News

June 2026

VALIDY develops an Artificial Intelligence-based tool capable of detecting the use of VALIDY TECHNOLOGY within an executable, even without access to the source code of a program. This tool makes it possible to provide evidence of infringement involving both the software and hardware (processor) implementations of VALIDY TECHNOLOGY.

June 2026

The United States prohibits ANTHROPIC from marketing its Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models to foreign companies for national security reasons.

May 2026

VALIDY publishes its doctrinal paper entitled:

"Why, in the Era of Systemic Threats (ANTHROPIC MYTHOS), VALIDY TECHNOLOGY Is Essential to Securing Cyberspace and Artificial Intelligence"

Towards a Sovereign Trust Infrastructure for Cyber Stability

Ensuring Digital Integrity While Preserving State Operational Capabilities

 - Contribution to the contemporary 2026 cyber doctrines, including the offensive doctrines of the United States, France, and Europe
 - Complementarity of VALIDY TECHNOLOGY with ANTHROPIC's CLAUDE MYTHOS within the GLASSWING Project

April 2026

Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), warns of our inability to adequately protect the monetary system, while the AI boom increases cyberattack risks.

April 2026

Launch of ANTHROPIC's advanced artificial intelligence version Claude MYTHOS and announcement of GLASSWING, a cyber-defense alliance with access to Claude MYTHOS.

March 2026

President Trump's CYBER STRATEGY for America.
The White House unveils an offensive cyber doctrine structured around six pillars designed to strengthen the U.S. response to hostile states, criminal organizations, and influence operations.

January 2026

France publishes its 2026–2030 National Cybersecurity Strategy.
The strategy explicitly embraces an Offensive Cybersecurity approach.

January 2026

Participation of Gilles SGRO, Jean-Christophe CUENOD, and Nicole SGRO in the CyberTaskForce "Confidential Computing" conference organized by Garnault & Associés.

January 2026

Letter to SESTERCE GROUP regarding the cybersecurity protection of the future Valence HPC Data Center using VALIDY TECHNOLOGY.

July 2025

Meeting on July 10, 2025, with the CM3 unit of the French Ministry of the Armed Forces specializing in Artificial Intelligence.

June 2025

Response from Mr. Vincent STRUBEL, Director General of ANSSI: "ANSSI does not conduct, within the scope of its missions, any specific review of intellectual property matters. Consequently, we are not in a position to determine whether any products do or do not use VALIDY TECHNOLOGY."

May 2025

Meeting at ANSSI to address questions raised by us and our attorney: Has ANSSI certified one or more products that use VALIDY TECHNOLOGY?
Response provided during the meeting: "ANSSI does not know whether it has certified one or more products that use VALIDY TECHNOLOGY"

April 2025

Meeting between VALIDY, Attorney Céline GABERT, Mr. René DE PANNEMACKER, Jean-Christophe CUENOD, Gilles SGRO, Ms. Nadège RIOTTE, Chief of Staff to the President of Valence Romans Agglo, and Mr. Morad HADER, Director of Economic Development, to present VALIDY to SESTERCE GROUP with a view to securing its Artificial Intelligence Data Center.

March 2025

Letter to President Emmanuel MACRON.

February 2025

Letter from Attorney Céline GABERT to President Donald J. Trump, who has clearly expressed his intention to strengthen U.S. cybersecurity.

February 2025

Letters from Attorney Céline GABERT to GOOGLE FRANCE, SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC, STMICROELECTRONICS, ARM France, THALES, EVIDEN, DASSAULT SYSTÈMES, BLEU, ATOS, and ESISAR.

December 2024

President Donald J. Trump (White House) publishes the National Security Strategy document.

November 2024

Letter from Attorney Céline GABERT to ANSSI.

March 2024

Letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III requesting mediation and an amicable resolution of our situation.

January 2024

Attorney Céline GABERT of FAYOL Avocats agrees to take the VALIDY case on a pro bono basis.

June 2023

Letter regarding the situation of VALIDY NET Inc. addressed to General Paul M. NAKASONE, Director of the National Security Agency, and Lieutenant General Timothy D. HAUGH, Deputy Commander, U.S. Cyber Command.

April 2023

Letter to the President of the United States, Joseph R. Biden, requesting the establishment of a mediation process concerning the VALIDY matter, which has for many years been subject to what we consider a gradual indirect expropriation of its intellectual property.

April 2022

Letter from VALIDY NET Inc. to Mr. Sébastien DAUVÉ, Director of CEA-LETI.

March 2022

VALIDY NET INC makes a proposal to assign the patents portfolio to the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

On January 26, 2022

The President's Chief of Staff (OMB) signed a memorandum entitled: "Memorandum for Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies - Moving the U.S. Government Toward Zero Trust Cybersecurity Principles."

On January 19, 2022

President Joe Biden signed a memorandum entitled: "Memorandum on Enhancing Cybersecurity for the National Security, Department of Defense, and Intelligence Community.

On December 9, 2021

Gilles SGRO and Jean-Christophe CUENOD attend in Washington D.C. the conference organized by the Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) and the Fort Meade Alliance entitled "Partnering with industry: The NSA Cybersecurity Collaboration Center

On November 11, 2021

The United States and the European Union become supporters of the Paris Appeal for Trust and Security in Cyberspace.

VALIDY NET INC and VALIDY SAS became supporting members of the Paris Appeal in August 2019

On November 3, 2021

A "Study of Working Group 3 of the Paris Call on the progress of the UN negotiations with a strong multi-stakeholder approach" is published.

Validy Net Inc's participation in this work is reported on page 35 of this document

Gilles SGRO and Jean Christophe CUENOD participate in the two UN working groups for the promotion of a multi-stakeholder approach in the framework of UN cyber negotiations and for the improvement of international standards.

On July 28, 2021

President Joe Biden signed a memorandum entitled "National Security Memorandum on Improving Cybersecurity of Critical Infrastructure Control Systems."

July 7, 2021

VALIDY NET INC makes a proposal to assign the patents portfolio to the NSA

On June, 2021

VALIDY NET INC participates in Business In a Minute organized by the National Security Agency (NSA)

June 9, 2021, meeting with NSA's Cybersecurity Program Executive Office PEO
June 3, 2021, meeting with Amazon Web Services
June 3, 2021, meeting with Microsoft Federal

On May 12, 2021

President Joe Biden signed an executive order entitled "Executive Order to Improve the Nation's Cybersecurity."

On February 24, 2021

President Joe Biden signed an executive order entitled "America's Supply Chains Executive Order". This executive order is designed to secure physical and information supply chains. It is a reaction to the supply difficulties induced by China and a reaction to the Solarwind cyberattack

May 1, 2020

Conference call with Mr. Carlos Moreno, Vice President Corporate Alliances & Partnerships (Covid19 containment)

April 17, 2020

Conference call with Mr. Kai HERMSEN, Global Coordinator of the Charter of Trust for Siemens.

January 22, 2020

Meeting at DAVOS during the WEF with Carlos MOREIRA, President of WISEKEY as part of the Cybersecurity Tech Accord led by MICROSOFT

December 5, 2019

Conference call with Ms Ann JOHNSON, Corporate Vice President - Security, Compliance, & Identity at MICROSOFT

On November 25, 2019

Meeting with the Secretary of State for Digital Affairs Mr. Cédric O at ESISAR

Publication on the cybertechaccord.org website of the Validy Net Inc case study

October 18, 2019

Meeting with Mr. David WILLIS, Corporate Vice President, US One Commercial Partner (OCP) group

On October 16, 2019

At MICROSOFT's Redmond campus, meeting with Mr. John HERING, Digital Diplomacy and Cybersecurity Business Program Manager at MICROSOFT.

October 11, 2019

Publication in ZONEBOURSE of the article entitled "Trust and security in cyberspace: a question that is now more diplomatic and legal than technical and military" Authors Gilles Sgro & Jean-Christophe CUENOD

October 2019: Validy NetInc and Validy SAS become a member of the Cybersecurity Tech Accord organization founded by Microsoft

They join the 110 companies that make up the organization Cybersecurity Tech Accord

August 2019: VALIDY NET INC and VALIDY SAS are included by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the list of supporters of the Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace

On August 1, 2019, they join the 67 States, the 358 companies including MICROSOFT, THALES, JUNIPER NETWORKS and the 139 organizations that wish to contribute to securing cyberspace.

May 25, 2019

Meeting with French President François HOLLANDE

On May 14, 2019

Meeting at the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation, with Mr. Jean-Philippe Bourgoin and Ms. Isabelle Tisserand Coordinator Defense and Security within the Directorate General for Research and Innovation.

April 8, 2019

Meeting with Mrs. Laura CHAUBARD, Innovation Advisor to the Minister of the Army, Florence PARLY

On March 22, 2019

Meeting with General Pierre DE VILLIER

March 14, 2019

Meeting with Mrs. Rebecca KIMBRELL, US consul in Lyon

Conversation of Mr Gilles Sgro with the Président de la République Emmanuel Macron on cybersecurity and cyberdefense

Video - 3mn30s

The main issues of cyber security and cyber defense for the real economy

The world of intelligence and defense has long used vulnerabilities of computer systems to its advantage to ensure its security and defense mission. However, today these organizations appear overwhelmed by the proliferation of cyber-weapons, just a click away for many criminal groups. It is now urgent to restore the balance of power by strengthening the defense of cyberspace. The continuity of growth of the real economy and world peace depend on it...

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March 20, 2018

July 4, 2018

Meeting with Mrs. Rebecca KIMBRELL, US consul in Lyon

June 5, 2018

Meeting with Nicolas SADIRAC (Co-founder of Ecole 42 with Xavier NIEL)

On March 20, 2018

Publication in ZONEBOURSE of the article entitled "Cybersecurity and Cyberdefense: The main issues for the real economy". Authors Gilles Sgro & Jean-Christophe CUENOD

March 16, 2018

Conference call with Mr. Julien LESTRADE Director of TRANSACTION R DE ROTHSCHILD &CO. TRANSACTION R

Validy, the setbacks of a start-up in the country of spies

Validy, les déboires d'une start-up au pays des espions
May 2008

October 8, 2017

Conference call with Amy NORDRUM, News Manager for IEEE SPECTRUM

On July 11, 2017

Amy NORDRUM, News Manager for IEEE SPECTRUM would like to publish an article about VALIDY TECHNOLOGY

On May 5, 2017

Meeting at the IEEE office in Washington, D.C. with Chris BRANTLEY, Managing Director of IEEE-USA.

JANUARY 2011

MAG-SECURS 29 - STUXNET CASE

"Chine Hebdo" - Radio BFM

Interview by Myriam Hertz on Radio BFM for the "Chine Hebdo" economic news broadcast
September 2007

"Les échos économie"

Newspaper article in "Les échos économie"
September 2007

"The Hackademy Magazine" #3

Front cover and feature article in "The Hackademy Magazine" #3
March 2006

"Commerce International" #6

Magazine article in "Commerce International" #6
October 2003