Xage Security

Xage Security is a Palo Alto-based cybersecurity company founded in 2016 specializing in zero trust access control and identity management for operational technology (OT) environments, with a significant and growing focus on space system cybersecurity — satellite ground stations, mission control networks, satellite command and telemetry links, and Space Force enterprise IT infrastructure.

The company's Xage Fabric Platform implements a distributed, blockchain-anchored zero trust architecture where every access request (human operator, automated system, or machine-to-machine) is continuously authenticated and authorized against granular policy rules — preventing the lateral movement attacks where a compromised single credential enables adversaries to traverse entire networks.

This architecture is particularly relevant to space ground systems where legacy SCADA-era ground control equipment lacks modern authentication capabilities and where the mix of classified and unclassified networks creates complex access control requirements. Xage has signed contracts with the U.S. Space Force for zero trust implementation across satellite operations networks, aligning with the DoD Zero Trust Strategy mandated by the 2021 Executive Order on Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity and the follow-on DoD Zero Trust Strategy document requiring agencies to achieve zero trust target levels by 2027.

The company's non-space OT portfolio spans energy grid SCADA, oil and gas pipeline control systems, and manufacturing floor networks — giving Xage OT security expertise that pure enterprise IT security companies lack and that applies directly to satellite ground infrastructure (which is fundamentally industrial control technology, not enterprise IT). Xage competes with Claroty, Dragos, and Nozomi Networks in OT security, and with Keyfactor and BeyondTrust in zero trust identity management for government networks.