pivotal and crucial point in human history, as technology continues to become embedded in more and more aspects of our daily lives; it was only in 2011 that calls made on mobile phones exceeded that of wired devices, and seven years on think how intrinsic such technology is to the lives of almost everyone on the planet- today’s mobile phone is almost literally an extension of each and every device owner.

Of course, such technological advancement brings about many previously unattainable possibilities and has allowed humans to become more globally well-connected than could have ever been imagined 40 years ago. Now however, in this next phase of human and technological advancement, the cybersecurity industry desperately needs to produce the effective and proactive solution it has never before been able to provide– in the future it will not only be our PCs and mobile phones at risk to attackers, but also our cars and even our homes. Something truly revolutionary is required to displace outdated and ineffective current security mechanisms. Enter Heroic.

Heroic are taking on the mammoth task of effectively securing our present and future digital environments with a truly revolutionary decentralisation-centred approach. By creating a decentralised AI and big data powered security ecosystem built on a base layer of blockchain, Heroic envision a future secured by a solution powered by cutting-edge technology and community cooperation, rather than outdated mechanisms and corporate greed.

Current Industry Situation

To say the cybersecurity industry needs modernising is a huge understatement; the mechanism as it stands, relying on inward-looking centralised security companies for effective solutions, is quite simply broken and far from future proof in many ways.

Current industry problems, taken from the Heroic website: https://tokensale.heroic.com/)

Broken Model

The centralised current model of operation in the cybersecurity industry itself is outdated and broken. Currently, for reasons of profiteering and retaining an edge on their competition, cybersecurity solutions are currently very precious and secretive regarding their databases of threat-based information, which causes an inherent problem; that data which could be used collectively by various members of the community to build effective solutions and pool knowledge for the greater good, is instead defensively hoarded by big industry players with detrimental effects.

Increasingly Ineffective Security

The rate and sophistication of hacks and attacks being carried out globally each year is nothing short of staggering, and only promises to get worse; as hackers are getting smarter and more tech-savvy, security solutions remain limited by their damaging centralised, inward-looking operational model and are already visibly struggling to keep pace with current consumer security needs. Current solutions can mainly only react to attacks and threats after or during their occurrence and, without the precious pool of threat data required to do so, are powerless to prevent threats and attacks before they become dangerous.

New Unforeseen Generation of Threats

Amongst this growing rate of hacks and data theft, people are becoming increasingly aware of the importance of protecting themselves online through securing (or at least attempting to secure) their devices such as mobile devices and PCs, but many fewer people are yet to consider the potentially catastrophic dangers of inefficient cybersecurity as technology continues to advance into unknown territories.

Human technological advancement is continuing at an exponential rate, and the last few decades have seen the everyday lives of people become increasingly dependent on and inter-twined with ever-advancing technology. So, if it’s important now to protect our mobile phones and PCs against malicious actors looking to steal data or otherwise exploit your device/s, then what about when self-driving cars are the norm? Or artificially intelligent and capable machines/ androids are part of daily life? Even fridges today are becoming laced with tech, and home devices are becoming IoT (internet of things) ready at an impressive rate.

All of these factors present a situation in which all segments of society are genuinely in imminent need of a truly effective security solution if day-to-day security can be expected.

Heroic’s Solution

Heroic obviously understand the importance and gravity of their monumental task of revolutionising the cybersecurity space, and have prepared their solution in accordance. Based on a whole new decentralised approach to threat management, Heroic are developing an entire tech-based ecosystem to provide a truly effective cybersecurity solution.

Snapshot taken from the Heroic explainer video on the website: https://tokensale.heroic.com/)

AI & Big Data- Heroic Arc Reactor and Guardian

Both individual users and organisations generate and encounter a large amount of valuable threat data during their online experiences. Knowledge is power, and a comprehensive pool of relevant and ever-updating threat data is the fuel powering the Heroic mechanism; the engine itself is Heroic’s innovative marriage of AI and big data through two key complimenting elements of the ecosystem, the Heroic Arc Reactor and Heroic Guardian.

The Arc Reactor is the point in the ecosystem in which all of the valuable threat data is initially managed and processed for the overall benefit of the community. Essentially the Arc Reactor is a decentralised threat intelligence which processes the constant feed of threat data distributes the information where required. The Heroic Guardian then amalgamates and analyses this threat data using cutting-edge artificial intelligence, in order to effectively predict and prevent cyber-attacks.

Blockchain & User Incentivisation

Heroic’s blockchain base layer of course allows for the utilisation of their integral native token, the HRO token, within the ecosystem for a range of uses; as well as being utilised for payment for in-platform premium additions etc., the most important function of the HRO token will be its utility as an incentivisation mechanism for contributing to the integral pool of threat data. As well as relying on organisations for such data, individual users- known as Threat Miners- will be a crucial component of the Heroic ecosystem.

Becoming a Threat Miner is simple- users are required to run the Heroic threat protection software on devices which they use for everyday activity. That’s it. Threat data is then relayed to the Arc Reactor, after a process of anonymisation, and users are rewarded in HRO for contributing valuable threat data in such a way and contributing value to the ecosystem.

Heroic offer enticing incentives for other actors in the ecosystem also.

Developer-Friendly Environment

Heroic offers developers the opportunity to build relevant solutions on their platform, using cutting-edge technology and tools, and rewards them in HRO tokens for doing so. Heroic’s developer Research & Development platform is second to none and allows for effective research, development, testing and distribution of their created software and algorithms.

This tokenised incentivisation model for participation within the ecosystem is an integral part of successful decentralised solutions, and does much to promote healthy growth and satisfaction of the community overall- as well as simply a more beneficial product.

Heroic has planned an upcoming token sale and presale which is not live yet, but they currently offer the option to contribute before the presale and receive a 20% bonus in HRO tokens for doing so.

Verdict & Summary

The human technological evolution has been at once exciting, staggering and alarming- today more so than ever; as we continue into unknown technological territories we will require, both on an individual and corporate level, a truly secure next-generation cybersecurity solution such as that proposed by Heroic.

Heroic is building not only a platform, but an entire decentralised ecosystem which promises to tackle the crippling problems inherent in the traditional cybersecurity space with their reimagined model of proactive and future proof cybersecurity. Created using layers of cutting-edge AI and blockchain based technology, Heroic will be able to prevent and react to threats data in ways never before possible, and inherently consistently evolve as the network becomes smarter and more effective.

Something particularly notable in my view is the new approach to community involvement; in a space which is so traditionally inward-looking, defensive and money-hungry, it’s great to see users being incentivised for contributing value to the ecosystem through anonymized threat data. Heroic is promising a truly next-generation solution to enable a much more secure, and also rewarding, digital future.

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Learn more at their website, where you can also find their whitepaper if you want to dig in deeper: https://tokensale.heroic.com/

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