SEATTLE, WA--(Marketwired - Dec 1, 2016) - Tempered Networks, the pioneer of Identity-Defined Networking (IDN), today announced that CRN,^® a brand of The Channel Company, has named Tempered Networks to its 2016 Internet of Things 50 list, which recognizes companies whose innovative offerings are helping connect objects, computing devices, infrastructure, data storage and data analytics to transform and improve the way we work and live. 

For the first time in the industry, Tempered Networks has introduced the concept of giving every connected thing a unique cryptographic identity and has made it a reality. This new identity-defined networking paradigm means all networks, applications, and IoT devices can be cloaked, micro-segmented, and mobile. IDN provides a simpler, faster and more flexible secure networking fabric for protecting and easily networking all connected things, legacy and modern, like never before. Unlike other solutions available on the market, IDN is the only one that creates all policies and trust based on unique crypto-identities, not spoofable IP addresses. Every device, including vulnerable IoT devices, can get a uniquely assigned identity or can be cloaked and protected by one of our gateways with no disruption.

Tempered's advanced IDN orchestration engine makes it simple to cloak, connect, segment, move, revoke, or provide failover for any or all networked things within the encrypted IDN fabric, at scale. Because Tempered Networks' foundation is based upon the open Host Identity Protocol (HIP) standard, the IDN fabric is both backward and forward compatible, making it simple, fast, and predictable to deploy, with little to no modification of the underlying infrastructure.

"It's an honor to be recognized today for our outstanding contribution to the IoT movement," said Erik Giesa, VP of Product Management at Tempered Networks. "The breakthrough actually started over ten years ago with HIP, an open IETF standard that was ratified in 2015. HIP has enabled us to build a new identity networking pardigm, where a trusted identity can effectively be native to every connected thing. Our HIP Services and orchestration engine makes it simple for customers to instantly and securely connect, segment, cloak, move, failover, or revoke any IoT device, anywhere. We believe that HIP should be on every networked client, device, sensor, system, or application. Only then can we achieve a secure and mobile Internet and put an end to hacking as we know it."

"The emerging Internet of Things market holds enormous creative potential, with the capacity to touch and streamline nearly every aspect of our daily lives," said Robert Faletra, CEO of The Channel Company. "CRN's Internet of Things 50 list celebrates vendors who are exploring this potential with utmost energy and ingenuity. On the very cutting edge of innovation, their offerings are poised to transform the way we live and work with an unprecedented level of interconnectivity. We congratulate each of these vendors on the vision and creativity that has earned them a spot on our 2016 list."

The Internet of Things 50 list will be featured in the December issue of CRN and on CRN.com at crn.com/iot50.

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About Tempered Networks
Tempered Networks is the pioneer of Identity-Defined Networking (IDN), driving a new identity paradigm that bases trust on the host identity itself, not a spoofable IP address. Our elastic and fully encrypted IDN fabric protects every connected resource with a unique cryptographic identity, enabling you to securely network, cloak and orchestrate any 'thing', anywhere, anytime -- instantly. For the first time, device-based trust is flexible and portable and extends from any external and public cloud network, to internal network hosts and clients. Any IP resource can be instantly provisioned or moved, making your network as adaptable as software, yet more secure, and simpler to manage. For more information, visit www.temperednetworks.com.

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