As the boundaries between personal and professional life continue to blur in a mobile-first world, protecting sensitive enterprise data—without limiting workforce flexibility—has become a top priority. This is especially true for organizations in the United States (U.S) defense sector, where remote access to classified or sensitive information demands airtight security and a strict separation between personal and professional use.
That’s where Hypori comes in. As an award-winning SaaS company, Hypori delivers zero-trust-powered virtual mobility solutions that enable secure access to enterprise apps and data—without storing anything on the physical device. By eliminating the endpoint as an attack surface, Hypori helps organizations protect their mission, their data, and their people.
According to Jared Shepard, CEO, now more than ever, “Cybersecurity is critical to the functions of our public and private sectors, and to protect sensitive data on any device, from any network.”
Unlike other solutions that are tied to the device and potentially impinge user privacy, Hypori breaks the binds to hardware by enabling remote users zero-trust access to cloud-powered enterprise apps through a separate, secure virtual workspace. With no data in transit and no data at rest, Hypori guarantees 100% separation of corporate and personal data while maintaining the privacy of edge devices, significantly reducing cost, security, and liability risks associated with traditional mobile device management (MDM) or other methods of accessing the edge.
“With our motto of One Device, Zero Worries,’ We simplify the challenges faced by global organizations to empower their workforce to access data securely and privately from their personal devices. Our mobile access platform is Private. Proven. Convenient. Compliant. Worry-Free,” says Jared.
An Ingenious Inception Saga
As fascinating as the solution is, Hypori’s inception story is similarly captivating. Its origin is rooted in a profound technological breakthrough born from necessity. Nearly two decades ago, Jared Shepard founded Intelligent Waves, an IT services company focused on solving complex challenges for the U.S. Department of Defense. The firm specialized in building secure communication infrastructure in some of the world’s most difficult and compromised environments. During one such mission, the team was tasked with solving an incredibly tough problem: enabling secure communications from devices already presumed to be compromised, all without risking data at rest or in transit.
What emerged from this mission was more than a solution—it was a paradigm shift. The innovation led to the creation of a new platform, now known as Hypori, which fundamentally rethinks how secure access is managed. By assuming the edge device is compromised by default, Hypori’s design prevents the transmission or storage of sensitive enterprise data on personal devices. The unintended but powerful byproduct of this approach was user privacy. The platform allows employees to access secure enterprise environments from personal devices without risking enterprise security or personal data privacy. Recognizing the universal demand for flexible, secure, and privacy-preserving access, Jared Shepardspun Hypori out as a standalone company—ushering in a new era of secure mobility without compromise.
Security in Action: Beyond the Snapshot
Hypori stands apart in how it defines and delivers security in regulated environments. As Jared explains, “Compliance is simply a snapshot in time,” proof that an organization met specific standards during an assessment. In contrast, security is a continuous, proactive process. Hypori is designed with this philosophy at its core. Rather than transferring data to edge devices—often considered compromised by default—the platform merely streams real-time pixel images to a user’s screen.
No data is stored or transmitted in a retrievable form, ensuring ongoing protection. This design serves not just defense agencies but also highly regulated sectors like banking and healthcare. For instance, under HIPAA regulations, healthcare providers face restrictions on sharing patient data through personal devices. Hypori overcomes this by allowing secure, HIPAA-compliant collaboration without exposing patient data. This innovation makes the platform an ideal solution for environments where both security and privacy must be preserved simultaneously.
Certifiably Secure: Behind Hypori’s Tech Stack
To meet and exceed compliance expectations, Hypori has invested heavily in certifications and rigorous testing. In the federal space, it holds IL5 certifications, FedRAMP High (the highest available), and National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP) recognition. It also boasts SOC 2 Type I & II compliance and HIPAA readiness.
Hypori has endured over 15 red team evaluations by U.S. government agencies and was declared the most secure mobile platform ever tested by the Department of Defense’s Director of Test and Evaluation. The company’s virtualized mobile infrastructure supports CMMC (Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification) compliance—a rising requirement in defense contracting—without the burdens of MDM or corporate-issued phones. Unlike traditional methods that compromise user privacy or inflate IT costs, Hypori’s virtualization keeps the enterprise secure and users’ personal data private, all while maintaining seamless usability.
Staying Ahead: A Battle Against Evolving Threats
At its core, Hypori is a security-first platform built to adapt in real-time to the rapidly evolving threat landscape. Jared Shepard emphasizes that while Hypori supports mobility and privacy, its true identity is rooted in security. In today’s digital world, mobile devices represent the largest and most vulnerable attack surface. Users engage with countless apps—some of which, like TikTok or DeepSeek data miners, may serve as indirect conduits for nation-state actors. Additionally, threats like Volt Typhoon and Salt Typhoon—baseband attacks targeting critical infrastructure—are ever-present.
To counter such dangers, Hypori employs both internal and external red teams to continuously test the platform against emerging threats. This dynamic threat modeling is tailored to different sectors, from national defense to healthcare, ensuring protection where the stakes are highest.
By virtualizing the mobile environment and preventing enterprise data from ever touching the edge device, Hypori removes the mobile device from the list of exploitable assets, collapsing the attack surface without sacrificing user experience.
Lessons in Defense: How Red Teams Drive Innovation
Adaptation at Hypori isn’t theoretical—it’s actioned through real discoveries. One notable example involved screen scraping, a tactic where attackers capture sensitive on-screen data. This vulnerability highlighted the need for policy-level decisions and technological solutions. Some users may want screen capture functionality, but Hypori recognized that in highly sensitive contexts—such as defense, banking or healthcare—it posed a serious risk. In response, the platform developed encryption methods for telemetry and limited the exposure to independent timing sources. Insights from real-world attacks drive innovations like these and inform Hypori’s ongoing product roadmap.
As Jared Shepard explains, even non-malicious tools—using optical character recognition—could be repurposed for data exploitation. Hypori’s daily mission is to evolve faster than the threats, ensuring that both the enterprise and the user remain protected at all times.
Future-Proof by Design: Hypori’s Roadmap to Global Trust
As Jared Shepard looks ahead, Hypori’s roadmap is laser-focused on balancing cutting-edge innovation with global compliance. The evolving regulatory landscape, including CMMC 2.0 in the U.S. and data sovereignty mandates in the EU, presents both a challenge and an opportunity. For
Jared Shepard champions CMMC 2.0 not just for compliance, but as a necessity to secure defense industrial base (DIB) organizations and enterprises working with the federal government.. At Hypori, the response to these challenges is elegantly simple: don’t move the data. This approach ensures that the company can meet global privacy standards like GDPR and emerging sovereignty mandates—without sacrificing performance or flexibility. By not requiring data relocation, Hypori’s architecture is inherently resilient to regulatory change.
A Warrior’s Ethos: Leading with Impact
Beneath Hypori’s technological edge lies a deep cultural foundation shaped by Jared’s personal journey—from a homeless teen to an Army non-commissioned officer and now a visionary CEO. His leadership philosophy is grounded in the warrior ethos: “Do right. Do right always.” It’s this principle that permeates the company culture.
Through his nonprofit Warrior’s Ethos, Jared Shepard extends these values beyond Hypori, fostering a community built on trust, purpose, and impact. Inside Hypori, every employee is encouraged to find their personal belief in the mission—to protect users, reshape mobility, and put the power of the cloud in every hand. Jared’s message is clear: believe in the mission as much as he believes in the team, and together, they will change the world.
Pixels, Privacy, and Peace of Mind: The Hidden Impact of Zero Data at Rest
As Hypori pushes the boundaries of secure mobility, one of its most profound—yet often underappreciated—impacts lies in the psychological safety it provides. Jared Shepard believes that protecting data is more than a technical achievement; it’s a human one. Hypori’s zero data at rest model ensures that sensitive information never actually lives on the edge device. This shift offers peace of mind not just to security professionals but also to every end user—regardless of what industry they work in.
To illustrate this invisible strength, Jared Shepard offers a dramatic demo: with just a few bars of 4G; he runs a bandwidth test that yields 4 gigabits per second—impossible for a physical phone. The reason? The OS runs in the cloud, not on the device. All the user sees are encrypted pixel changes. This not only collapses the attack surface but empowers users with the speed and security of the cloud without the burden of local risk.
A Legacy Beyond the Device: Democratizing Power and Redefining the Edge
As the conversation closes, Jared Shepard reflects on legacy—not just his, but Hypori’s. For him, it’s about rewriting the rules of what edge computing means. He envisions a world where mobile devices are no longer delicate, high-risk assets but inexpensive windows into powerful, cloud-based machines. ‘Devices we no longer fear losing because they no longer hold our data.’
Hypori’s legacy, then, is about access. It’s about giving anyone, anywhere, the power of a high-performance machine—without needing the latest hardware. It’s about security, privacy, and cloud performance for the many, not the few.
Ultimately, Hypori isn’t just reshaping the edge. It’s redefining the future—one secure, virtualized pixel at a time.
