How Parity Technologies is building a better internet with Proton VPN
Security is absolutely fundamental at Parity Technologies. Its engineers are working on some of the most sensitive technical infrastructure, the kind that enterprises will eventually migrate to when they make the switch to Web3. That work is years ahead of the market. If it were compromised, leaked, or tampered with, the consequences wouldn't just be bad for Parity — it would undermine trust in the entire ecosystem they're trying to build.
Parity Technologies is protecting its research and development, its globally distributed team, and the long-term credibility of the decentralized web itself.
At a glance
Organization profile: Parity Technologies is a blockchain infrastructure company founded by Ethereum co-creator Dr. Gavin Wood. It builds the technical foundations that enterprises will migrate to as they make the switch to Web3 — decentralized, open, and designed to return control of the internet to its users.
Industry: Blockchain | Web3 infrastructure
Problem: As a globally distributed team working on some of the most sensitive technical infrastructure in the Web3 space, Parity needed a VPN provider whose architecture, jurisdiction, and values were as rigorous as the systems they were building — not one that asked them to simply trust a black box.
Achievement: With Proton VPN, Parity found a provider whose open-source code, Swiss jurisdiction, and zero-logs architecture could be independently verified — giving a team that doesn't do faith a security solution they could actually trust.
Why Parity Technologies chose Proton
For a company built on the principle that you shouldn't have to trust a central authority, it had to earn a place on the shortlist by meeting Parity's mission and technical needs.
Transparent and trusted
For Parity, moving away from centralized systems is personal. It's the entire premise of what the company is building — a world where you don't have to take anyone's word for it, because the technology itself provides the proof.
"When we evaluate any tool or service we bring in-house, we ask: does this reflect how we think the internet should work? If we routed all of our internal traffic through a conventional VPN provider — a centralized service that logs your activity, operates as a black box, and asks you to just trust them — we'd be living in direct contradiction to what we preach," said Vincent Di Giambattista, Chief Information Security Officer.
Parity's origin story and Proton's rhyme. Both were founded by scientists and engineers who believed privacy was a fundamental human right. For Parity's IT evaluators, that commonality mattered.
High technical performance
Mission alignment was a real need for Parity, but its engineers need more than values — latency and reliability matter when you're doing serious technical work.
Its globally distributed team means its surface area is spread across conference rooms in Berlin, home offices in London, and co-working spaces across time zones. They needed to ensure that no matter where someone on their team was working from, their connection was private and secure.
"Proton VPN's server network is substantial. Its global server coverage meant we weren't compromising on access or speed for team members in different regions. That's a practical requirement for us," Di Giambattista said.
Usability
Cylerity had a clear litmus test: Could someone without deep technical expertise manage users and resources without weakening security? The answer was yes.
The rollout was so seamless that leadership barely noticed it happening. When they asked the tech team when Proton VPN would go live, they discovered it had already been running for two weeks.
The apps worked across Mac and Windows. Team members downloaded, connected to dedicated servers, and got to work.
Onboarding new hires became straightforward: a download link shared, credentials issued, an MFA setup completed. Access granted.
“I haven’t heard a single person have any problem with it,” Penkowski noted.
Frictionless adoption keeps a growing company focused on building — not troubleshooting.
Swiss jurisdiction and legal structure part 1
Blockchain and Web3 are not universally welcomed. Some of what Parity does touches jurisdictions where decentralized technology is politically sensitive. Team members operating in or traveling through certain regions need protection that goes beyond basic encryption. Proton is headquartered in Geneva, which means it operates under Swiss privacy law — some of the strongest in the world. It sits outside EU jurisdiction, outside US jurisdiction, and outside the Five Eyes intelligence alliance.
"Switzerland's specific legal framework, combined with Proton's demonstrated track record of actually not being able to hand over data when pressured, is hard to match," Di Giambattista said.
How Parity knows Proton VPN is working
When IT managers make infrastructure choices for globally distributed engineering teams, the entire department braces for weeks of configuration, compatibility headaches, and support tickets from colleagues who can't connect.
"That wasn't our experience. We were up and running in minutes without any hardware, on-site configuration, or engineering resources pulled away from what they should be doing. The apps just worked — across every platform our team uses, which for an opinionated group of engineers across multiple operating systems is not something you take for granted," Di Giambattista said.
One person on Di Giambattista's team handles everything from a single control panel — adding users, adjusting access, monitoring connections, enforcing policies. And the measure that matters most? The team stopped noticing the VPN entirely.
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