• Trust begins in hardware: Axiado’s TCU establishes a hardware-rooted security foundation beneath the operating system for next-generation AI infrastructure.
  • Security and management in one architecture: The TCU combines hardware root of trust, BMC, TPM, platform management and AI-driven behavioral analytics in silicon.
  • Protection from power-on through runtime: Embedded AI continuously verifies firmware, monitors platform behavior and enables autonomous response before threats reach the software stack.
  • Continued industry recognition: The 2026 honor marks Axiado’s fourth Cyber Defense Magazine InfoSec award, following prior wins in 2021, 2022 and 2025.

ORLANDO, FL – October 20, 2026 – Axiado Corporation, a semiconductor company adding platform intelligence to AI infrastructure, today announced at CyberDefenseCon 2026 that it has been named the Editor’s Choice winner for Novel Hardware for Foundational Cybersecurity in Cyber Defense Magazine’s 2026 Top InfoSec Innovator Awards. The award recognizes Axiado’s hardware-rooted approach to securing AI infrastructure by embedding trust, platform management and AI-driven intelligence directly into silicon.

“Axiado embodies three major features we judges look for with the potential to become winners: understanding tomorrow’s threats, today, providing a cost-effective solution and innovating in unexpected ways that can help mitigate cyber risk and get one step ahead of the next breach,” said Gary S. Miliefsky, Publisher of Cyber Defense Magazine.

As AI systems become larger, faster and more autonomous, the infrastructure management plane has become one of the most privileged paths in the data center. It controls firmware, power, thermals and system behavior, yet traditional approaches often depend on software running above the hardware they are intended to protect. Axiado moves security intelligence into silicon, enabling systems to monitor and respond to threats from a trusted layer beneath the host operating system.

At the foundation of Axiado’s approach is its Trusted Control/Compute Unit (TCU), which combines hardware-rooted security, real-time control, platform management and on-chip AI in a single SoC. The architecture enables AI-driven security agents to analyze platform behavior and detect threats against the management plane, including compromised or rogue AI agents, from silicon that the host operating system cannot tamper with.

“AI infrastructure is becoming autonomous, and security has to move at the same speed,” said Gopi Sirineni, Founder, President and CEO of Axiado. “The management plane controls some of the most critical functions in the data center, so protecting it cannot depend solely on software running above it. By putting security intelligence and a hardware root of trust directly into silicon, Axiado gives infrastructure a trusted foundation to detect and respond to threats in real time.”

The recognition continues a multi-year record for Axiado in Cyber Defense Magazine’s InfoSec awards. The company was previously named Editor’s Choice for Cybersecurity Artificial Intelligence in 2021, Most Comprehensive for Cybersecurity Artificial Intelligence in 2022, and Outstanding AI Security Solution in 2025. A 2026 win marks Axiado’s fourth Cyber Defense Magazine InfoSec award.

The full list of the Top InfoSec Innovators for 2026 is found here: https://cyberdefenseawards.com/top-infosec-innovators-for-2026/

About Axiado
Axiado is a semiconductor company adding platform intelligence to AI infrastructure. Axiado’s Trusted Control/Compute Unit (TCU) brings intelligence into the platform itself: a single SoC combining hardware-rooted security, real-time control, platform management, and on-chip AI. Delivered as Secure Control Modules in OCP standard form factors, Axiado silicon senses, decides, and acts on the platform in real time, making AI infrastructure more efficient, more secure, and more reliable. Founded in 2019, Axiado is headquartered in San Jose, California, with engineering centers in Taiwan, India, and Vietnam. Learn more at axiado.com.

About Cyber Defense Awards
This is Cyber Defense Magazine’s 14th year of honoring cybersecurity innovators, in this case the Top Global CISOs for 2026, on our Cyber Defense Awards platform. In this competition, judges for these and other prestigious awards includes cybersecurity industry veterans, trailblazers and market makers Ron Gula of Gula Tech Adventures, Gary Miliefsky of CDMG, Dr. Lindsey Polley de Lopez of VentureScope, Katie Gray of In-Q-Tel, Robert R. Ackerman Jr. of DataTribe, Ira Winkler from CruiseCon, Dino Boukouris of AltitudeCyber and with much appreciation to emeritus judges Robert Herjavec of Cyderes, Dr. Peter Stephenson of CDMG and David DeWalt of NightDragon. Top InfoSec Innovators for 2026 is found here: https://cyberdefenseawards.com/top-infosec-innovators-for-2026/ and download The Black Unicorn Report for 2026: https://cyberdefenseawards.com/the-black-unicorn-report-for-2026/ and Top Global CISOs Winners for 2026, here: https://cyberdefenseawards.com/top-global-cisos-winners-for-2026/.

About Cyber Defense Magazine
Cyber Defense Magazine was founded in 2012 by Gary S. Miliefsky, globally recognized cyber security thought leader, inventor and entrepreneur and continues to be the premier source of IT Security information. We are managed and published by and for ethical, honest, passionate information security professionals. Our mission is to share cutting-edge knowledge, real-world stories and awards on the best ideas, products and services in the information technology industry. We deliver electronic magazines every month online for free, and limited special editions exclusively for the RSAC, BlackHat and Cyber Defense Conferences. Learn more about us at http://www.cyberdefensemagazine.com. Cyber Defense Magazine is a proud member of the Cyber Defense Media Group.

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