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Maksim Lanies - Founder of 2GC and CloudBridge Relay
Founder and Leader of CloudBridge Global Network (2GC)
Expert in strategic IT product management, building international teams, and scaling technological solutions
About
Maksim Lanies - Maksim Lanies - founder and leader of CloudBridge Global Network (2GC) - a global edge network for ensuring stable access to digital services. Expert in strategic IT product management, building international teams, and scaling technological solutions.
Mission
Create a global edge infrastructure for secure access to digital services in rapidly changing technical and political realities.
Expertise
Strategic management of international IT products, edge computing, post-quantum cryptography, P2P networks.
Architect and founder of CloudBridge Global Network, specializes in creating secure network infrastructures. With over 10 years of experience in network technologies, has accumulated extensive experience in developing scalable solutions for the corporate sector.
The path to creating CloudBridge
The idea of CloudBridge arose from practical problems. In 2019-2020, it became clear that traditional VPN solutions no longer cope with modern requirements: they are slow, have poor fault tolerance, and are difficult to scale globally.
The situation was aggravated by geopolitical changes that affected the availability of services. Companies needed a solution that would work reliably regardless of external circumstances.
Creating a platform
The key insight was this: corporate access should work like a cellular network. Each user connects to the nearest available node, and the system itself finds the optimal route.
This began the work on CloudBridge - a solution where each relay node works like a cellular tower: the client automatically connects to the nearest available node, and the system itself chooses the optimal route.
Gradually, a set of technical solutions crystallized that became the foundation of the platform:
First, the performance problem had to be solved. This led to a custom version of the QUIC protocol, optimized specifically for P2P networks.
The second task - security. This was helped by Zero Trust architecture with outbound connections - no open ports, no complex firewall settings.
The third part - automation. Machine learning took over traffic analysis and automatic route optimization.
Finally, we had to think about the future. Therefore, support for post-quantum cryptography was immediately embedded - protection against future quantum threats.
International Experience
When CloudBridge began to scale beyond one country, it became clear: each jurisdiction has its own characteristics. For example, in Russia you need to comply with Federal Law 152 and support SORM, in Europe - follow GDPR, in China - comply with Data Security Law.
This led to the creation of a modular architecture - one core, but different compliance modules for each region.
A key step was the strategic partnership with Cloudflare. Their global network + our Border Gateway architecture = truly global solution.
In parallel, built a distributed team: specialists in different countries provide local expertise, understand local specifics, and can quickly resolve client issues.
Current Projects
Network
Today CloudBridge looks like a three-tier edge network: large global hubs, regional nodes, and local edge points, brought as close as possible to users.
Technology
Under the hood - modern technology stack: Kubernetes for orchestration, DPDK for minimal latency, GPU servers for AI analysis.
Future
Next steps - development of even more autonomous AI systems that can manage the network with almost no human intervention. Plus expanding capabilities for working in extreme conditions - through satellites, P2P-mesh networks, even when regular internet is unavailable.
CloudBridge Global Network: Modern Global Edge Network Architecture
In recent years it has become obvious that traditional approaches to corporate access no longer match modern realities. Geopolitical changes affect service availability, security and compliance requirements are growing, and all this complicates IT specialists' tasks. These challenges led to the creation of CloudBridge Global Network - an architecture originally designed to work in conditions of uncertainty.
The key idea of CloudBridge is simple: build corporate access based on the cellular network principle. This is a global edge network where each node functions autonomously, but together they form a unified fault-tolerant system.
Three-Tier Edge Network Architecture
CloudBridge is built on a revolutionary three-tier model of distributed points of presence (PoP), each tier optimized for specific tasks and geographical realities.
Architectural Tiers:
Technology Stack:
This architecture provides minimal latency on a global scale and the ability to work in disruption conditions through satellite channels or local P2P-mesh.
Post-Quantum Security and Zero Trust Architecture
CloudBridge Global Network implements advanced quantum-safe networking principles with revolutionary architecture that eliminates the need for open ports.
Quantum-Resistant Cryptography:
- Hybrid classical+PQC - Hybrid classical+PQC - combination of traditional and post-quantum algorithms
- CRYSTALS-Kyber/Dilithium - CRYSTALS-Kyber/Dilithium for protection against quantum computers
- Regular key rotation - Regular key rotation with automatic key rotation
Outbound-only Connection Model:
- Complete elimination of the need for open ports
- Automatic NAT traversal for direct P2P connections
- Self-healing network with predictive scaling
AI-powered Security:
- Real-time threat detection - Real-time threat detection with minimal response time
- Anomaly detection + Pattern recognition - Anomaly detection + Pattern recognition for DDoS protection
- Behavioral analysis engine - Behavioral analysis engine with high threat detection accuracy
Why This is Critical?
- • Protection for decades ahead from quantum attacks
- • Instant adaptation to new threats through AI
- • Automatic compliance with international requirements
- • Zero-trust by design, not as an additional layer
Integration with enterprise IAM systems (Keycloak, Azure AD, Okta) provides seamless SSO experience without security compromises.
CloudBridge Global Network is not just a technology platform, but a complete communication ecosystem of the future, capable of operating in the most complex conditions and providing reliable access to digital infrastructure worldwide.