Sub Rosa Ventures Launches New Cyber Defense Hardware

Orlando, Fla. (September 16, 2024) – With recent high-profile cyber attacks against local and national companies, an Incubator client is bringing to market a new technology used to protect devices and networks of businesses and homes.

The new hardware, branded the VigilantShield, was developed in partnership with the Idaho National Laboratory and is currently being used by the Department of Energy at nuclear facilities.

“Studies have shown businesses could spend millions of dollars if they are a victim of a ransomware attack, not to mention the loss of confidence of the business after the attack,” says Alan Seymour, CEO, Sub Rosa Ventures. “While there are a lot of cloud-based options, our hardware can protect a network and their device locally and quickly simply by plugging in the technology and turning it on.”

Unlike other cyber security offerings, the technology offered by Sub Rosa Ventures is actual hardware, which when utilized, can protect an entire office of devices in real time without any use of the cloud.

That works particularly well for isolated environments and particularly sensitive businesses that need to minimize connections to offsite servers, like nuclear research facilities. These can often be some of the most vulnerable as research is often performed by engineers and scientists from all over the world.

It’s also a way to protect a large number of devices at one time, like computers in a call center or a medical environment. The device automatically analyzes all incoming data, not just the metadata, in real-time. When a threat is detected, it is prevented from being employed and starting the attack.

With the average ransomware attack costing nearly $2 million, the new device could save businesses significant money and stress.

“VigilantSheild is the first technology we’ve seen that fights threats at the network level by using machine learning to sequester malicious network packets — digital containers filled with data — before they reach their intended destination, such as a cell phone or laptop,” says Matt Anderson, researcher, Idaho National Laboratory. “The ability to capture and sequester malicious data in transit opens a new front in the cyber battlefield.”

VigilantSheild is currently focused on protecting businesses, but it will be available for consumer use at homes in the near future.

Sub Rosa Ventures opened in Orlando in 2023 after Seymour exited from Cleveland Electric Laboratories as the company’s president. Part of the exit agreement was the acquisition of several technologies by his new company, Sub Rosa.

As such, VigilantShield is just one technology being launched by Sub Rosa Ventures, including various sensors and optical products.

In addition to Seymour, the company partnership includes Robert Riegle, president, who is a former director at the Department of Homeland Security, and Mike Hull, COO, who was the director of operations for the national firm, Advancia Technologies.

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For more information media should contact –

For Sub Rosa Ventures: Alan Seymour, alans@Sub Rosa.ventures

For the UCF Business Incubation Program: Carol Ann Dykes Logue, 407-207-7426, Carolann.dykeslogue@ucf.edu or Alan Byrd, 407-415-8470, Alan@ByrdConnections.com

About Sub Rosa Ventures: Sub Rosa creates security solutions to protect national and commercial interests through advanced patented sensors and systems. We can create security solutions for any entity, in any environment, under any circumstance, anywhere in the world.For more information, visit Sub Rosa.Ventures/

About the UCF Business Incubation Program: The University of Central Florida Business Incubation Program is a community resource that provides early-stage companies with the tools, training and infrastructure to become financially stable, high growth/impact enterprises. Since 1999, this award-winning program has provided vital business development resources resulting in over 300 local startup companies reaching their potential faster and graduating into the community where they continue to grow and positively impact the local economy.

With nine facilities throughout the region, the UCF Business Incubation Program is an economic development partnership between the University of Central Florida, the Corridor, Lake, Orange, Osceola, Seminole and Volusia Counties, and the cities of Eustis, Kissimmee, Orlando and Winter Springs. In 2023, current incubator clients supported over 1,000 employees and generated over $120 million in revenue.  Nineteen companies graduated from the program and remained in the local community. For more information, visit  www.incubator.ucf.edu.