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The Encryption Tax

What encryption costs you in hardware, power, and headroom today.

The Problem: The Encryption Tax

As global networks transition from 100G to 400G and 800G, software-based encryption has become a critical bottleneck. Legacy libraries consume up to 30% of CPU cycles just to secure data.

Implicit Server Tax

Standard libraries effectively "tax" every server in your data center, forcing reliance on rigid, expensive ASICs.

Hardware Rigidity

Hardware offload cards (FPGAs/ASICs) lack transparency, are hard to patch, and increase OpEx through high thermal loads.

Memory Bottleneck

Standard libraries touch data multiple times, creating a memory bottleneck that modern silicon cannot overcome.