ENIGMA's Principles
Three core principles that change how infrastructure defense works.
1. Stealth Networking
Traditional networks leak metadata - DNS records, open ports, routing patterns, timing signatures. Even encrypted traffic shows who's talking to whom and when.
ENIGMA removes the signal:
- No public-facing endpoints
- No routable infrastructure
- Identity-native access only
- Zero metadata exposure
Reconnaissance Fails
- Port scanning → No ports exist
- DNS enumeration → No records to find
- Traffic analysis → No flows to intercept
- Service fingerprinting → Services don't exist until authorized request
The network becomes the protection.
2. Moving Target Defense
Static systems give attackers time to map and exploit. Continuous transformation breaks this.
What changes:
- Service identities rotate
- Resources appear on-demand, then vanish
- Authorization patterns shift
- Network paths reconfigure
Attack progression breaks:
- Reconnaissance goes stale immediately
- Exploit targets disappear
- Lateral movement paths don't persist
- C2 can't establish stable connections
3. Zero Metadata Architecture
Modern attacks rely on patterns - timing, flow size, routing behavior. AI models them. Quantum will break the encryption protecting them.
RAVID removes what attackers need:
- No flow patterns to model
- No timing correlations
- No routing metadata to collect
- No probability space for quantum inference
Strong encryption just delays the inevitable if attackers can collect traffic. RAVID makes collection impossible.
Combined Effect
No Visibility + No Persistence + No Metadata = No Attack
Attack sequence requires:
- Find infrastructure
- Identify vulnerabilities
- Maintain access
RAVID denies all three.
SIGINT Heritage
Electronic warfare principles adapted to cyber:
- Emission control → Zero metadata
- Frequency hopping → Moving targets
- Low probability of intercept → Stealth networking
- Terrain mastery → Own the virtual battlefield
Cyber is just the latest evolution of information warfare.
Implementation
| Layer | Component | Application |
|---|---|---|
| Network | EPN | Invisible, identity-native routing |
| Communications | Echo | Stealth messaging, ephemeral presence |
| Assets | Vault | Cold storage, hot functionality, zero exposure |
| Infrastructure | RAVID | Continuous transformation |
Infrastructure that exists only for those authorized to see it.