Government and High-Assurance Environments
Government agencies and high-assurance environments require the highest levels of security, compliance, and operational integrity. SCYLOS transforms every endpoint into a stateless execution surface that resets by design, providing defense-in-depth security without the overhead and attack surface of traditional operating systems.
The Challenge
Government and high-assurance environments face unique and severe security challenges:
- •Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs): Nation-state actors target government systems with sophisticated attacks designed to persist and evade detection.
- •Zero-Day Exploits: Traditional operating systems present large attack surfaces with undiscovered vulnerabilities that can be weaponized.
- •Compliance Mandates: Agencies must meet stringent compliance requirements (FedRAMP, NIST, FISMA) with demonstrable security controls.
- •Supply Chain Risks: Hardware and software supply chains can be compromised, introducing backdoors or vulnerabilities.
- •Operational Complexity: Hardening, patching, and maintaining secure endpoints requires significant resources and introduces operational risk.
The SCYLOS Solution
SCYLOS eliminates the operating system entirely, removing the largest attack surface and source of persistence. Endpoints become stateless execution surfaces that reset by design, providing defense-in-depth without operational complexity.
- •No Operating System: No OS to exploit, patch, or harden—workloads execute directly on immutable infrastructure.
- •Zero Persistence: Nothing persists between sessions—even sophisticated APTs cannot survive a reset.
- •Centralized Policy Enforcement: All configuration and authorization decisions are made centrally and enforced at the execution surface.
- •Verifiable Execution: Cryptographic verification ensures only authorized workloads execute—no local administrative override possible.
- •Minimal Attack Surface: With no persistent OS, the attack surface is reduced by orders of magnitude.
Key Benefits
APT-Resistant Architecture
Even sophisticated nation-state attacks cannot persist—every reset returns the endpoint to a cryptographically verified clean state.
Compliance Ready
Built-in controls for FedRAMP, NIST 800-53, FISMA, and other frameworks with demonstrable security posture.
Supply Chain Protection
Cryptographic verification of all executing workloads eliminates the risk of compromised supply chains.
Zero Maintenance Overhead
No operating systems to patch, harden, or maintain—security is architectural, not operational.
Use Cases
Classified Workloads
Execute classified workloads on stateless surfaces with no data persistence and cryptographically verified execution.
Secure Access Workstations (SAWs)
Administrative access terminals that reset after each session, eliminating credential theft and lateral movement risks.
Critical Infrastructure Control Systems
SCADA and ICS endpoints that must operate with maximum security assurance and minimal attack surface.
Intelligence and Defense Operations
Mission-critical operations that require the highest levels of security and operational integrity.
Why SCYLOS for Government and High-Assurance Environments?
SCYLOS provides defense-in-depth security by eliminating the operating system and all persistence. No OS to exploit, no state to compromise, no patching required. Every endpoint resets by design, making persistence mathematically impossible.
With SCYLOS, government and high-assurance environments achieve maximum security with minimal operational complexity—a fundamentally new approach to endpoint security.