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Most access tools were built for a world with one kind of identity: the human user. Today, your network fields access requests from IoT devices, service accounts, contractor laptops, and AI agents, many of them unmanaged, and some trusted at login but risky minutes later. Portnox was built to evaluate and govern all of them, continuously, from a single enforcement layer.
Today’s Challenge
Traditional, on-prem NAC wasn’t built for how networks work today. Appliances need racking, patching, and constant babysitting. Licenses come with hidden costs and feature tiers that never quite fit. And every year the system goes without a real update is another year further behind.
The result shows up everywhere: slow support, limited scalability, and a user experience that frustrates IT and end users alike. Teams spend more time keeping NAC alive than using it to actually reduce risk.
Portnox’s Solution
Portnox Cloud delivers network access control with nothing to install, patch, or maintain. Every device is discovered and evaluated the moment it connects, and access is enforced based on real-time posture and compliance, not a one-time check at login.
Updates, upgrades, and redundancy are handled entirely by Portnox, so your team spends time on security decisions, not system upkeep. It’s the same enforcement model built for distributed, hybrid, and zero-trust environments, without the appliances legacy NAC depends on.
Portnox cloud-native NAC replaces legacy appliances with a fully managed platform built for distributed, hybrid networks.
No appliances, no VMs, no manual configuration. Just seamless access control.
Set up and secure your network in hours, not months, with no professional services needed.
Automatic updates, patches, and upgrades are managed entirely by Portnox.
Enforce dynamic policy based on real-time device posture and compliance.
Secure access without installing agents on devices.
Global points of presence ensure high availability and performance.
Expand authentication coverage across every site, user, and IoT device without added complexity.
No hidden fees, costly maintenance contracts, or expensive licenses.
Common questions about Portnox NAC
Portnox NAC is a fully managed, cloud-native network access control platform that discovers, evaluates, and governs every device connecting to your network, with no appliances required.
Traditional NAC relies on on-prem appliances, manual upgrades, and ongoing maintenance. Portnox NAC is fully managed, agentless, and updated automatically, with nothing to rack or patch.
Portnox continuously evaluates device posture and compliance rather than checking access once at login, enforcing least-privilege access in line with zero trust principles.
Agentless authentication, risk-based access control, built-in redundancy, zero-touch maintenance, and transparent pricing, all delivered from the cloud.
Most organizations are up and running in hours. There’s no hardware to install and no professional services engagement required.
Yes. Portnox works with your existing 802.1X-capable switches, wireless access points, and firewalls, so there’s no need to replace network hardware.
Portnox manages access for managed and unmanaged devices, BYOD, IoT, and users across every site, with policy enforcement that scales as you grow.
Portnox supports compliance frameworks including HIPAA, PCI-DSS, GDPR, and NIST, with automated policy enforcement and detailed reporting.
Stop maintaining legacy appliances and start enforcing access from the cloud.