- Access Control
- AI infrastructure
- Authentication
- Cloud
- Cloud Infrastructure
- Components
- Connectivity
- Critical Infrastructure
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- Cybersecurity
- Distributed Infrastructure
- Edge
- Enterprise
- Firewall
- gateway
- Industrial Control Systems
- Internet Protocol
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Microsegmentation
- Monitoring
- Network Address Translation
- Networking
- Network Security
- Network Segmentation
- on-premises
- Operational technology
- Orchestration
- Public Sector
- Segmentation
- Virtual Private Network
- Visibility
- Zero Trust
- Zero-Trust Network Access
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Who is Tempered?
Tempered is a networking and security company focused on providing software-defined perimeter and identity-based networking technology for enterprises and industrial environments.
- Software-defined perimeter platform for secure network segmentation and access control (network security)
- Identity-based networking that binds connectivity policies to authenticated device and user identities (zero trust networking)
- Secure remote access for IT, Operational technology (OT), and industrial control system environments across on-premises (on-prem) and cloud infrastructure (remote access security)
- Management and orchestration tools for centralized policy configuration and visibility across distributed endpoints (network management)
- Support for integration with existing IP networks, cloud providers, and industrial networks to overlay private, encrypted connectivity (secure connectivity)
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More About Tempered
Tempered provides a software-defined perimeter (SDP) and identity-based networking platform used by enterprises, industrial operators, and public-sector organizations to secure connectivity across distributed infrastructure. Its technology is designed to create encrypted, policy-based overlays on top of existing IP networks, enabling organizations to segment resources and control access based on verified identities instead of traditional IP-centric controls.
The company’s offerings align with zero trust networking principles, where access is granted only after strong authentication and continuous verification. Devices, users, and workloads are assigned cryptographic identities, and communication is allowed only when policies explicitly permit it. This approach is used to protect IT workloads in data centers and clouds, as well as OT assets such as industrial control systems, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) equipment, and other critical infrastructure endpoints that often reside on flat or legacy networks.
Tempered’s platform operates as an overlay that can be deployed across on-prem networks, multiple public clouds, and edge sites. It typically consists of endpoint components that establish encrypted tunnels, gateway elements that connect protected resources to the overlay, and centralized management for orchestrating policies. The management plane provides administrators with tools for defining access rules, segmenting groups of devices, and monitoring connections, which can help reduce reliance on Network Address Translation (NAT), traditional Virtual Private Network (VPN) concentrators, or static firewall rules.
Technically, Tempered’s products are associated with software-defined perimeter architectures and use standard IP networking concepts together with cryptographic identity and secure tunneling. The platform is often categorized in enterprise directories under network security, zero trust network access (ZTNA), secure remote access, and microsegmentation. Its focus on identity-based overlays is intended to help organizations isolate critical systems, onboard remote users and third parties, and extend secure connectivity to cloud workloads without large-scale changes to underlay routing or addressing schemes.
Within an enterprise environment, Tempered is used by infrastructure, security, and OT teams that need to connect diverse assets across data centers, campuses, branch sites, manufacturing facilities, and cloud environments. Typical use cases include remote operator access to industrial control systems, secure connectivity between cloud and on-prem applications, and segmenting high-value or regulated systems from the rest of the corporate network. By aligning with software-defined perimeter and zero trust network models, Tempered occupies a position in the marketplace alongside other network security and access control vendors, while maintaining a focus on Identity-Based Segmentation (IBS) across both IT and OT domains.
Our description of Tempered. Updated December 2025.
