Zero Trust for the OT and IoT that software cannot secure
Cyber assured made-safe-in-USA Faction Pods and Portals bring smart, dumb, and legacy OT/IoT devices into your owner-controlled network — no agent required on the device
Most OT and IoT devices can't run security agents — they lack the resources for encryption or a programmable interface, or run legacy operating systems that can no longer be patched. Faction Pods and Portals protect them anyway.
The hardware already inside your network may be the threat. The FCC has determined that the foreign-made routers common in homes and businesses pose an unacceptable national-security risk, and national cyber leaders have repeatedly warned that state-sponsored actors like Volt Typhoon have pre-positioned widely inside of compromised routers, smart hardware and infrastructure.
Faction Pods and Portals are secure networking appliances that extend Zero Trust to a physical location over Wi-Fi and Ethernet. Protect any connected device — regardless of its age or capability — simply by connecting it behind a Pod, with no software installed on the device itself; whatever connects behind it joins your private, owner-controlled network. And unlike the gear they replace or contain, Faction hardware is made and made-safe in the USA — forensically inspected at the chip level and cyber-assured by ORION, with a certified supply chain and continuous integrity monitoring after deployment. That mitigates the threat from compromised routers and smart hardware already sitting inside your network — and it does so without a rip-and-replace.
Click
Tap Add a Pod or Portal in the Faction app — on the phone you already carry.
Scan
Point your camera at the QR code printed on the device. No codes to copy, no console to configure.
Adopt
It joins your network with your owner-held key — out-of-band, with no IT ticket and nothing exposed to the internet.
Done
Connect any device behind it. It's protected end to end, with nothing installed on the device itself.
Owner-created keys
Adoption uses the owner's network key, created and held on the owner's own devices. No one else — including Faction — holds it.
Out-of-band authentication
A direct invitation, authentication, and key-exchange method that isn't exposed to external observation or attack.
Off the public internet
Once adopted, devices behind the Pod are reachable only from inside the network — removing the public-internet attack surface.
No anonymous access
Every device is cryptographically verified before any access — no shared passwords, and no anonymous connections are possible.
- IP cameras and the video streams they produce
- Industrial controllers, PLCs, and SCADA equipment
- Factory-floor machines — legacy and modern, post-T1 and internet-connected
- Sensors, robots, and automation systems
- Building systems — HVAC, access control, and elevators
- Medical, lab, and diagnostic devices
- Point-of-sale, kiosk, and payment terminals
- Printers, scanners, and network-attached storage
- Smart-office and consumer IoT devices
- Legacy equipment that can no longer be patched
- Any other machine or device that cannot secure itself
Made & made-safe in the USA
Faction Pods and Portals are built domestically through our OA Technologies partnership — 100% USA-made — not the foreign-made gear now on the FCC's Covered List.
Forensic Inspection, Supply Chain Verification
Independent cyber labs verify each unit's hardware and supply chain — chip-off and motherboard analysis, plus source-code and protocol inspection. ORION Assured.
Continuous monitoring
Hardware and network integrity are verified on an ongoing basis after deployment — assurance is ongoing, not a one-time certification or a checkbox.
Nothing on the device
Protection lives in the Pod, so even devices that can’t run software or be patched are covered.
Own your trust. Keep your peace of mind.
The new threat environment calls for a new Zero Trust model. We'd welcome the chance to show you how Faction puts you in control and secures your critical systems and assets rapidly with low cost and IT overhead.
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