2026 IoT Security Excellence Award Winner: Quectel

About the Winning Security Infrastructure

Connected products inherit risk from every layer beneath them, including embedded software, third-party components, cryptographic credentials, development processes, and the systems used to respond when new vulnerabilities emerge. Quectel’s Security Capability Infrastructure addresses that reality by coordinating security activities across the complete lifecycle of its IoT modules and connected-product portfolio.

Independent assessment is a central part of the program. Quectel maintains an ongoing relationship with Finite State for source-code auditing, firmware analysis, and penetration testing. Rather than treating these engagements as one-time certification exercises, Quectel uses continued external analysis to identify weaknesses, guide remediation, and measure improvements in its product security posture. Finite State testing has reported that Quectel modules perform significantly better than the industry average, providing customers with independent evidence in addition to the company’s internal security controls.

The infrastructure also establishes clear accountability when vulnerabilities are reported. Quectel’s Product Security Incident Response Team follows a structured process that moves reported issues through receipt, technical confirmation, remediation, coordinated disclosure, and continued monitoring. Its public vulnerability disclosure platform gives customers and researchers a defined channel for reporting issues and reviewing published security information.

Software supply-chain risk is addressed through monitoring of third-party and open-source components, tracking of public vulnerability sources, and severity-based remediation. Quectel supports this work with Software Bills of Materials and Vulnerability Exploitability Exchange documents that give customers greater visibility into embedded components and the status of known vulnerabilities. These resources help device manufacturers evaluate exposure, support compliance activities, and respond more efficiently when new software risks are identified.

Quectel further protects the cryptographic foundation of device trust through dedicated secret key management supporting secure boot, authentication, firmware signing, and data protection. That technical foundation is reinforced by certifications covering information security, privacy, automotive cybersecurity, and secure product development, including ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27701, ISO/SAE 21434, and IEC 62443-4-1.

Together, these capabilities create a security system designed to remain active after a product leaves development. Independent assessment tests the technology, supply-chain visibility documents what is inside it, PSIRT operations provide a disciplined response path, key management protects device identity and integrity, and certification provides external validation of the processes supporting the portfolio.

Security excellence is not defined by a single test, certificate, or control. Quectel earned this recognition by connecting independent assessment, coordinated incident response, software supply-chain transparency, cryptographic governance, and certified development practices into one operational system. That lifecycle-wide discipline gives customers clearer evidence that security is being managed before deployment and after products reach the field.