CREDENTIAL-FREE CONTINUOUS PROOF TRUST™
FOR CONNECTED SYSTEMS
Trust the mesh.
Not the hub.
kin™ removes stored credentials from operational authentication and allows provisioned devices to keep proving trust through the mesh, even when the hub is unavailable.
Incremental fixes do not change the architecture.
THE SHIFT
What happens when trust moves from the hub to the mesh?
NO STORED CREDENTIALS
No stored operational credentials means attackers have fewer reusable secrets to steal replay, clone, spoof or abuse.
TRUST THAT STAYS LOCAL
Provisioned participants can continue authenticating via the mesh when the management plane or a central controller is unavailable.
PROTECTS NEW & LEGACY SYSTEMS
kin™ can be embedded into devices or deployed as a protective relay for assets that cannot be redesigned or replaced.
ZERO TRUST BECOMES ARCHITECTURAL
Trust is not granted once and inherited. It is proven continuously by default and by design.
Devices are brought online as known entities using a one-time post-quantum ML-KEM-based key exchange.
1. Provision
Each device is assigned a user-defined digital DNA: approved hardware profiles, software profiles, configuration states, and shared histories.
2. Define DNA
How kin™ works
A trusted mesh participant acts as a validator. Communicating devices and the validator participate in a live proof process, making trust harder to spoof, replay, or centralize.
3. Mesh authenticates
Authorized devices independently derive session-specific AES-256-GCM keys. No keys are stored or exchanged. Operational keys are never treated as reusable credentials.
4. Keys derived per session
BUILT FOR REAL ENVIRONMENTS Built for the way connected systems actually operate
INDUSTRIAL OT
PLCs, SCADA, DCS, robotics, sensors and field devices
CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
Utilities, energy, water, transportation and public infrastructure
CONNECTED PRODUCTS
Embedded systems, edge devices, gateways and IoT endpoints
AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS
Machine-machine workloads, inference systems and agents
DEPLOYMENT OVERVIEW
IOTHIC creates secure, decentralized trust between devices, systems, and users.
Built on post-quantum cryptography and Zero Trust architecture, Iothic securely provisions, authenticates, and authorizes devices without passwords, shared credentials, or centralized trust dependencies.
The result is trusted communication across connected systems, today and in a post-quantum future.
TECH SPEC SUMMARY
Every trusted connection requires continuous verification.
Iothic enables devices to mutually authenticate and establish encrypted communication channels that remain continuously validated throughout every session.
Using session-specific encryption and cryptographic validation, communications are protected from interception, impersonation, and unauthorized access. Trust is not assumed at the start of a session—it is continuously verified as devices interact.
The result is architecturally enforced protection that maintains secure, trusted communication across decentralized environments through Continuous Proof Trust™.