General FAQ's

Easily digestible answers to our most asked questions.

What does BYOS do?

• BYOS cloaks assets from the rest of the world
• Provides secure and invisible overlay communications through decentralized networks

Why does BYOS exist?

• Endpoint protection software is dominated by the asset and is easily bypassed by adversarial actors.
• Perimeter Security (Firewalls, etc.) can't control the blast radius of attacks like lateral movement.

What is the Business Value/ ROI?

• Ransomware/breach remediation cost savings ($2M to $5M average per incident).
• Operating performance increase, no truck rolls, reduced downtime (30-50% of operating cost savings).

What does BYOS replace or reduce the need for?

• VPNs→ BYOS allows for a more granular strategy, replacing VPNs completely.
• Firewalls→ BYOS allows for decentralized micro-segmentation, reducing the need for complex Firewalls.
• Remote Access Software→ BYOS allows for secure communication, removing the need for special software for remote devices.

Why do customers choose BYOS?

• Isolating employee laptops from home and public WIFI networks.
• Protecting and managing 3-rd party contractors and legacy devices that connect from unmanaged networks.
• Ensuring all traffic and data originating from endpoints on any network flows through controlled entry and exit nodes.