Portnox Wins 2025 Cloud Computing Excellence Award for Its Cloud-Native Zero Trust Access Control Platform 

Austin, Texas — Dec. 11, 2025 — Portnox, a leader in cloud-native zero trust access control and cybersecurity solutions, today announced that Portnox Cloud has been named a winner in the 2025 Cloud Computing Excellence Awards, presented by TMC’s Cloud Computing magazine.  

The award recognizes companies that leverage cloud technologies to deliver innovation, scalability, and measurable customer value—a distinction Portnox earned with its comprehensive, cloud-native zero trust access control platform. Winners were selected based on verified customer deployments and real-world case studies that showcased exceptional performance, scalability, efficiency, and business impact. 

“Over the past year, cloud computing has advanced at an extraordinary pace, driven by innovation in AI, automation, security, and modern infrastructure. The organizations we honor today stand out because their solutions are not only visionary but fully validated in the field. Their customers are achieving real, transformative results—and that is what excellence in cloud computing is all about,” said Rich Tehrani, CEO of TMC. 

“We are honored to be recognized by TMC for our cloud-native vision and execution,” said Denny LeCompte, CEO of Portnox. “Portnox Cloud is a cloud-native zero trust access control platform that provides a fast and effective way to achieve long-term zero trust security. It is designed to give IT security professionals their time and peace of mind back. This award validates our mission to make advanced access control simple, scalable, and attainable for organizations of all sizes.” 

Portnox Cloud is a fully cloud-native zero trust access control solution that provides unified, 360-degree access control across all critical IT assets—from networks and devices to applications and infrastructure. Designed to eliminate the deployment and maintenance burden of legacy NAC solutions, Portnox Cloud requires no on-prem appliances, no upgrades, and no patches, enabling IT teams to deploy and scale zero trust programs with unprecedented ease. 

The platform is built on the core zero trust principle of “Never Trust. Always Verify.,” delivering the real-world security outcomes that many vendors promise but struggle to achieve. Hundreds of organizations rely on Portnox Cloud to secure their distributed networks, reduce operational burden, and accelerate their zero trust journeys. Deployment often takes minutes, making the platform one of the fastest and most accessible zero trust solutions on the market. 

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About Portnox 

Portnox delivers cloud-native zero trust access control and cybersecurity solutions that enable IT teams to proactively enforce powerful access control and endpoint risk monitoring and compliance policies. By eliminating the on-premises footprint of traditional access control systems, Portnox allows companies of any size or architecture to deploy, scale, enforce and maintain critical security policies with unprecedented ease. Hundreds of mid-market and enterprise companies leverage Portnox’s award-winning unified access control platform to strengthen their organizational security posture. For more information, visit www.portnox.com. 

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