REASONS TO INVEST

• Faction Networks aims to solve cybersecurity threats by making truly decentralized Zero Trust security affordable, simple, and accessible to average users and SMBs —protecting data, networks, and devices from criminals and state-sponsored hackers.​
• Led by cybersecurity veterans, including CEO Dave Rand (Trend Micro CTO, AboveNet Co-Founder & CTO) and CPO Geoff Halstead, Faction’s team has a proven record with multiple successful tech exits and an IPO, Faction Networks is addressing a $93B total addressable market opportunity with a highly scalable SaaS business model.
• Partnered with the Air Force Research Lab's ORION program and other major cyber labs, the company also has a clear path to Government and Military customers after commercial launch.

THE TEAM

Dave Rand, Co-Founder, CEO & CTO

Dave Rand is a Silicon Valley technologist, serial entrepreneur, CEO and CTO with a 30 year track record of successful products and patents spanning networking, privacy and cybersecurity.   Dave’s unique insights and understanding of both core technical challenges and user needs shaped his vision to restore the basic foundations for privacy and security of end users in the digital world.  He has participated on the boards of several companies, both public and private, and helped raise more than $4 billion over his career. He remains one of the foremost cybersecurity leaders in the United States, with an ongoing role as a go-to expert within the industry.

Geoff Halstead, Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer

Geoff Halstead is a visionary entrepreneur, product strategist and Chief Product Officer for Faction who has conceived, built and grown multiple disruptive products across traffic information (Traffic Station), digital media (Lagardere Active, now Bandsintown.com), indoor navigation (Connexient - sold to Everbridge) and cybersecurity (Circle Security).

Dan O’Sullivan, Co-Founder and VP, Business Development

As an executive, manager, management consultant, investor, Board member and mentor, Dan has been actively involved building start-ups and early-stage technology companies for over 25 years including MapInfo, Netegrity and LogMeIn.

Ben Quinones, Co-Founder and Chairman

CEO of Pakal Technologies, a next gen power semiconductor startup whose breakthrough silicon supports the global Electrification of Transportation (EoT) revolution, grid modernization and related ecosystems. Decades of international business experience. Strategic Advisor and Board member to numerous startups at various stages including Multibeam, Faction, Trust Networks and others. Stanford Law and Yale University.

Les Wilson, VP, OEM Partnerships

Les has vast experience and success in maximizing growth for both large and early stage companies across Silicon IP, EDA tools, 3D wafer scale semiconductors, SoC marketing and business development, as well as a tremendous depth of application knowledge spanning consumer, computing, communications, industrial, CyberSecurity, IoT and medical markets.

Scott Robidoux, Advisor

Scott Robidoux is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Assured Information Security (AIS), where he leads day to day operations and guides strategic growth initiatives expanding AIS’s diversification of its capability and technology offerings.

Prior to joining AIS in 2018, Scott worked with Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH). As the Principal/Director and Business Operations Manager for the Rome, NY office, he successfully led the BAH Air Force Command, Control, Communications and Cyber Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) and Cyberspace team through unprecedented growth providing technical support and solutions to the Air Force, Air Force Research Laboratory, and National Intelligence Communities.

Previously, Robidoux completed 22 years of a combination of active duty/reserve military service in the United States Navy, retiring in 2002. He currently serves on the SUNY Polytechnic Institute College of Engineering Advisory Committee and the Masonic Medical Research Institute (MMRI) Community Action Committee.

Dave Waldek, Head of Finance

Over thirty years of financial experience across multiple industries, with both publicly held and private companies. Co-founded CFO Advisory Group providing strategic financial and business advisory services for high growth companies.

Gary Miller, Advisor 

Gary is a Senior Threat Researcher at the Citizen Lab, a recognized expert in mobile cyber threats, and a global speaker on digital security and surveillance. With deep expertise in threat intelligence, he has founded two companies and led multiple initiatives in risk management, digital privacy, and adversary profiling.

Chase Cunningham (Dr. Zero Trust), Advisor 

A retired Navy Chief cryptologist, Chase Cunningham is a cybersecurity expert, who previously held leadership roles at Forrester Research and Ericom Software. As a thought leader, Cunningham is passionate about helping organizations improve their cybersecurity posture. He is a sought-after speaker and consults with governments and enterprises worldwide on security strategy and Zero Trust practices. Cunningham has authored several books, including "Cyber Warfare - Truth, Tactics, and Strategies."

Jason Ciment, Advisor

Jason is the Co-founder CEO of GetVisible digital marketing agency offering website, SEO, PPC & social media visibility since 2005. Jason also hosts the podcast "The Be #1 Online podcast guy"

THE PITCH

In The New Era of Internet Insecurity, Faction Networks Power Zero Trust for the Rest of Us

Faction Networks delivers easy-to-use, decentralized truly Zero Trust cybersecurity solutions which:

• Eliminate the vulnerabilities of VPNs; and 
• The cost, complexity and pain of SDNs;

to enable individuals, work groups, teams, SMBs - and ultimately organizations of any size - to protect their networking, data and all the vulnerable smart, dumb and legacy devices that have been connected to the Internet.

The catastrophic risks posed by the convergence of AI, cyber crime conglomerates, warfare and terrorism are rapidly making the 'good enough' approach and centralized cloud architectures of current leaders unsustainable, if not obsolete.

Led by cybersecurity experts behind multiple successful tech exits, the team is working toward a commercial launch in 2025, targeting a problem that affects virtually every user and device that connects to the Internet.

What is Zero Trust — and Why It’s Needed

Traditional security measures can’t keep up with the growing sophistication of cyberattacks. Big enterprises have turned to a new security framework called Zero Trust — an approach built around the idea that no user or device should be trusted by default, even within the network.

Faction makes Zero Trust simple and affordable. Crucially, it also applies Zero Trust principles to the Cloud and hardware with two fundamental advances:

• Breakthrough, fully decentralized platform architecture; and
• 100% Made-in-USA cyber assurance of Faction Pods and Portals .

You don’t have to trust your router, the internet, or anyone else. Your network, data and vulnerable devices are locked down from the start — no need for complicated configuration and constant verification.

THE PROBLEM

Internet Security is Broken

The Current Solutions Fall Short

The current solutions - VPNs, SDNs and Firewalls - constantly fail because they still trust:

• THEIR CLOUD — which is just as compromised as everything else.
• OTHER PEOPLE — including their own staff, 'super admins,' and even customers.
• THE HARDWARE — starting with routers.

OUR SOLUTION

Next Generation Cybersecurity Platform for a Safer Internet

Faction Networks:

• Eliminate the vulnerabilities of VPNs; and 
• the cost, complexity and pain of SDNs;

to make true Zero Trust cybersecurity accessible to everyday users, teams and organizations of any size, ensuring security, privacy, and control for everyone.

Made 100% Zero Trust In The USA

If you can’t trust your hardware, all your cybersecurity software is worthless

Anyone Can Do It

MARKET OPPORTUNITY & TRACTION

Faction Networks' Total Addressable Market - spanning VPNs, SDNs, Zero Trust Security and IoT and OT security - is projected to reach $93B by 2027, due to the rising demand for Zero Trust Security among consumers, SMBs, enterprises, and government agencies.  Faction Networks aims to be a major player in this shift, going after over 1.5 billion VPN users and tens of millions of SMBs globally that need better cybersecurity alternatives to traditional VPNs - which fail against modern threats - and SDNs - whose cost and complexity put them out of reach. This is a 'dual-use technology' which meets critical unmet needs in two market segments.

Consumer and SMB

Built on a scalable SaaS model, revenues are driven primarily from monthly and annual subscriptions - which include hardware.  Unmatched security, control, and ease of use will drive adoption by average users and SMBs. 

Military, Government & Enterprise

This will be supplemented by licensing to value-added resellers that take the solution to military, government and enterprises customers.

Cyber Assurance Partners

Faction Networks partners also give it a clear path to go after Military, Government and Enterprise contracts after launch while also providing independent testing, evaluation, red teaming, code reviews and other services for cyber assurance for its platform and solution for Consumers and SMBs.

The ORION Assured program is a force in cyber assurance, integration, demonstration and technology transition. It ensures the integrity and resilience of critical systems and validates and accelerates adoption of cybersecurity solutions into the USAF and other Department of Defense agencies as well as for commercial markets.

AIS provides critical cyber and information security services, products and operations to commercial and government customers. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Rome, New York, AIS has multiple operating locations and employs more than 220 of the brightest minds that have a passion for advancing the state of cyber and information security and delivering customer success.

Quanterion Solutions Incorporated provides quality analytical services across a wide range of technical disciplines for both government and commercial customers to eliver solutions to solve even the most challenging technical problems. Quanterion will provide independent cybersecurity testing lab for IOT, Industry 4.0 and UAS.

WHY INVEST

Faction Networks aims to make fully decentralized, true Zero Trust security affordable and easy-to-use — protecting data, networks, and devices from criminals and state-sponsored hackers.​

The company’s $93B portion of the cybersecurity market is ripe for disruption — and Faction Networks is positioned to be a major player. With our deep industry experience, strong partnerships, and cutting-edge technology, we have the opportunity to drive rapid growth and position Faction for a highly successful exit.

As an early-stage investor, you’ll be on the ground floor of this opportunity — positioned to benefit from the upside as we scale and take this technology to market. Your investment supports our 2025 launch and strategic partnerships, enabling us to protect YOU - and average users and SMBs everywhere - from growing cyber threats.