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How I Made It

How online gamer Kevin Gosschalk made $173m stopping internet bad guys

Nov 19, 2023
Kevin Gosschalk, co-founder of Arkose Labs, discusses how they outperformed Google's free service, attracting major companies. They explore Kevin's background in gaming and technology, collaboration with Elon Musk, productivity hacks, and cybersecurity trends.
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  • Arco's Labs offers solutions to protect user logins and counter cyber criminals, increasing cost and complexity for attackers.
  • The emergence of cybercrime as a service has led Arco's Labs to continuously refine their software and provide robust solutions to protect their clients.

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Arco's Labs: Protecting User Logins and Thwarting Cyber Criminals

Arco's Labs, co-founded by Kevin Gosschalk in 2016, offers a solution to protect user logins and counter cyber criminals. The company focuses on preventing attacks primarily in the field of user authentication. Arco's Labs increases the cost and complexity for attackers by introducing friction and making the requests more expensive to carry out. They also decrease the value of what attackers are after and implement a risk-based approach to reward where lower-risk users receive fewer incentives. Additionally, they provide threat intelligence to help businesses identify attackers and discourage criminal behavior. Arco's Labs has successfully attracted major clients, including Twitter, and continues to address the evolving trends in cybercrime, such as the rise of cybercrime as a service.

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