--- title: Stamus Networks technical blog description: Stamus Networks technical blog image: https://www.stamus-networks.com/hubfs/Hello_World_Featured_Image.png --- [![Stamus-Logo-with-R-color-small](https://www.stamus-networks.com/hubfs/Stamus-Logo-with-R-color-small.png "Stamus-Logo-with-R-color-small")](https://www.stamus-networks.com/?hsLang=en) # Stamus Networks technical blog by [Eric Leblond](https://www.stamus-networks.com/blog/author/eric-leblond) | Apr 06, 2014 ![](https://www.stamus-networks.com/hubfs/Hello_World_Featured_Image.png) This is the first blog post on Stamus Networks technical blog. You will find here posts focused on Intrusion Detection System and Network Security Monitoring as well as information specific to Suricata or our products. 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He sits on the board of directors at Open Network Security Foundation (OISF). Éric has more than 15 years of experience as co-founder and technologist of cybersecurity software companies and is an active member of the security and open-source communities. He has worked on the development of Suricata – the open-source network threat detection engine – since 2009 and is part of the Netfilter Core team, responsible for the Linux kernel's firewall layer. Eric is a respected expert and speaker on all things network security. Éric resides in Escalles, France. 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