NAC

Legacy NAC meant bulky hardware, complex maintenance, and endless patches. Portnox NAC brings you a different experience: a SaaS solution purpose-built for today’s hybrid and distributed networks. You get real-time device visibility, risk-based access controls, and automated compliance enforcement — all delivered from the cloud.

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This isn't the NAC you know—it's the fastest, most effective way to achieve long-term zero trust.

Passwordless access built for the enterprise

No more MFA fatigue. No more forgotten passwords.

Credentials are the weakest link no matter how strong your security posture. Implement passwordless authentication with digital certificates and never worry about a phishing attempt to steal passwords ever again.

Portnox can be your certificate authority or integrate with a 3rd party. We also support SCEP (Simple Certificate Enrollment Protocol) so deploying certificates to all your devices will be simple.

Know what’s on your network—always

Gain real-time visibility of endpoints trying to connect to your network and infrastructure, plus additional context such as their location, device type, and requested access layer for authentication.

Extend zero trust security coverage to company devices, BYOD and IoT / OT alike, no matter if they’re authenticating via wired ports, WiFi or VPN.

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Risk-aware access control policies

Define and enforce unique access control policies based on roles, locations, device types and more across your various network access layers.

Additionally, leverage Portnox Cloud’s powerful risk assessment policy configuration capabilities to continually monitor the risk posture of connected devices – including managed and BYOD – enabling your network administrators to understand the true zero trust security posture of the network at any point in time.

Compliance without the complexity

Quarantine vulnerable, non-compliant devices and return them to a healthy, compliant state automatically by setting unique endpoint remediation policies in accordance with your compliance requirements.

Portnox Cloud’s compliance enforcement capabilities can help your organization adhere to industry-specific regulatory and compliance standards such as HIPAA, GLBA, PCI DSS, GDPR and beyond.

Mindbendingly easy setup

Sign up, test & deploy in days, not months.

1

Sign Up

Sign up for your free 30-day trial of Portnox Cloud online today.

2

Connect Network

Configure your network devices to authenticate through Portnox Cloud RADIUS.

3

Configure Policies

Configure your unique network access and risk policies.

4

Onboard Users / Devices

Complete testing and fully deploy across your entire network.

Cloud NAC in action

See how easy it is to create a risk policy with Portnox Cloud!

FEATURES

Enterprise-grade, fully cloud-native NAC.

RADIUS

  • One-click cloud RADIUS
  • Anti-flood protection
  • RadSec support & RADIUS forwarding

Control

  • Role- & location-based access
  • Certificate authority services
  • Auto-segmentation of users

Authentication

  • Role-based authentication
  • MAC authentication bypass
  • Certificate authority services

Mitigation

  • Endpoint risk posture assessment
  • Risk-based access control
  • Firewall, antivirus & app checks

Security

  • 802.1X authentication
  • PRE-connect Dynamic VLAN / ACL assignment
  • Post-connect authorization

Remediation

  • Endpoint quarantining
  • Firewall & antivirus updates
  • Compliance enforcement

Visibility

  • Monitoring-only mode
  • Archived device data retention
  • Managed, BYOD & IoT profiling

Reporting

  • Device visibility & connection timeline
  • Guest access history
  • Security & compliance adherence

We can take you even farther. Extend your zero trust strategy today.

Don't stop at NAC

If you’re exploring Portnox NAC, extend your zero trust strategy further with Portnox ZTNA and TACACS+.

Together, they unify network, application, and infrastructure access control in one cloud platform for stronger security and simpler operations.

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Product Features

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Network Authentication RADIUS

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Anti-flood protection services

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RadSec support

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Role-based authentication

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MAC authentication bypass

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Account lifecycle synchronization

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Passwordless authentication

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Certificate authority services

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SAML 2.0 authentication services

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OpenID Connect

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RadSec support

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Role-based authentication

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MAC authentication bypass

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Passwordless authentication

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Certificate authority services

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802.1X authentication

Dynamic VLAN / ACL assignment

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Agentless posture assessment

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Continuous endpoint risk & posture assessment

Policy enforcement & automated remediation

Audit tracking & logging

Agentless remote access

Split tunneling

SSL offloading

Digital experience monitoring (DEX)

Secure SaaS application access (CASB)

Secure access to on-prem applications

Application specific risk profiles

IP geo restrictions to SaaS & hosted applications

RADIUS

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ZTNA

UZT

802.1X authentication

Dynamic VLAN / ACL assignment

Portnox AgentP

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Agentless posture assessment

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Continuous endpoint risk & posture assessment

Policy enforcement & automated remediation

Audit tracking & logging

Agentless remote access

Split tunneling

SSL offloading

Digital experience monitoring (DEX)

Secure SaaS application access (CASB)

Secure access to on-prem applications

Application specific risk profiles

IP geo restrictions to SaaS & hosted applications

Gain access to all of Portnox's powerful zero trust access control free capabilities for 30 days!

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* Portnox’s free ZTNA solution includes only community support. Organizations can upgrade to Enterprise Support and access all to-be-released features with a paid subscription to ZTNA. To use the free version, installation of Portnox’s lightweight endpoint posture assessment tool, AgentP, is required.
**Application must support restrictions based on IP address or subnet

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