When choosing a router for your business or home office, most people look at speed and range. However, the most critical metric, security, is often the hardest to measure. A new resource, the Router CVE Report Card, is changing that by providing a transparent, data-driven look at the safety of networking hardware. By tracking Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) across major manufacturers, this tool offers a clear benchmark for evaluating which brands are truly protecting their users.

What is the Router CVE Report Card?

The Router CVE Report Card is a live leaderboard that aggregates data on security flaws found in networking devices. Unlike traditional reviews, it assigns grades based on the volume, severity, and age of unpatched vulnerabilities. This provides an objective look at which manufacturers prioritize security and which ones allow vulnerabilities to linger.

How is the Router CVE Report Card graded?

The report card doesn't just count the number of bugs; it analyzes the threat profile of a manufacturer to give IT leaders a more nuanced view of risk:

  • Severity weighting: The tool prioritizes "Critical" and "High" severity flaws (CVSS scores of 7.0–10.0) that could allow unauthorized remote access.
  • Historical performance: It tracks a 10-year data window to show which brands have a consistent track record of secure engineering.
  • Patching cadence: It rewards manufacturers that release updates quickly, ensuring that even when a flaw is discovered, the window of exposure is minimized.
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Where does the data come from?

The information displayed on the report card is pulled from authoritative, third-party cybersecurity databases:

More than an "A" grade: Inseego’s proactive engineering and layered defense

Inseego currently holds an "A" score on the Router CVE Report Card. This high ranking is a direct result of our "security-by-design" philosophy. Rather than simply reacting to threats as they emerge, we implement structural defenses that prevent vulnerabilities from taking root in the first place.

Hardware-level security: Secure out of the box

Our hardware is built with layers that standard gear often lacks:

  • Cryptographic chain of trust & secure boot: From the moment power is applied, a hardware-etched "Root of Trust" verifies the digital signature of the firmware. If the code has been tampered with, the device simply will not boot, stopping rootkits before they can start.
  • The "Enterprise Bubble": Our devices create an isolated security perimeter. Even if a connected laptop is compromised, the malware cannot "jump" to the router’s operating system because the management and data planes are logically and physically separated.
  • FIPS 140-3 compliance: While much of the industry still uses the older 140-2 standard, our newer hardware, like the MiFi PRO M4 and FX4200 cellular router, is FIPS 140-3. This adds protection against "side-channel attacks" where hackers try to guess encryption keys by measuring the chip's power consumption.

A trusted supply chain

Security starts in the factory. We design and develops its hardware and firmware in the USA. We also maintain a TAA-compliant supply chain. This significantly reduces the risk of "supply chain injection", where malicious components are added during manufacturing in high-risk regions, and ensures the intellectual property remains under strict domestic control.

Software-level security: Orchestrating security at scale

Managing a fleet of routers manually is a major security risk. Inseego Connect allows IT administrators to maintain a unified security posture across the entire organization.

  • Mass deployment configurations: Inseego Connect uses group template configurations that let businesses do mass deployments through its management hub. This ensures every router meets specific security policies (like disabled SSIDs or restricted IP ranges) from day one without manual error.
  • Encrypted management plane: All communication between the router and the management cloud is encrypted, preventing "man-in-the-middle" attacks that often plague consumer cloud management tools.

Don't leave enterprise networks to chance

For IT leaders, a "cheap" router is a massive liability. The Router Security Report Card provides the data needed to justify the investment in professional-grade gear. By choosing a manufacturer like us, businesses aren't just buying a 5G connection; they are buying a hardened security gateway that has been proven, by data, to stand up to the modern threat landscape.