What Your Current Stack Can't Do

Real capabilities. Honest comparison. No Buzzwords.

What's Broken

Pain points your vendor won't mention

Rip and Replace

CrowdStrike, SentinelOne, Palo Alto: "Replace your entire firewall infrastructure with our solution."

• 6-12 month migration project
• $200k+ professional services
• Downtime risk during cutover
• Learn entirely new management interface

Attackers Study Your Defenses

Your logs show exactly how you detect threats. Sophisticated attackers read them and adapt.

• Logs in clear text = attack playbook
• No obfuscation capabilities
• Network patterns analyzable
• Timing attacks easily executed

One Security Mode For Everything

Development needs full internet. Production needs locked down. Air-gap needs total isolation. One tool can't do all three.

• Different tools for different environments
• Can't switch modes without reinstall
• Air-gap requires cloud connection (!?)
• Compliance nightmare

Requires Admin/Root Everywhere

No admin privileges? No protection. Security teams blocked by IT policy.

• Can't deploy without elevated access
• Compliance teams block installations
• Endpoints stay unprotected
• Zero fallback options

What SYNTEX Does Differently

Capabilities built into the platform, not claimed in marketing

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Sits on Top of Your Current Firewall

No rip and replace. SYNTEX adds intelligent network suppression layer above your existing iptables, pfctl, or netsh firewall.

  • • Keep your current firewall rules
  • • Deploy in hours, not months
  • • Emergency rollback scripts auto-generated
  • • User-space DNS blocking as fallback (no root needed)
# Your existing iptables rules stay
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 443 -j ACCEPT
# SYNTEX adds intelligent layer on top
Guardian AI detects lateral movement
→ Blocks 192.168.1.45 via iptables
→ Your rules still intact
# Standard logging (attackers read this)
BLOCKED: 192.168.1.100 port 22 SSH brute force
PATTERN: 5 failed logins in 30 seconds
THRESHOLD: 5 attempts triggers block
# SYNTEX obfuscation mode
[SÆ] Network entity suppressed
[SÆ] Application filter active: 3 entities
Attackers can't study your patterns
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Obfuscation Against Sophisticated Attackers

Advanced attackers study your logs to understand detection patterns. SYNTEX has 3 obfuscation levels to prevent this.

  • • Minimal: Clear logs for debugging
  • • Standard: Opaque operational logs
  • • Maximum: Total stealth mode
  • • Entropy delays prevent timing analysis
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Per-Endpoint Behavioral Profiling

Not generic threat signatures. SYNTEX learns normal behavior for EACH endpoint and detects specific anomalies.

3am Connection Anomaly
Endpoint normally operates 9-5, suddenly active at 3am → Flagged
Lateral Movement
Connecting to 192.168.5.100 for first time ever → Suspicious
Port Scanning
Rapid multi-port connection attempts → Attack pattern
Credential Stuffing
5+ authentication failures → Brute force attempt
# Endpoint 192.168.1.100 Profile
First seen: 30 days ago
Typical hours: 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17
Typical ports: 80, 443, 22
Typical destinations: 3 IPs
# ANOMALY DETECTED
Time: 03:14 (unusual)
Port: 3389 RDP (new)
Destination: 192.168.5.100 (new)
Anomaly score: 0.9/1.0
Guardian AI: BLOCK
Development Mode
Full internet access for building and testing
Ports: HTTP, HTTPS, DNS, SSH, FTP, SMTP
Production Hardened
Essential services only, comprehensive blocking
Ports: HTTPS, DNS, NTP only
Production Air-Gap
Maximum isolation for classified/voting systems
Ports: Localhost only
Switch modes without reinstall
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Multiple Security Postures

One platform. Three security modes. Switch between them without reinstalling or reconfiguring.

  • • Development: Full access for building
  • • Production Hardened: Essential services only
  • • Air-Gap: Total isolation (voting, classified)
  • • Mode switching in seconds via config file
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Thermal Protection for Enterprise Hardware

Security software shouldn't damage your hardware. SYNTEX monitors CPU temperature and throttles operations to prevent overheating.

  • • Real-time temperature monitoring
  • • Throttles at 65°C, emergency shutdown at 75°C
  • • Adaptive thermal protection for servers
  • • Prevents hardware damage from aggressive scanning
CPU Temperature: 58°C
Status: Normal operations
—
CPU Temperature: 67°C
Thermal protection: 0.6s sleep
Throttling to prevent damage
—
CPU Temperature: 76°C
THERMAL EMERGENCY
Initiating emergency shutdown
# No admin/root privileges detected
Falling back to user-space protection
Creating: ~/.syntex/blocked_hosts.txt
0.0.0.0 malicious-domain.com
:: malicious-domain.com
Creating: ~/.syntex/connection_filter.json
Blocked IPs: 192.168.1.100, 10.0.0.50
Protection active (user-space mode)
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Works Without Admin Privileges

Compliance team won't grant root? IT policy blocks installations? SYNTEX falls back to user-space protection.

  • • DNS blocking via user hosts file
  • • Connection filtering at application layer
  • • Guardian AI still makes decisions
  • • Partial protection better than zero protection

Side-by-Side Comparison

Capabilities, not claims

Capability SYNTEX CrowdStrike SentinelOne Palo Alto
Sits on top of existing firewall ✓ Rip & replace Rip & replace Rip & replace
Obfuscation against analysis 3 levels Clear logs Clear logs Clear logs
Per-endpoint behavior profiling ✓ Global signatures Global signatures Rules-based
Multiple security postures Dev/Hardened/Air-gap Single mode Single mode Single mode
Thermal hardware protection ✓ — — —
Works without admin/root User-space fallback Requires admin Requires admin Requires admin
Air-gap capable ✓ Cloud dependency Cloud dependency Cloud dependency
Emergency rollback Auto-generated Manual Manual Manual
Price (100 endpoints/year) $40,000 $60,000+ $55,000+ $70,000+

Where These Capabilities Matter

Government/Classified

  • • Air-gap mode for classified networks
  • • No cloud dependency (CLOUD Act protection)
  • • Obfuscation against nation-state actors
  • • On-premise deployment only

European Customers

  • • GDPR data sovereignty (on-prem in EU)
  • • No US CLOUD Act exposure
  • • Air-gap capability for critical infrastructure
  • • Thermal protection for dense server rooms

MSPs/Multi-Environment

  • • Sits on top of customer firewalls (no rip/replace)
  • • Dev/hardened/air-gap modes per customer need
  • • User-space mode when admin access denied
  • • Emergency rollback for failed deployments

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