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The RIoT Secure Platform is purpose-built to manage the full lifecycle of modern, intelligent IoT devices - from initial provisioning to long-term operation, updates, and decommissioning. Designed for resource-constrained environments, the platform enables secure deployment and controlled evolution of devices that increasingly combine long-lived native firmware with rapidly evolving application logic, AI workloads, and portable execution environments such as WebAssembly. Recognizing the complexity of today’s IoT ecosystems, RIoT Secure is designed to integrate seamlessly as a foundational lifecycle component alongside existing cloud platforms, connectivity providers, AI engines, and device management systems. Rather than replacing existing solutions, the platform complements them by addressing a critical gap: secure, hardware-rooted lifecycle management across heterogeneous devices and execution models.
At its core, the platform follows a clear client–server architecture. On the device side, a minimal embedded core provides hardware-rooted trust, secure communication, and strict separation of concerns. In the cloud, a centralized control plane governs provisioning, ownership, updates, policies, and lifecycle state across the entire device fleet. Together, these layers provide consistent control and visibility from device inception to retirement - without compromising performance on constrained hardware.
Secure and efficient software delivery is a foundational capability of the RIoT Secure Platform. Native firmware, application logic, AI models, and WebAssembly modules can all be deployed and updated over the air, without physical access to the device. This enables organizations to operate large, geographically distributed fleets while minimizing downtime, reducing operational risk, and avoiding costly on-site maintenance. By decoupling long-lived firmware from fast-moving application and AI logic, updates can be performed safely and independently as requirements evolve.
Communication efficiency and security are addressed through µTLS, RIoT Secure’s patented communication layer, which dramatically reduces transmission overhead compared to traditional HTTPS or MQTT-based approaches. This makes secure communication viable even for low-power, bandwidth-constrained devices, while preserving strong cryptographic guarantees and end-to-end trust. On the device, the platform enforces a strict separation of concerns through hardware sandboxing and isolated execution environments. FUSION provides a secure hardware sandbox for native firmware and external microcontrollers, while BRAWL enables a WebAssembly-based execution layer for portable, updatable application logic and AI-related workloads. SHIELD adds an additional encryption layer for WebAssembly binaries, protecting intellectual property and preventing reverse engineering even in physically accessible environments. Centralized lifecycle operations are managed through OASIS, the platform’s web-based interface for fleet management, monitoring, and control. From a single interface, operators can manage device identities, software versions, update campaigns, and lifecycle state across heterogeneous fleets - ensuring consistency, traceability, and long-term operational confidence.
Through its modular architecture and clear separation between communication, security, execution, and lifecycle governance, the RIoT Secure Platform enables organizations to deploy intelligent IoT systems that remain secure, maintainable, and adaptable over time. Whether devices rely on native firmware, WebAssembly, AI models, or a combination of all three, RIoT Secure provides the control plane needed to manage them safely at scale.
Explore the individual technology stacks below to learn more about how each component contributes to secure, long-term lifecycle management:
µTLS — FUSION — OASIS — BRAWL — SHIELD
In some deployments, enforcing these architectural guarantees requires control beyond software alone.
Lifecycle-First Hardware Architecture (Custom Hardware)
RIoT Secure designs hardware only where it is necessary to enforce lifecycle and security guarantees.
While RIoT Secure is delivered as a Platform as a Service, many real-world deployments require hardware architectures that standard off-the-shelf telematics devices do not provide. In particular, most commercial devices tightly couple application logic, communication, and security into a single processing environment, making it difficult to enforce strict separation of concerns over long device lifetimes. RIoT Secure addresses this gap by designing custom hardware platforms where required, optimized specifically to support secure lifecycle management. These designs enforce a hardware sandbox architecture, allowing application logic - including AI workloads - to run with full control over a dedicated microcontroller, while communication, security, and lifecycle management operate independently.
RIoT Secure has designed and deployed custom PCBs tailored to the customer’s operational environment. These designs were not only aligned with the platform’s architectural requirements, but also intentionally flexible - allowing network topology, GNSS modules, and sensor configurations to be adapted as customer needs evolved. While some modern platforms, such as the Arduino Uno R4 WiFi, naturally support this separation, most industrial telematics devices do not. RIoT Secure’s ability to bridge this gap ensures that customers are not forced to compromise their lifecycle or security posture due to hardware limitations.
