1. In Search We Trust
How does an EU search engine contribute to cybersecurity?
EESC, Tuesday, 9 January 2018
Guillaume Vassault-Houlière, on behalf of Eric Léandri, CEO of Qwant

2. An ethical vision for the Web
Our vision is based on two principles
Privacy by design
Neutrality
QWANT.COM
Launched in 2013
European search engine
Investors : Caisse des Dépôts and Axel Springer
In 2015, the European investment bank also decided to support Qwant up to 25 million euros

3. In Search We Trust No cookie No history of your queries
No association of queries with IP addresses in our logs
No third party scripts on our pages
Encryption everywhere (HTTPS)
Servers in Europe only
Right to be forgotten

4. All-in-one search (Web, news, pictures, social…)

5. The search engine for kids
Qwant Junior is the first safe and secure full blown search engine for kids.
It provides answers from the whole internet, eliminates unsafe content and highlights positive resources.
Qwant Junior is built on Qwant’s technologies and values
privacy: no history, no tracking ...
neutrality: same results for anyone
Qwant Junior is free, and ad-free.

6. Platform privacy leaks
RISK – Main threats
Waterholing
Platform privacy leaks
User data leakage
Company data leakage

7. Security/Privacy is high priority for Qwant
Infosec dedicated team
Pentest programs
Bug bounty program on first European Platform bountyfactory.io
In 2016, Qwant invest on this Platform
Vulnerability monitoring, Digital forensics and incident response
Custom next generation firewall for Qwant infrastructure
Custom security tools
Contribute to the next generation of IPS/IDS solution
Secure coding course for Qwant’s developers
Continuous tests on QA stage
CNIL audit about user privacy

8. Security & Privacy are good and strong allies for EU
Thanks in particular to GDPR and the NIS directive
Thanks to our national authorities such as the French CNIL (National Commission focused on Privacy)
By implementing European Security certifications
Proposal for a regulation - COM (2017) 477/ title III
Drawing on the experience of our national security agencies such as ANSSI in France
Relying on external actors to strengthen European security and privacy policies : Qwant, YesWeHack, community of ethical hackers....
Strengthening public/private partnerships
Investing in the fundamentals of tomorrow's European digital economy
Let's protect the common good and our European citizens together

9. Thank you! Guillaume Vassault-Houliere CISO Qwant
CEO YesWeHack Co-Founder
President of « nuit du hack »