Ottawa company that builds cross-domain security hardware for defence, government and critical infrastructure, including unidirectional gateways, an adaptive gateway and optical data diodes, and develops the Verity governance, risk and compliance software.
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Ottawa company that builds cross-domain security hardware for defence, government and critical infrastructure, including unidirectional gateways, an adaptive gateway and optical data diodes, and develops the Verity governance, risk and compliance software.
States its NGXS UGW-100 and UGW-200 unidirectional gateways are NSA Approved, NCDSMO Raise-the-Bar compliant and Common Criteria certified EAL 4+. sphyrnasecurity.com
Announced in 2025 that its NGXS UGW-200 was added to its existing Government of Canada standing offer (E60QH-22-0602/001/QH). sphyrnasecurity.com
States its Container Based Assured Pipeline (CBAP), used in the AGW-200, was jointly developed with the Communications Security Establishment (CSE). sphyrnasecurity.com
States its management system is certified under ISO/IEC 27001:2022, with extended accreditation in ISO 27017:2015 and ISO 27018:2019. sphyrnasecurity.com
Was part of a joint venture with Dolomite Networks and Rhea awarded a DND contract for Defence R&D Canada Ottawa (informatics professional services, 2016 to 2022). canadabuys.canada.ca
Products Sphyrna Security publishes on its own site. Each card links to the page it was taken from.
Unidirectional gateway
Unidirectional gateway manufactured in Canada, with 25 Gbps interfaces and data diode, hot-swappable redundant power supplies on the red and black sides, and dual USB interfaces for software updates.
Learn moreAdaptive gateway
Cross-domain transfer appliance on the UGW-200 hardware that pairs an EAL 4+ data diode with Apache NiFi/MiNiFi and CBAP to support a wider range of protocols and filters.
Learn moreData diode
EAL 4+ optical-electrical-optical data diode in 10 Gbps (OEO-10) and 25 Gbps (OEO-25) versions that enforces one-way transfer through signal conversion, with proprietary power isolation.
Learn moreGovernance, Risk & Compliance
GRC software with compliance management, plan-of-action tracking, a risk registry and dashboard, role-based access with MFA, audit logging and PDF/CSV export.
Learn morePublicly announced partnerships.
Jointly developed the Container Based Assured Pipeline (CBAP) used in Sphyrna's NGXS AGW-200 adaptive gateway, per the company.
Government support actually received. Unpublished amounts are left out.
Industrial Research Assistance Program, National Research Council Canada — contribution
Industrial Research Assistance Program Youth Employment Program, National Research Council Canada — contribution
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