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them are encrypted. Many encryption companies are attempting to offer the next best solution, including
services to scrub systems of malware, ransomware and viruses. But this is not enough.

The Solution: 0.06 Milliseconds.

Until now, the need for an extremely high encryption speed (less than 4 milliseconds) to protect the power
grid’s command and control systems has not come close to being solved.

In July 2020, Encrypted Grid, LLC, successfully tested a patented encryption solution to protect the power
grid at an extremely low latency of 0.06 milliseconds. The encryption is non-algebraic and happens at
the binary level. Everything is secured; the binary encryption scheme creates its own ever-changing
computer language using variable word lengths. Placed in stand-alone hardware units, the technology
braids the encryption data as it passes through, eliminating backdoors and user errors that can occur on
user-driven software programs.

Because the system has zero software controls or operating systems, it’s called an Actual Private
Network (APN, versus the software-reliant VPN). The encryption can effectively protect and overlay even
the oldest legacy systems, at a fraction of the cost of upgrading or replacing existing networks. It is proven
to keep non-corporate traffic outside of its walls. Here’s how this will work:

● The APN forms a solid cyber wall around the entire corporation, protecting everything from the IT
to the OT. This impenetrable wall allows both sides to continue full communications within their
organization without disruptions and without fear of someone in an admin role giving access via
their computer being hooked up to a combination network.

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