Frequently Asked Questions

Greymatter.io offers a secure platform that connects and manages applications across multiple clouds, hybrid systems, and sovereign data centers. It focuses on zero trust security—meaning it verifies and encrypts all networking connectivity—and automates protection between users and their workloads while keeping apps and APIs running smoothly.

Greymatter solutions are deployed across a variety of industries, including commercial enterprises, government agencies, and telecommunication providers. 

Greymatter offers a fully integrated and automated platform with zero trust security, multicloud support, automation, and instant observability, for faster, more secure service orchestration. Our solutions are validated by third party analysts such as GigaOm.

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The SCL is a secure, automated networking layer that connects applications, APIs, and microservices across multiple clouds, data centers, and 5G enabled environments. The term was first created by Gartner in 2023 via their Hype Cycle Report available on the Gartner website for Gartner clients.

Greymatter provides seamless connectivity, automated policy enforcement, and full observability across public, private, and hybrid cloud architectures.

We offer enterprise grade support, including configuration trouble shooting and assistance, regular security updates, and 24/7 monitoring options.

Greymatter offers predictable, fixed pricing, unlike competitors’ usage based models, providing better cost transparency.

We implement: 

• Automated Playbook Protection: Shift’s security left. 
• Application, API, and Workload Safeguards: Secures critical endpoints. 
• Zero Trust: Verifies every access, no exceptions. 
• Full Encryption: Locks down all connections. 
• Smart Certificates: Auto-secures devices. 
• FIPS/NIST Ready: Meets strict federal rules. 

Greymatter always verifies users and systems, limits network control, encrypts every connection within the application stack, and automatically manages security rules across all applications, APIs, and services for ironclad protection.

Yes, we adhere to:

• ISO 27001 
• FISMA 
• SOC2 
• NIST Zero Trust 
• FIPS Encryption 
• PII Protections 
• CCPA 
• GDPR 
• DoD Impact Levels 2–6+ 
• HIPAA 

Greymatter prevents attacks by auto enforcing security, encrypting connections, and decreasing risk posture across the application stack, while playbooks contain vulnerabilities across your services.

Greymatter can be deployed on premises, in private clouds, or across hybrid and multicloud environments.

Yes, we integrate with Kubernetes and catalog Istio workloads while also offering proprietary enhancements for management, control plane, data plane, security, observability, and automation.

Our platform delivers forensic user to NPE auditing, instant telemetry, security stack insight, centralized dashboards, and integrations with Prometheus, Grafana, and other monitoring tools.

Yes, we support multiple API gateways, allowing customers to maintain existing investments while enhancing security and connectivity.

Greymatter enforces connectivity and security policies, and provides insight across applications, APIs, and services, automatically.

Organizations use Greymatter for secure multicloud networking, zero trust enforcement, automatic service mesh capabilities, and compliance driven operations.

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We offer detailed guides, API documents, 101s, and expert led support to ensure smooth adoption.

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