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sECURE YOUR NETWORK.
Secure your business.

Connecting over the standard Internet hides intrinsic vulnerabilities that can put your data and business continuity at risk. To overcome these challenges, critical infrastructures use dedicated but costly connections or businesses implement cyber security solutions at the application layer. And yet, cyber attacks continue to rise. Secure your network and reduce the impact of cyberattacks across the board with SCION.

Cybersecurity threats AND ISSUES ON THE INTERNET TODAY

Data breaches, manipulation & theft

Eavesdropping, data manipulation, theft, and redirection are daily occurrences on the global Internet leading to loss of trust and financial repercussions.

Lack of data compliance & sovereignty

Today’s Internet may send data through different countries and over unsafe or congested networks. Businesses have no control over the path through which their data is sent.

Network downtime & service unavailability

Data loss, delays, and denial-of-service attacks can disrupt business operations, while Internet paths can take some time to update in case of outages, thereby threatening availability.

High costs of dedicated infrastructure

Given the risks of using the Internet, many critical infrastructures run on segregated networks that are often aging, very costly, and offer limited connectivity options.

FOUR KEY REASONS TO DEPLOY SCION

Resources
Secure communication

SCION offers robust security features, including prevention against various types of cyber attacks. It employs cryptographic techniques and secure routing protocols to ensure data integrity and confidentiality.

Reliable connectivity
SCION’s design provides high reliability by utilizing the most optimal paths for data transmission. It can also utilize multiple paths simultaneously, thereby offering high availability, best possible performance, and mitigating the risk of network failures. This makes it particularly useful where consistent and reliable access to critical services needs to be guaranteed.
Data sovereignty and control
Users can control how and where their data is routed, ensuring compliance with data protection regulations and maintaining sovereignty over their sensitive information.
Transparent governance
Thanks to its trust-centric design, SCION offers advantages to industries and ecosystems requiring enhanced trust and data governance, even for data in transit. 

Fit for your needs – DEPLOYMENT MODELS

From cloud to on-site data centers, SCION is here to support your network infrastructure, ensuring optimal performance and security regardless of where your data is hosted.
Critical infrastructure ecosystems

SCION-enabled networks provide trusted and reliable connectivity for the secure exchange of data between businesses and other organizations.

Connecting remote users

SCION improves connectivity to remote users by allowing users to send data over optimised SCION  networks.

Applications

Leverage reliable connectivity and improve user experience by building native SCION connectivity into your applications, thereby facilitating more secure and reliable end-to-end connections.

FIT FOR YOUR NEEDS – DEPLOYMENT MODELS

MARKET FIT AND USE CASES

Enhance security and reliability across critical sectors with SCION, designed to meet the specialized needs of today’s businesses.

CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE

Finance

Secure inter-bank communication
Regulatory compliance and peace of mind for financial institutions who require elevated security and compliance assurances

Cross-border transactions
Expand your global reach confidently with trust policies for reliable and secure cross-border transactions.

Real-time payments
Stay online with fast and secure connections for real-time payments, with robust backup in case of problems like outages, congestion, or cyberattacks.

B2C financial transactions
Navigate regulatory complexities effortlessly and ensure your transactions reach the right destination, minimizing chances for surveillance or attacks.

Payment terminals
As cashless payments become more prevalent, ensure the availability of payment terminals with SCION.
 FINANCE
Healthcare

Strict regulatory requirements for healthcare operators
Regulatory compliance and peace of mind for healthcare organizations needing assurances about location of data, even while traversing the network.

Patient data exchange
Ensure patient data is shared securely within national boundaries, adhering to strict privacy laws.

Cross-jurisdictional health data transfer
Confidently expand the scope of your healthcare services with secure and reliable transfer mechanisms for personal medical data across different jurisdictions.. Transfer sensitive research data and healthcare statistics between jurisdictions.

Emergency and remote medical services
Deploy SCION to guarantee low-latency, real-time communication solutions for critical healthcare scenarios such as emergency responses and remote surgeries, ensuring uninterrupted service with fail-safe systems.
Healthcare system resilience
Navigate the complexities of healthcare IT with robust, resilient connectivity. SCION minimizes the risk of disruptions due to outages, congestion, or cyber threats, ensuring that healthcare services remain operational when most needed.

Telemedicine and virtual care platforms
With telemedicine and telesurgery, network stability and latency becomes a key factor to delivering successful care. SCION provides optimized network paths that are fit for the purpose.

HEALTHCARE
Education
Cryptographic security for R&E communications
Ensure that communications within research and education institutes are secure and trusted, particularly when handling sensitive personal, academic and research data. SCION also enables R&E institutes to meet stringent regulatory and governance requirements with robust cryptographic assurances.
Secure data transfer for research institutes
Enable secure and precise transfer of sensitive research data between jurisdictions. SCION ensures that data travels via known and secure paths, maintaining integrity and confidentiality across borders.
Foster networking innovation
Leverage the global SCION research and education network to support innovation around next generation networking. For more about the SCION education network, click here.
Education
Power
Cryptographic security for power infrastructure
Adhere to national and international regulatory standards such as NIS2 with strong cryptographic assurances about who you’re communicating with. SCION protects critical power generation and distribution systems, ensuring secure communications and safeguarding against cyber threats.
SCADA system security enhancements
Protect your legacy SCADA systems, which are vital for controlling and monitoring power equipment but often have limited security features. SCION provides robust protection, even for systems that are increasingly exposed to the Internet.
Real-time control communications
Maintain essential control functions with reliable, low-latency communication solutions. Ensure strong assurances of delivery to the correct destination with the capability to operate over known and secure paths.
Connectivity for distributed power generation
As power generation shifts towards more distributed renewable energy, ensure your utility systems remain robust. SCION offers reliable, resilient, and secure connectivity, integrating seamlessly with IoT environments and offering fast failover in case of outages, congestion, or cyberattacks.
POWER
Aviation
Cryptographic security for aviation infrastructure
Meet stringent national and international regulatory requirements such as NIS2 with strong cryptographic assurances of who you’re communicating with. Protect the diverse network of aviation systems, ensuring secure and trusted communications amid increasing cyber threats.
Enhancements for networked aviation systems
Strengthen the security of mission critical aviation systems, including air traffic control systems, which, despite their critical nature, may have Internet exposure. SCION’s security enhancements ensure these vital systems can resist cyber threats while maintaining the highest levels of reliability and integrity.
Reliable real-time control communications
Maintain crucial control functions with our dependable, low-latency communication solutions that guarantee strong assurances of accurate delivery. These communications are designed to operate over known and secure paths within specific jurisdictions to meet operational and regulatory needs.
Resilient connectivity for critical aviation operations
As the backbone of your aviation operations, SCION provides robust, resilient, and secure communications. Adapt to the challenges of distributed systems and varied operational environments seamlessly.
AVIATION
Government
Cryptographic security for government communications
Adhere to national regulatory and governance standards with strong cryptographic assurances of who you’re communicating with. Ensure that communications within and between government departments and agencies remain secure, particularly when transferring sensitive personal data like biometric, social security, health and tax records.
Sovereign network
Facilitate the safe and accurate transfer of personal data within specific national jurisdictions, following established paths to ensure compliance with data protection and security regulations. In addition,different SCION networks can mutually communicate with one another in a trusted, controlled and secure fashion.
Reliable real-time communications for essential services
Support critical operations such as disaster management, civil protection, traffic management, and defense with reliable, low-latency communication for voice, video, and data, ensuring crucial continuity and integrity.
Resilient connectivity for government IT systems
Maintain robust, resilient, and secure connectivity across all public and internal government IT systems. SCION is designed to withstand outages, route around congestion, and mitigate cyberattacks, ensuring governmental operations are always available and secure.
Government

REMOTE USERS AND CRITICAL APPLICATIONS

Blockchain

Protect against eclipse attacks
Secure your blockchain against eclipse attacks where malicious actors isolate a node to manipulate the blockchain. Our advanced security protocols are designed to maintain node integrity and ensure continuous, decentralized connectivity, preventing attackers from compromising the network.

Blockchain
Home office VPN
Enhanced VPN security for home office
With the increase in remote work, corporate network vulnerabilities have also risen, particularly due to VPNs acting as the entry point into corporate networks. SCION can enhance your network's security by reducing VPN exposure, helping to prevent denial-of-service and intrusion attacks.
Home office VPN
Gaming

Cryptographic security for gaming integrity
In an industry where the stakes continue to rise with substantial revenue and prize money on the line, secure your competitive gaming environment with resilient connectivity and secure network paths.

Reliable real-time gaming communications

Elevate the gaming experience with ultra-reliable, low-latency communication solutions that ensure smooth, uninterrupted gameplay that keeps players engaged and competitive.. SCION can withstand the rigours of high-demand gaming environments, ensuring that connections remain stable even during peak times.

GAMING

SCION in action

STRENGTHENING SWISS FINANCE WITH SSFN AND SCION

Read how SCION secured the Swiss financial industry, enabling secure and resilient digital communication thanks to the SSFN.

HOME OFFICE: A MORE SECURE NETWORK WITH SCION

See how the Swiss National Bank is using the SCION technology to secure their remote work network.

SCION’s impact on the education and research sector

A look at how SCION improved network reliability and security in communication between educational institutions.

YOUR ROADMAP TO BECOMING A SCION USER

NETWORK NEEDS AND TOPOLOGY DEFINITION
Network needs and topology definition

First, you need to evaluate your network’s specific requirements and goals, including deployment scale, geographic spread, traffic patterns, and security concerns. Next, you’ll define your network’s layout, covering its physical and logical structure, like node placement, connectivity, and communication paths.

Get SCION connectivity from Internet providers offering SCION
You can obtain SCION connectivity from ISPs that offer SCION services, providing you with access to advanced networking capabilities seamlessly integrated into your infrastructure.
GET SCION CONNECTIVITY FROM ISPS OFFERING SCION
START BUILDING YOUR SCION-POWERED NETWORK
Start building your SCION-powered network
With the support of your SCION ISP of choice, you can start building your SCION network on the back of best practices from other SCION users. At this point, you can explore the open source or go directly for the commercial option provided by Anapaya.

SCION providers TODAY

Ergon Informatik AG
VTX
InfoGuard
Swiss IX
Telindus
LGU+
GÉANT
Init7
EveryWare
Extreme Networks
Digital Realty
AWS
InterCloud

Frequently asked questions

Can SCION be implemented for international network needs?

Yes, while the largest early adopter community is based in Switzerland, SCION is increasingly available worldwide. For example, the SCION Education network (SCIERA) already spans four continents. Through providers such as Anapaya and Digital Realty, SCION is available in more and more regions. Additionally, because SCION is relatively easy for ISPs to adopt, they are generally open to deploying SCION routers if there is concrete customer demand. Thus, if there were a demand for international SCION connections, the implementation would be easy and quick.

What equipment and connectivity do I need?

To use SCION, you need one or more SCION lines from one of the SCION ISPs. These lines often come with SCION-IP gateways, allowing you to leverage SCION for IP-based applications.

How do I set up a trust domain (ISD or Isolation Domain)?

We recommend that you join one of the existing SCION domains. If you need to create your own ISD, please get in touch. The technical details for creating an ISD are described in the SCION PKI specification.

How long will it take me to integrate SCION?

SCION can be enabled in days if you already have connectivity from a SCION-enabled ISP. Otherwise, you’ll need to factor in some time to procure a new SCION line.

How do I join the SSFN, SSHN or any other network already in place?

These networks are built as a SCION Isolation Domain (ISD), and as such, they determine the joining process. Please check the list of assigned ISDs to find links about how to join: anapaya.net/ressources/isd-as-assignments.

What is the deployment status today? Who is using SCION?

A list of SCION networks is available under the list of assigned SCION ISDs and ASes. 
Note that each SCION ISD may decide whether to publish its participating ASes or not, therefore the list is non-exhaustive. For more: anapaya.net/ressources/isd-as-assignments.

How is SCION different from SD-WAN/SASE?

SD-WAN solutions provide connectivity among sites on top of regular Internet lines. Such solutions are limited to a single network domain and usually a single vendor, while SCION is like an Internet, where connectivity is provided by multiple ISPs and vendors. SD-WAN can only choose the “last mile” to be used, while SCION allows full end-to-end path customization, allowing it to react to failures and degradations even if they happen in the “middle” of the Internet. In addition, SCION can provide geofencing, which cannot be provided over regular Internet with SD-WAN. Ultimately, SCION offers built-in hijacking resistance and path authorization, which is not provided when using SD-WAN over Internet.

How is SCION different from OSPF, SDN, or MPLS?

SCION is used for inter-domain communication. For intra-domain routing, each SCION network (Autonomous System) can use any protocol, such as OSPF, SDN, or MPLS-based forwarding. SCION’s hop fields may resemble MPLS tags, but they have authentication and integrity protection.

Why is my firewall not enough?

While a firewall filters traffic to/from your local network, it cannot mitigate risks of data in transit: connectivity interruptions, data transiting untrusted parts of the Internet, path hijacks.

How is SCION different from a normal virtual L2 link where we do IPSec on top?

SCION provides similar availability and security to a private line (e.g. a virtual L2 link), combined with the benefit of being Internet-like: connectivity is provided by multiple providers, and can continue uninterrupted even if a whole provider fails. SCION lines from different providers can be seamlessly combined, and the use of native multipath allows to achieve better performance than a “fixed-path” virtual L2 circuit. It offers the flexibility of the Internet along with the security typically associated with private lines, providing a comprehensive and economical solution for modern cybersecurity challenges.

Why should I use SCION over private line?

SCION is a great fit for ecosystems, where many stakeholders need to mutually communicate. As the SCION network is built by a “federation” of ISPs, it does not have single points of failure. In addition, regular private lines usually leverage fixed paths, while SCION provides native multipath, allowing better performance by selecting the best path.

I’d like to download and use SCION, what can I do?

A list of SCION applications, implementations, etc. is available here: github.com/scionproto/awesome-scion. Binaries and software installation packages for the open-source SCION implementation can be downloaded from the GitHub release page, github.com/scionproto/scion/releases. Instructions can be found in the manual, docs.scion.org/en/latest/manuals/install.html

My organization would like to try SCION out. What are some of the use cases for which it is useful and how can we get started?

Check some of our case studies about SCION deployments in the field of finance, critical infrastructure, education, and more: link to case studies.

GET IN TOUCH IF YOU’D LIKE TO HEAR MORE

Ready to enhance your network? Contact our experts today to see how SCION can transform your business network.