Blockchain-based protocol for cyber resilience.

TEP: Secure Communication
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Distributed identity layer: dynamically creates sender and receiver identities through a blockchain-based ledger, enabling cryptographically verifiable authenticity.
Multi-layer encapsulation: protects not only message payloads, but also transport and application layers via a proprietary encryption mechanism.
Directed encrypted delivery: routes traffic across a decentralized mesh by selecting destination nodes through hashed identifiers.
Integrity-checked reception: the receiving node validates integrity, confirms address consistency, and decrypts each layer to reconstruct the original message.

TEP in action

Delivers ultra-low latency packet transmission (sub-millisecond) even across fully encrypted and encapsulated channels.
Preserves high throughput without requiring hardware acceleration, despite complete OSI stack protection.
Exceeds the performance of traditional VPN and TLS-based architectures in real-time and latency-critical use cases.
Engineered and validated for constrained environments, with no reliance on cloud services or external infrastructure.
Supports real-world deployments such as secure sensor-to-gateway communications in decentralized and adaptive mesh networks.
Demonstrates strong security guarantees without compromising speed or efficiency.

TEP: high throughput and minimal latency

TEP vs. traditional protocols: key differences

Protocol depth
End-to-end encryption covering data, metadata, routing, and identity
System-wide encapsulation across OSI layers 1 through 7
Trust model
Blockchain-native identity eliminating reliance on PKI, DNS, or static addressing
Embedded trustless routing with no overlays or tunnel-based VPNs

Edge resilience
Intrinsic resistance to DDoS, spoofing, and MITM attacks through absence of exposed endpoints
Operable in offline, air-gapped, or degraded connectivity conditions
Native AI orchestration
Designed for machine learning integration, enabling automated anomaly detection and adaptive routing

Validation, Adoption, and Investment

TRL 4 – Core architecture validated in controlled test environments
Ongoing proof-of-concept deployments with defense and governmental entities
€1 million in funding granted through the Italian National Military Research Program

NATO eligibility via CAGE and SAM registration for allied procurement programs
Five registered patents covering protocol design, encryption techniques, and trustless transport mechanisms
Founding team with direct experience in cyber intelligence and operational field environments

Co-funded by the European Union - NextGenerationEU

Transport Encrypted Protocol (TEP)
The component of the project related to the communication routing methodology implemented within the TEP protocol was financed under the “Brevetti +” program, using European Union NextGenerationEU funds.
CLP: BRE 0001323
CUP: C89|23000070008
Project for the valorization of patent no. IT102020000014518.
Patent IT102020000014518 protects an invention concerning a communication method between nodes of a telecommunications network, leveraging a graph database for routing transmissions within a distributed node architecture. This methodology represents a core element of the broader TEP initiative, a telecommunications and data transport protocol applying blockchain principles to secure communications.