ReFirm Labs goes deep in the supply chain to get ahead of IoT security issues

As the number of connected devices grows, the potential also exists that they could fall victim to a cyber attack. As a company that focuses on Internet of Things (IoT) security, that’s a reality that members of the team at ReFirm Labs confronted first working at the National Security Agency, and now developing the Fulton, Md.-based company’s commercial product, called Centrifuge Platform. The company’s own lifecycle to date shows a path through Maryland’s cybersecurity community: Members of the team honed experience inside NSA. Then they formed a company called Tactical Network Solutions. From that company’s work on the platform, ReFirm Labs spun out and received backing from DataTribe, a Fulton-based startup studio looking to support technologists who worked inside government agencies that are now building startups.