Evaluating only Garrison Technology’s profile at its peak — without knowing the outcome — the model ranked Unit economics as the #1 likely cause. That’s exactly how it died.
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Documented cause
Garrison Technology built a hardware-based remote browser isolation platform using custom silicon to physically separate web browsing from enterprise endpoints, eliminating an entire class of browser-based attacks. The NCSC endorsed the technology and government contracts sustained early revenue. But the hardware approach — while technically superior to software-based isolation — required physical deployment that increased sales cycles to 18 months and created a cost structure that could not compete with software-only alternatives that emerged from 2018 onward. Despite strong government sector traction, the commercial enterprise market adopted software isolation at a fraction of the cost. Garrison ran out of capital in 2022 and sold its technology to a larger cybersecurity group.
Lesson
“When your product requires on-site hardware installation, every software competitor that achieves 80% of your security guarantee at 20% of your deployment cost is an existential threat.”