Bobby Filar
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Hello, I’m Bobby Filar, a machine learning researcher and currently the Head of Data Science at Sublime Security, the first truly open email security platform. I lead our efforts in integrating machine learning capabilities into our product, aiming to make it more intuitive for users and combat sophisticated attacks. Before joining Sublime Security, I was at the helm of Security Machine Learning teams at Endgame and Elastic. During my time at Endgame, I introduced Artemis, a groundbreaking intelligent assistant for cyber defense. This innovative tool allowed security analysts to interact with endpoint data through natural language, streamlining the investigation process and significantly enhancing decision-making in cybersecurity. My work has consistently focused on SecML research, particularly in malware classification and assistive ML.
My passion lies in augmenting security workers’ day-to-day operations through:
- Natural language understanding
- Reinforcement learning
- Adversarial machine learning
I’m driven by the challenge of developing solutions that not only safeguard data but also empower security professionals to work more efficiently and effectively.
selected publications
- The malicious use of artificial intelligence: Forecasting, prevention, and mitigationarXiv preprint arXiv:1802.07228, 2018
- Learning to evade static pe machine learning malware models via reinforcement learningarXiv preprint arXiv:1801.08917, 2018
- Ask Me Anything: A Conversational Interface to Augment Information Security WorkersIn Thirteenth Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2017), Jul 2017