About Us

We believe cybersecurity should be practical, reliable, and accessible. Loxada was founded to help organizations simplify security at one of the most overlooked points of risk: the network edge.

Whether your staff are accessing data from shared or serviced offices, coworking spaces, from home, or while travelling, the networks they connect from are often outside IT’s control. We make it easy to secure those connections, without adding technical complexity or creating a burden for your team.

What We Do

Loxada provides secure, managed routers that protect remote and hybrid workers at the network edge. Our firmware replaces the manufacturer’s software entirely, locking down each device and creating a trusted access point for sensitive data.

Everything is managed centrally. Security updates happen automatically. There’s no local configuration, no user training, and no dependency on end-user behaviour. Just secure connectivity that works from the moment the device is plugged in.

Why We Exist

We started Loxada after seeing how difficult it was for even well-managed organizations to extend security into environments they didn’t control. Off-the-shelf routers, inconsistent patching, and insecure defaults left serious gaps, especially in sectors that handle sensitive information.

The patching problem runs deeper than missed updates. People and devices are inconsistent in how they apply patches (if they do it at all). But even when updates are installed promptly, many manufacturer patches still contain known vulnerabilities. That means diligent patching doesn’t always deliver true protection. Add to that the wide variety of devices in use across homes, shared spaces, and third-party setups, and keeping track of it all becomes a challenge in itself.

Our goal is to close that gap and make best-practice security at the network edge available to everyone.

If you’re looking for a security partner that simplifies protection at the network edge, we’d love to work with you.

Meet the management team

Paul Benn

Co-founder and CTO

Paul is an IT expert, inventor who brings a wealth of experience from working for decades in technology, with a strong focus on data security and healthcare IT and cybersecurity in multiple countries around the world. His expertise in secure systems was instrumental in creating Loxada.

Gwilym Lewis

Co-founder and CEO

Gwilym has a long history of successfully building technology and security companies. His experience includes co-founding a specialist cloud and application security company and launching and exiting a specialist marine cybersecurity firm. .

Francois Raynaud

Co-founder and CSO

Francois is a security leader with a proven record helping secure FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 companies. His expertise in DevSecOps and cyber risk controls management is demonstrated by the successful sale of DevSecCon, which he founded, to Snyk in 2019.

Paulo Schmetzer

Co-founder and Business Development Director

Paulo is an experienced sales director with a strong track record of building customer centric solutions. His experience ranges from successfully delivering in blue chips like PayPal to technology start-ups in the AI-led fraud prevention sector.

Dr Sujith Krishnan, MD

Board Advisor

Sujith has long experience in healthcare technology, working with both digital health startups and large enterprises. He was previously a clinician in the UK, where he worked for the National Health Service.

Sameer Patel

Board Advisor and CFO

Sameer is a seasoned CFO with a proven track record of working with high-growth technology companies, including MedTech company Big White wall and Green Story, in the UK and USA, His corporate expertise spans being a director of international private equity at Met Life to conducting financial due diligence for LBOs at PWC.

Alistair Frost

Board Advisor

Alistair is a seasoned expert with a track record in technology commercialisation and global business development. His broad experience in the technology sector, includes the development and sale of the Oak Group, a leading international healthcare platform to listed Canadian firm Vitalhub in 2019.

Viv Craske

Board Advisor

Viv is a digital marketing specialist and author of "Surviving Digital Disruption". With very strong experience in marketing strategy, go-to-market planning, and commercial execution, he has successfully led growth initiatives for tech start-ups, scale-ups and CPGs, including being MD of mySupermarket.com.

Phil Dean

Board Advisor

Phil is an accomplished brand and communications expert, known for establishing successful B2B marketing agencies and delivering award-winning creative work. He also runs "The Shoreditch Sketcher", a popular Instagram sketching account, and has authored two successful books in partnership with the Tate Gallery.

Better security comes from reducing security unknowns. Loxada does that efficiently and cost-effectively and without the need for resources from us.

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Security Risks Addressed
Home working
Shared offices
Travelling
Off sites
Public Wi-Fi
Compliance
BYOD