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About KYNEKT®For years, equipment theft has been treated as unavoidable — something the trade simply has to live with. KYNEKT® was created to change that: a purpose-built platform that gives the construction industry a real way to prove ownership, protect equipment, and take control when theft happens.
KYNEKT® isn't consumer tech and it isn't a gimmick. We're a team that knows the trade, building tools for tradespeople, contractors, hire companies, developers and farmers — anyone whose livelihood is tied up in the equipment they own.
We bring four things together in one place: secure proof of ownership, a verified equipment inventory, live tracking with remote disable, and a trusted marketplace. One account, across phone, tablet and desktop — from a single drill to a fleet of hundreds.
The KYNEKT® team at our launch event.
Our mission is simple: make stolen kit impossible to use, easy to recover and worthless to sell — so theft stops paying. Prove what you own, protect it while you work, and take control the moment something goes missing.
As adoption grows across trades, hire companies, insurers and installers, KYNEKT® is becoming a shared standard for ownership and protection — an industry that finally has the upper hand.
Built out of frustration with a problem the industry had given up on — and a belief that it didn't have to be that way.
On-site theft was relentless, and the trade had been told for years to simply accept it. We started with one principle: prove what you own, and make stolen kit worthless to whoever takes it.
KYNEKT | ID® and Inventory took shape — verified ownership and a secure logbook — with K | TRAK® live tracking and remote disable in development.
Our first full year on the circuit, from the Executive Hire Show to a packed Toolfair — signing up members and sharpening the product on real, hands-on feedback.
K | TRAK® tracking and remote disable, the ToolTrade® marketplace and member deals brought everything together — ID, Inventory, TRAK and ToolTrade® working as a single system.
We're working towards a shared standard for ownership and protection across trades, hire, insurers and installers — so theft stops paying, for everyone.
Every decision is made for people who own kit and rely on it to earn — never for a generic consumer.
Verified, timestamped ownership beats a receipt in a drawer every single time.
Police-preferred hardware, ISO-aligned information security and GDPR by default.
Plain-speaking, practical and honest. We talk with the trade, not at it.
Four products that work as one ecosystem — prove it, protect it, track it, trade it.
We write the way our audience works — practical, no-nonsense, and focused on getting the job done. We talk with the trade, not at it.
We explain complex ideas simply — no jargon, no buzzwords.
We sound human, not like marketing copy.
We know our product, but we never boast.
We guide, inform and empower — every step of the way.
KYNEKT® holds the most sensitive records in the trade — proof of ownership, full equipment inventories, live tracking data and a marketplace built on provenance. That information is exactly what a thief or fraudster would want, which is why protecting it was never an afterthought. It’s the foundation everything else stands on.
A theft deterrent is only as trustworthy as the platform behind it. If your data weren’t safe with us, none of the rest would mean a thing. So rather than mark our own homework, we put our security in front of the UK’s most respected independent bodies — and we keep it there, with continuous testing, audits and regulatory accountability.
Your data is yours. We’ll export it or delete it whenever you ask, and we will never sell it.
Our connected devices — K | TRAK® and KYNEKT | ID® — are certified to IASME IoT Cyber Assurance Levels 1 & 2, independently tested against the key IoT security controls, including ETSI EN 303 645.
iasme.co.uk ↗Our information security management system is built to the international standard — risk registers, management reviews and documented incident response.
iso.org ↗Registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office and UK GDPR-compliant — personal data handled lawfully, transparently and only for the purpose you gave it.
ico.org.uk ↗Independently tested by Secarma, an ethical-hacking firm, and certified to SecureApp (OWASP Level 1) — so weaknesses are found and fixed by experts before anyone can exploit them.
secarma.com ↗Recognised by the official UK police security initiative — police-preferred specification for the hardware and secure-connected-device principles online.
securedbydesign.com ↗Whether you're protecting one machine or a whole fleet — on site or from the office — KYNEKT® has you covered. Designed for the construction industry.
See what a single theft really costs — replacement, downtime and excess — and your exposure across a year.
Protect your kit with KYNEKT® from around 33p a day — with verified, timestamped proof of ownership for faster claims.
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A practical, no-nonsense guide for trades who want insurance-ready records and proof of ownership that stands up when it matters.
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