After N-able and N-central disclosed zero-day vulnerabilities, Action1 invited terminal management companies and RMM manufacturers to join its industry-leading terminal takeover protection architecture, and helped establish new security standards for the industry.
Houston, November 10, 2026 / PRNewswire / -- Action1, a provider of autonomous terminal management ( AEM ) solutions, today announced the launch of the "Collective Terminal Takeover Resilience Initiative." This initiative makes Action1's proprietary terminal takeover protection ( ETP ) architecture available to all manufacturers of terminal management and remote monitoring and management ( RMM ), with the aim of preventing attackers from using compromised management platforms to control customer terminals.
This announcement comes shortly after N-able publicly disclosed that there were more than 30 zero-day vulnerabilities in its N-central platform. N-able also stated that it will temporarily shut down its hosting environment and advised local deployment customers to take the same preventive measures. N-able mentioned that no actual exploitation has been observed yet.
From industry-leading innovation to industry-level protection
Terminal management platforms possess extremely high levels of authority. They can deploy software, execute scripts, modify configurations, and remotely control terminals throughout an entire organization. Traditionally, terminals trust every command issued by the management platform, which poses security risks across the industry: once a single platform is compromised, threat actors may gain control over millions of terminals across thousands of organizations.
Attacks by SolarWinds and Kaseya demonstrate that such risks are by no means theoretical. Recently, multiple zero-day vulnerabilities in N-able and N-central have once again highlighted the risk of attackers exploiting management platforms and potentially taking control of customer terminals, prompting relevant parties to shut down the systems as a precautionary measure.
As artificial intelligence accelerates the discovery and exploitation of vulnerabilities, it is becoming increasingly difficult to prevent platforms from being breached. Action1 believes that the industry must move beyond mere prevention and adopt security architectures that can limit the actions that threat actors can take after an intrusion occurs.
The company became aware of this risk in 2023 and began investing in a zero-knowledge terminal management method. The principle behind this method is that no one, including Action1 itself, should have privileged access to customer terminals. This work ultimately led to the development of ETP by Action1, which was launched in October 2026.
Under the ETP architecture, high-risk terminal operations such as running scripts, deploying software, and initiating remote sessions all require encryption authorization using a private key controlled by the customer. Even if threat actors manage to breach the terminal management platform, they cannot use control over the platform to authorize these operations on the customer's terminals.
Action1, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder, Alex Vovk stated: "When we launched ETP, we said that no terminal management vendor, including Action1, should become a single point of failure for our customers. Recent disclosures from N-central remind us that no vendor can guarantee that their platform will never be compromised. We have invested many years in developing an architecture designed to prevent such compromises from leading to the takeover of terminals, and we are also ready to share this with our competitors. Protecting our customers is more important than any technological advantage."
Launches the "Collective Terminal Takeover Resilience Initiative"
Action1 will provide participating manufacturers with detailed ETP architecture information, including a customer-controlled authorization model, encryption and signing methods, as well as an independent terminal-side verification mechanism. This initiative aims to help manufacturers assess and adopt similar protections in their products to better protect customers.
Action1 has directly extended an invitation to N-able, and welcomes other terminal management manufacturers to participate, regardless of whether they have a competitive relationship with Action1.
Alex Vovk added, "Security should unite our industry, not divide it. No matter which terminal management platform an organization chooses, once that platform is compromised, threat actors should not be allowed to gain control of their terminals. This should become the standard for everyone."
Terminal management and RMM manufacturers can read the full initiative and apply to access the ETP architecture of Action1 at the following URL: https :// go.action1.com / call-for-collective-action-on-endpoint-takeover-resilience
About Action1
Action1 is an autonomous patch management platform that has gained the trust of many Fortune 500 companies. This platform features a native cloud architecture, is infinitely scalable, and highly secure. It can be configured in just 5 minutes—ready to use out of the box. Moreover, the first 200 terminals are always free of charge with no limitations on functionality. By being among the first to implement autonomous operating system and third-party patch management, adopting peer-to-peer patch distribution, and conducting real-time vulnerability assessments and repairs without the need for VPN, it reduces daily manual work, prevents ransomware and security risks, and protects the digital employee experience.
In 2026, Action1 was rated by Inc.5000 as the fastest-growing founder-led cybersecurity company in the United States. Action1 is led by industry veterans Alex Vovk and Mike Walters, who are American entrepreneurs and co-founded Netwrix. This company has since grown into a leading cybersecurity firm worth several billion dollars.
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