Practitioners on a mission to fix how security teams buy

Diverse cyber practitioners on a mission to help security teams make smarter buying decisions. We've been in your seat, and we built the platform we always wanted.

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20+ yrs

In the security trenches

Practitioner-built

By the people who run evals

Peer-powered

Signal from real teams

We built Phalynx because we've been in your seat, running vendor evaluations with scattered data, biased inputs, and no peer signal.

Derrick Honea

Founder & Managing Partner

• WHAT WE STAND FOR

Requirements-driven discovery. Peer-powered validation.

Two beliefs shape everything we build: that evaluations should start from your requirements, and that the best signal comes from peers who’ve run the same gauntlet.

What we do

We give cybersecurity teams a structured, "requirements-first" way to evaluate vendors, and connect them with peers, so decisions rest on community confidence instead of marketing.

Why we built it

Because people making the call deserve better signal. Analyst models, vendor-led demos, and siloed peer chats all leave you guessing.

• CORE PRINCIPLES

The beliefs we won't compromise on

Practitioner-first

Every feature, every decision, every word is filtered through one question: would a senior security practitioner find this useful?

Peer-powered

The best evaluation signal comes from other practitioners. Not vendors, not analysts, not ad spend.

Purpose-built

Every evaluation creates a documented, defensible record, so the decision holds up long after it’s made.

• THE FOUNDER

Built by practitioners, for practitioners

Phalynx is led by people who’ve run these evaluations themselves, and we’re growing the team with practitioners who feel the same way.

FOUNDER & MANAGING PARTNER

Derrick Honea

Twenty-year cybersecurity veteran

Derrick has spent two decades in cybersecurity, working with both startups and enterprises, and maintains a network spanning CISOs, venture capital investors, and Fortune 500 security leaders. He built Phalynx to give practitioners the evaluation platform he always wished he had.

• COME BUILD WITH US

If you've run the evaluation, you belong here

Whether you want early access, a seat in the community, or a role on the team, there's a place for practitioners who want to raise the bar.

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