Tempered

What Tempered does

Tempered (also operating as Tempered Networks) is a Seattle-area cybersecurity company founded in 2012 that builds Airwall, a zero trust network security platform providing identity-based micro-segmentation for operational technology (OT) and critical infrastructure environments. The platform uses the proprietary Host Identity Protocol to decouple identity from network location, allowing policies to follow assets as they move across on-premise, remote, virtual, and cloud environments, and enabling encrypted peer-to-peer tunnels between authorized assets while cloaking protected systems from unauthorized discovery. Airwall delivers end-to-end encryption, multi-factor authentication, secure remote access for employees and vendors, edge-to-cloud data transport, and port mirroring for network visibility.

The company sells through direct enterprise sales and a channel partner program targeting critical infrastructure operators across seven verticals: building automation, federal systems, healthcare, manufacturing, municipalities, transportation, and utilities. Pricing is quote-based on annual subscription terms. Tempered is privately held and was acquired by Johnson Controls International in 2024, becoming part of JCI's OpenBlue smart building platform and broader AI Flywheel strategy. Prior to the acquisition, Tempered raised approximately $56M across five funding rounds from 2014 to 2019, with investors including Ignition Partners, Ridge Ventures, Rally Capital Services, Fluid Capital Group, and The Perkins Fund.

Name

Tempered

Website

https://tempered.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Tempered (Tempered Networks) is a Seattle-based cybersecurity vendor that provides Airwall, a zero trust micro-segmentation platform for protecting OT and critical infrastructure assets in building automation, healthcare, manufacturing, utilities, and federal systems.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

OT/ICS Cybersecurity Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (5132)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Cloud Network Security (Microsegmentation, Cloud Firewall) (HDADADAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Access Management & Policy Enforcement (Zero Trust) (BPAMAEAH), Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) & Secure SD-WAN (HDAIAFAH)

Keywords

• Zero trust security
• OT cybersecurity
• Network micro-segmentation
• Critical infrastructure protection
• Secure remote access

Headquarters

HQ city

Seattle

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Airwall Security Platform: Enterprise security platform licensing and subscription model for OT cybersecurity. Likely includes software licensing, hardware appliances, and ongoing support/maintenance subscriptions. Pricing is quote-based for enterprise deployments.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Tempered sells Airwall, a zero trust network security platform that provides identity-based micro-segmentation, secure remote access, cloaking, and edge-to-cloud data transport for operational technology (OT) and industrial control system environments. The platform is purpose-built to protect critical infrastructure assets such as building automation systems, medical devices, factory machines, utility grids, and federal networks by making them invisible to unauthorized users and allowing only authorized assets to communicate over encrypted peer-to-peer tunnels.

Product overview

Tempered is a cybersecurity company offering the Airwall product as its core zero trust network security platform. Airwall provides a suite of security capabilities including micro-segmentation, secure remote access, and network visibility through features such as Airspan Port Mirroring and Host Identity Protocol. The product enables end-to-end encryption, MFA, cloaking of critical assets, and policy-based access control for protecting critical infrastructure across building automation, healthcare, manufacturing, utilities, municipalities, transportation, and federal systems.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Airwall: Zero trust micro-segmentation solution for securing critical infrastructure including smart buildings, healthcare systems, manufacturing, and utilities. Features include end-to-end encryption, MFA, identity-based policies, and secure peer-to-peer tunneling.

Products and services

• Airwall Zero trust network security platform providing identity-based micro-segmentation, secure remote access, cloaking, edge-to-cloud data transport, and network visibility for protecting critical OT/ICS infrastructure across building automation, healthcare, manufacturing, utilities, federal systems, municipalities, and transportation.

Named customers1 record

Segments7 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Johnson Controls InternationalflagshipOthers · 1 January 2024Johnson Controls International acquired Tempered Networks as part of JCI's strategic transformation to become a pure-play commercial buildings company. The acquisition integrates Tempered's Airwall zero trust security technology into JCI's OpenBlue platform and smart building portfolio. This is a full acquisition rather than a partnership, making Johnson Controls the parent company of Tempered. JCI's privacy policy and terms now govern Tempered's website operations.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Dragos: Dragos specializes in ICS/OT cybersecurity with deep expertise in industrial environments, particularly utilities and manufacturing. It is directly comparable to Tempered in target verticals and in addressing the same critical infrastructure buyer with a security-focused OT platform.
• Claroty: Claroty provides cybersecurity for industrial control systems and OT environments, with strong presence in manufacturing, utilities, and healthcare. It competes directly with Tempered in securing critical infrastructure and shares similar microsegmentation and visibility capabilities.
• Nozomi Networks: Nozomi Networks is a leading OT/ICS cybersecurity vendor focused on visibility, monitoring, and threat detection for critical infrastructure. It is directly comparable to Tempered in target verticals (utilities, manufacturing, healthcare, building automation) and in addressing the same operational technology security buyer.
• Illumio: Illumio is a microsegmentation specialist with a zero trust approach to workload and network segmentation. While it focuses more broadly on data center and cloud than Tempered's OT emphasis, it competes in the same microsegmentation category and serves overlapping enterprise customers.
• Forescout: Forescout delivers device visibility and network access control across IT, OT, and IoT environments, with strong presence in critical infrastructure and government. It competes with Tempered in OT segmentation and asset protection, particularly in federal and utility verticals.
• Armis: Armis provides asset visibility and security for IoT and OT environments, addressing connected device risks in healthcare, manufacturing, and smart buildings. It overlaps with Tempered's focus on protecting connected critical infrastructure assets from cyber threats.

Emerging players

• Cyolo: Cyolo provides zero trust secure remote access for OT environments, particularly targeting industrial and critical infrastructure operators. It overlaps with Tempered's secure remote access use case and shares a similar OT-focused buyer persona, though with a narrower product surface.

Broad incumbents

• Cisco (Secure Workload / Zero Trust): Cisco provides Secure Workload (formerly Tetration) for microsegmentation and a broad zero trust portfolio. It competes with Tempered in zero trust networking and has a much larger enterprise footprint, making it a key incumbent competitor.
• Palo Alto Networks (Prisma / Zero Trust): Palo Alto Networks offers Prisma-branded zero trust and microsegmentation capabilities as part of a broad security platform. While it does not specialize in OT like Tempered, it represents a major competitive threat as it bundles segmentation into a wider portfolio for enterprise customers.
• Check Point (CloudGuard / Quantum): Check Point offers CloudGuard and zero trust network access products as part of a broad cybersecurity portfolio. While more focused on cloud and IT environments, it overlaps with Tempered in identity-based access and segmentation for distributed enterprise environments.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds5 records

Investors5 records

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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