Secure Networking in the Age of AI 

Ryo Koyama is CEO / Co-Founder No BGP, a company solving workload-to-workload connectivity for container networking by offering Routing As A Service. 

No BGP is filling a vital role in cybersecurity in the age of AI when private networks are so critical. The future of VPN and software-based routing for point-to-point connections is rapidly evolving as IOT explodes with edge AI. There has never been a greater need to secure connectivity and reduce the cost of deploying new code, containers, and interconnected apps and resources, both physical and virtual. 

Koyama joined us to talk about the fundamental security flaws of the public internet and how No BGP aims to create a more private, secure and controlled networking infrastructure for enterprises. 

Bridges and Barriers

Have you ever thought about the route your data takes across the internet? More than likely, it’s using Public BGP (Border Gateway Protocol). And that means it may be at risk. 

BGP is the backbone of how internet traffic is routed, Koyama explains, but is inherently vulnerable to misconfigurations and cyber threats. He likens public BGP to junk mail or robocalls, where anyone can reach your network, increasing security risks.  

“No BGP eliminates reliance on public BGP, giving enterprises full control over network routing,” Koyama says. “It ensures secure, private and predictable data movement without exposure to the public internet. It’s like FedEx for networking: businesses define exactly where data should go, instead of hoping for secure routing.” 

Koyama’s goal is for enterprises to control and define their own network routes, ensuring  deterministic, private and secure connectivity. There are benefits across the organization to this approach.   

For CISOs and security teams, it strengthens zero-trust policies and access control, reducing exposure to cyber threats by ensuring only approved devices and users can access specific resources. It also eliminates attack surfaces by preventing unauthorized network exposure, and helps the business comply with governance and jurisdictional regulations by controlling where data travels. 

For developers and DevOps, it simplifies networking. Instead of filing tickets for manual routing setup, developers can control network paths with one line of code. This results in significant productivity gains and cost savings, particularly in AI workloads and cloud data access, by avoiding unnecessary data transfers and enabling seamless connectivity between distributed resources. 

The internet was built for openness, but today’s enterprises need control. No BGP lets businesses create private, deterministic pathways for their data, ensuring security, governance and efficiency without the headaches of manual network management.

Ryo Koyama, CEO / Co-Founder No BGP

AI in Society

Koyama emphasizes that the future of networking in the age of AI lies in privacy-focused, software-defined infrastructures where enterprises control their own digital highways instead of relying on unpredictable public routes. 

As privacy and governance become even more critical in an AI world, enterprises require deterministic networking rather than unpredictable routing. No BGP allows them to create a “private internet” where connectivity is secure, seamless and fully under their control. 

“Businesses can’t afford to rely on unpredictable network paths,” Koyama adds. “Deterministic networks give enterprises full control over data flow, ensuring security, compliance and efficiency while eliminating the risks and costs of the public internet.” 

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