Cybersecurity and Open-Source Enthusiasts
BrightOnLABS was born in 2023 thanks to the vision of Youssef Harkati and Jean-François Linteau-Labonté, two DevSecOps specialists with a passion for cybersecurity and a fervent interest in open-source systems.
Their conviction: the strength of a community lies in its ability to innovate, collaborate and share robust solutions to digital challenges.
Based on this philosophy, BrightOnLABS transforms its ideas into more resilient, accessible cybersecurity tools and approaches, adapted to the complex needs of modern businesses.
Our Mission
Enable organizations to secure their business by protecting their own data and that of their customers, while strengthening their resilience in the face of potential cyber-attacks.
Our Vision
Educate, raise awareness and equip private and public organizations of all sizes to meet the challenges of cybersecurity in the age of artificial intelligence and new threats.
Our Values
Integrity, trust, transparency, ethics and innovation.
BrightOnLABS Management Team
Jean-François Linteau Labonté
Cofounder & CEO
Over 10 years' experience in fullstack development of software projects, including: IT security, networking, redundancy of critical processes, software development, automation, test benches, securing Linux systems and development of cloud solutions (GCP, Azure, AWS).
Proud open-source contributor to numerous world-renowned projects such as Redpanda, NixOS, etc.
Youssef Harkati,
Cofounder & CTO
DevOps and Cybersecurity specialist, Youssef develops innovative AI-based SaaS solutions for anomaly detection and protection of Cloud environments.
Over 10 years' experience in creating CI/CD pipelines, automated infrastructures, as well as DevSecOps automation and securing Cloud architectures (GCP, Azure, AWS).
Youssef holds a master's degree in cybersecurity (specializing in artificial intelligence) and a bachelor's degree in software architecture.
Kathleen Bélanger
CMO & Partner
Senior marketing strategist specializing in B2B marketing for technology companies operating with a SaaS business model, with over 12 years' experience in marketing to a wide variety of industries and customer types.
Kathleen holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, with a background in marketing and business technology management (IT business analysis).
She joined the BrightOnLABS team in 2024 to oversee the marketing and sales strategy.
BrightOnLABS Finalist for the InCyber Forum Quebec Start-up Awards
BrightOnLABS has been selected as a finalist for the Quebec Start-up Awards at the 2024 edition of the prestigious InCyber Canada Forum.
This award rewards particularly innovative Quebec startups in the field of digital security and trust.
How BrightOnLABS Can Help Your Business
IT Security Audit
Identify critical security flaws in your organization's systems before cybercriminals do thanks to BrightOnLABS' comprehensive IT security audit service.
Our IT security audit service gives you a clear view of your organization's current cybersecurity posture, the vulnerabilities that need to be addressed and the priority actions you need to take to strengthen your defenses.
IT Compliance
Ensure data protection and regulatory compliance while inspiring confidence in your partners and customers.
BrightOnLABS helps you achieve the highest standards of compliance. Our experts assess your tools, controls and practices, then implement the necessary measures to ensure compliance and reinforce your organization's security posture
DevSecOps
Gain security, efficiency and peace of mind. Whether in whole or in part, BrightOnLABS can help you integrate DevSecOps best practices to secure your development processes.
Our DevSecOps experts can handle everything from setting up secure pipelines and managing dependencies, to analyzing code and securing Kubernetes containers.