# Viakoo

> Viakoo is an enterprise OT/IoT security software company that automates device discovery, firmware updates, certificate lifecycle management and password enforcement. Its Action Platform combines vulnerability remediation with service assurance, helping distributed organizations keep connected devices secure, operational and auditable.

- **Founded:** 2013
- **Headquarters:** Mountain View, United States
- **Founders:** Bud Broomhead (Founder and CEO), Manqing Liu (Co-Founder and Chief Scientist), David Nelson-Gal (Co-Founder; former CTO and CISO (2022 announcement)), Bart Nanni (Co-Founder; channel management (Crunchbase listing)), Mark McCourt (Co-Founder; business development (Crunchbase listing))
- **Products:** Viakoo Action Platform, Device Firmware Manager (DFM), Device Certificate Manager (DCM), Device Password Manager (DPM), Service Assurance Manager (SAM)
- **Notable:** Company-reported management of more than two million devices and over three billion cumulative hours., Named a Gartner Cool Vendor in 2021, according to the company’s newsroom., Reported one billion cumulative usage hours in February 2022.

## Products & services

- **Viakoo Action Platform** — Agentless enterprise OT/IoT platform combining discovery, remediation, operational assurance and audit reporting. Cyber module suite launched in October 2021.
- **Device Firmware Manager (DFM)** — Discovers firmware status, manages trusted updates across distributed devices, and retains firmware change histories.
- **Device Certificate Manager (DCM)** — Automates certificate provisioning, renewal and revocation, including 802.1x and TLS/SSL device certificates.
- **Device Password Manager (DPM)** — Verifies default or common password use, enforces password policies and records credential changes. Included in the 2021 platform suite.
- **Service Assurance Manager (SAM)** — Tracks video and access-control service health, recording retention, diagnostics and tickets. Publicly documented in the 2021 platform suite.
- **High Fidelity Discovery 2.0 / Direct Query Manager** — Application-aware, agentless discovery with detailed inventory attributes and integration with network discovery tools.
- **DFM-AutoMode** — AI-assisted preparation of firmware remediation jobs; execution requires human approval. Announced September 29, 2025.
- **Device Configuration Manager (DXM)** — Announced August 3, 2026 for baseline monitoring, drift detection and policy-based configuration correction; availability planned for Q4 2026.

## Achievements

- Company-reported management of more than two million devices and over three billion cumulative hours.
- Named a Gartner Cool Vendor in 2021, according to the company’s newsroom.
- Reported one billion cumulative usage hours in February 2022.
- Announced a Siemens Smart Infrastructure distribution/service agreement in March 2026.
- Published a 2023 anonymous customer case study reporting a two-person firmware team and a 30% IoT maintenance-budget reduction.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Announced DXM for configuration baseline monitoring, drift detection and remediation; planned Q4 2026 availability.
- **2026-08** — Added John Spiliotis to its Advisory Board and announced expanded partner integrations and ServiceNow marketplace availability.
- **2026-03** — Siemens Smart Infrastructure agreed to offer Viakoo Action Platform to its customers.
- **2025-11** — Announced annual US$10,000 Cyber Defense Leadership scholarship at University of Nevada, Reno.
- **2025-09** — Announced DFM-AutoMode for AI-assisted firmware remediation with human approval.

## Links

- Website: https://www.viakoo.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/viakoo-inc-/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/viakoo
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/viakooinc

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Last updated: 2026-10-01