ColorTokens and SMX Partner to Accelerate Federal Zero Trust Microsegmentation Adoption

Collaboration leverages SMX's FedRAMP Elevate™ platform to fast-track ColorTokens' Xshield™ for federal agencies

SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct. 16, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- ColorTokens Inc., a global leader in enterprise microsegmentation and breach containment, today announced a strategic partnership with SMX, a leading mission partner to the U.S. federal government, to help agencies accelerate adoption of Zero Trust protections across IT and operational technology (OT) environments. Through the partnership, ColorTokens will leverage SMX's Elevate platform to attain FedRAMP Moderate authorization for Xshield, its flagship Zero Trust microsegmentation platform.

ColorTokens Xshield delivers agentless, software-defined microsegmentation that protects OT and critical infrastructure environments from lateral movement and cyberattacks. By combining Xshield's fine-grained visibility and control with SMX's Elevate FedRAMP solution, federal agencies can deploy and scale Zero Trust protections faster and more cost-effectively.

This collaboration directly supports the federal government's mandate to implement Zero Trust architectures across IT and OT environments, ensuring faster compliance and stronger mission assurance.

"Federal agencies can't afford delays in securing operational technology networks from sophisticated threats," said Jim Sutton, Vice President, ColorTokens Federal. "By teaming with SMX, we're not just accelerating our path to FedRAMP; we're giving agencies proven microsegmentation technology to stop lateral movement before it escalates into a breach and to protect the missions that matter most."

SMX's Elevate platform is a comprehensive, turnkey solution for achieving and maintaining FedRAMP authorization. Elevate provides a secure, fully managed cloud environment, compliance automation, continuous monitoring, and a library of reusable security artifacts that dramatically reduces the time, cost, and complexity of FedRAMP accreditation.

"The federal government is demanding solutions that combine innovation with compliance at speed," said Peter LaMontagne, CEO of SMX. "Our partnership with ColorTokens exemplifies that model: Elevate removes the friction from FedRAMP and ongoing compliance, while Xshield delivers the Zero Trust protection agencies need to safeguard critical infrastructure."

Together, ColorTokens and SMX enable agencies to protect industrial control systems, microgrids, and other critical infrastructure with dynamic segmentation and least-privilege access, which are key pillars of Zero Trust and essential to protecting national missions.

Media Contact: Cesar Medrano | [email protected]

About ColorTokens

ColorTokens is a leading provider of enterprise microsegmentation and breach-containment solutions, dedicated to making organizations "breach ready." By preventing the lateral spread of ransomware and advanced malware, ColorTokens protects complex network infrastructures through its innovative Xshield™ platform. The platform visualizes traffic between workloads, OT/IoT/IoMT devices, and users, enabling the enforcement of granular micro-perimeters, swift isolation of critical assets, and effective breach response. Recognized as a Leader in both The Forrester Wave™: Microsegmentation Solutions (Q3 2024) and the GigaOm Radar for Microsegmentation v2 (April 2025), ColorTokens delivers proactive security that prevents disruptions and safeguards global enterprises. For more information, visit www.colortokens.com.

About SMX

SMX is a leader in cloud solutions, C5ISR modernization, and digital transformation for the U.S. government. Elevate™, the company's FedRAMP-ready platform, accelerates compliance for SaaS providers by delivering a secure, fully managed environment with continuous monitoring and documentation support to achieve and maintain FedRAMP authorizations.

SOURCE ColorTokens