NOMINATION HIGHLIGHTS

Aeris IoT Watchtower™ addresses a critical security gap where modern architectures, such as Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), fail to reach. Most SASE architectures are optimized for user and endpoint security and rely heavily on software agents or client-based controls that many IoT devices cannot support. Without complementary, network-based IoT security controls, this creates visibility and enforcement gaps; leaving IoT traffic outside standard SASE protections and increasing the risk of exploitation, data exfiltration, and operational disruption.

As the world’s first agentless solution of its kind, Aeris IoT Watchtower™ extends unified security policy and zero-trust principles from the core cellular network directly to the IoT edge. By operating at the network level, Watchtower provides deep visibility and granular control for devices that traditional security frameworks cannot monitor.

Technical Innovation and Operational Impact:
Agentless, Network-Level Enforcement: Traffic inspection and policy enforcement occur within the cellular core before data reaches the device. This architecture provides real-time protection without requiring on-device software.

Automated Threat Protection: The platform enables organizations to define authorized behavior; it then automatically detects and blocks anomalous activity.

Over-the-Air (OTA) Assurance: To prevent fleet-wide disruptions caused by failed updates, the platform monitors the OTA process at the network level. It identifies specific device failures to facilitate rapid troubleshooting and ensure operational resilience.

The solution is currently deployed at global scale, managing over 100 million devices and processing approximately 10 billion connectivity events, 50 billion IP flow events, and nearly a trillion IP messages daily. By providing a network-level security fabric, Aeris IoT Watchtower ensures that enterprise security architectures remain synchronized with edge innovation, securing the transition toward a fully connected future.