Pods u0026 Portals: A Walkthrough

This walkthrough is an overview of Faction Pods and Portals — the secure networking appliances that extend Zero Trust to the OT and IoT software cannot secure. Most of these devices cannot run a security agent: they lack the resources for encryption or a programmable interface, or they run legacy operating systems that can no longer be patched. They need to be protected anyway, because an attacker who reaches connected OT and IoT can disrupt the business itself. Here we look at how a Pod brings any such device inside a private, owner-controlled network over Wi-Fi and Ethernet, and how adoption works from the phone you already carry.

• The Click, Scan, Adopt flow — tap Add a Pod or Portal in the app and point the camera at the QR code on the device
• How a Pod joins with your owner-held network key, out-of-band, with nothing exposed to the internet and no IT ticket
• How any device connected behind a Pod is protected with no software installed on the device itself
• How adopted devices become reachable only from inside the network, with every connection cryptographically verified
• The kinds of equipment this covers — cameras, controllers, sensors, building systems, and legacy machines that cannot secure themselves

The takeaway: Pods and Portals deploy alongside your existing infrastructure — no rip-and-replace — and the keys stay on your own devices throughout, held by no one else, including Faction. They also mitigate the threat from compromised routers and smart hardware that may already be inside your network, extending owner-controlled trust to the devices that have been left out of Zero Trust until now.