Finally, true Zero Trust security for networking, data and ALL your devices that anyone can use
[Troy, NY] — [April 3, 2025] — Faction Networks announced today the launch of its crowdfunding campaign on StartEngine to fund the completion and commercial launch of its groundbreaking decentralized cybersecurity platform and solution.
Faction Networks aims to transform the cybersecurity landscape by eliminating:
- the vulnerabilities of VPNs; and
- the cost, complexity and pain of SDNs;
to enable average users, groups, teams and small-to-mid sized organizations to protect their networking, data, and all of the critical smart, dumb, and legacy devices that are now connected to the Internet and particularly vulnerable to catastrophic hacks.
Led by technology and 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 tech exits and an IPO, , Faction Networks is targeting a share of the projected $93B market opportunity by 2027 with its scalable SaaS business model.
The catastrophic risks posed by the convergence of AI, cyber crime conglomerates, warfare and terrorism are making the ‘good enough’ approach and centralized cloud architectures of current leaders unsustainable, if not obsolete. Faction Networks offers a more secure alternative to traditional VPN and firewall solutions by eliminating significant vulnerabilities that could lead to catastrophic hacks. The platform simplifies the Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) experience, providing the flexibility and segmentation of Software-Defined Networks (SDNs) without the usual complexity and high costs.
“Our platform creates a completely decentralized and encrypted private network that is exclusively controlled and managed by the network owner and cannot be seen or routed to until – and only if – a device is invited and authenticated,” said Geoff Halstead, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer. “Faction Networks can also automatically encrypt your data end-to-end for emails, cloud drives, and on your endpoint devices. Faction Pods and Portals can be added to your network to effortlessly secure all of the smart, dumb, and legacy devices that are so critical to our work, lives, factories, and smart cities and infrastructure today and have so perilously been connected to the Internet over the last decades. Best of all, Faction Networks are both affordable and easy to deploy, use and manage.”
“We call it ‘Zero Trust for the Rest of UsTM’ because we believe that everyone deserves access to true Zero Trust cybersecurity, regardless of their technical expertise,” Dave Rand, Faction Co-Founder, CEO & CTO added. “The existing centralized, Cloud-first models are failing repeatedly and spectacularly, yet the industry continues to pretend this is working. It’s not: we need to change our approach. Faction Networks is committed to empowering users with a completely decentralized architecture and the tools they need to take control of their security in an increasingly dangerous world.”
For more information and to participate in the Reg CF offering on StartEngine, interested investors can go to www.startengine.com/offering/faction-communications.
This Reg CF offering is made available through StartEngine Primary LLC, member FINRA/SIPC. This investment is speculative, illiquid, and involves a high degree of risk, including the possible loss of your entire investment.
