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Go Beyond VPNs, Avoid the Pain of SDNs

Faction’s fully decentralized platform and protocol eliminates all cloud vulnerabilities puts you in control of your security and privacy for networking, devices and data.

Faction Networks Are Actually Secure and Private #

  • Fully Decentralized, Unhackable in the Cloud
    • No certificate Authorities
    • No User Data or Metadata
    • No Credentials
    • No Keys or Decrypted Data in the Clouds
    • Nothing to sell on the Dark Web
    • No one with visibility or access but you

Networks Are Invisible and Connections Secure by Default #

FACTION PROTOCOL: It is impossible to see or connect to a Faction Network until invited and authenticated by the Faction owner.

Data is Always Encrypted #

  • Data is encrypted wherever it goes, and can only be decrypted on endpoint devices by Faction Members.
  • Keys are never stored in or accessible to the Cloud
  • Personal Computing Devices
  • Cloud Servers and VMs
  • WiFi and LANs

Faction Works the Way You Use the Internet #

The Faction Key Factory, together with our proprietary virtual routers, powers unlimited granularity, flexibility and scalability of encryption to address any use case

Scalable #

Not just voice, messages and email – video, streaming data and files of any size, volume and throughput.

Flexible #

Secure devices, networks or private groups of users – and messages, files and any data exchanged between them.

Granular #

The Faction Key Factory enables unlimited granularity and volume of encryption keys to flex to any use case.

Always Controlled by You #

Only YOU create and control the keys for your Faction Network, Groups, Devices and Members.

The Difference is Simple – but Essential #

The Cloud is tremendously useful – scalable, robust, redundant and always on. We use the Cloud, but we never trust it.

Existing Solutions Trust The Cloud #

Existing solutions to secure networks and communications either trust Cloud infrastructure or believe they can protect it.

  • Centralized key storage
  • Centralized credentials servers & databases
  • Centralized Certificate Authorities
  • Centralized databases of users and everything about them

Faction Never Trusts The Cloud #

Faction NEVER trusts the Cloud. It trusts only the Faction owner, and the devices he or she authenticates.

  • No keys in the cloud
  • No central certificate authority
  • No credentials at all
  • No decrypted user data, metadata or activities.

VPNs #

SDNs #

Centralized servers, with human access and control

  • Castle & Moat architecture
  • Still have centralized controls and identity databases with human access

Visible for study, attacker initiates connection

  • Completely Visible
  • Attacker can initiate connection
  • Still use Internet Protocol – which has same issues

Complex, Rigid and Costly

  • Lots of configuration
  • Cannot micro-segment
  • Enterprise solution
  • CPainful UX
  • CLots of Support

Faction #

Decentralized, no human access

  • No centralized servers
  • Nobody has access but YOU

Invisible and Inaccessible to IP

  • Connections are secure by default
  • Networks visible only within each Faction

Simple, Flexible and Low Cost

  • Deploy Factions in minutes
  • No firewalls, network config, servers
  • Use existing Internet infrastructure

Try Faction for Free #

Don’t take our word for it. You can try and use Faction at no cost right now to start protecting the privacy and security of your networking, communications and data.

Updated on February 4, 2024
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