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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 RADIUS servers like FreeRADIUS and Microsoft NPS demand constant patching, manual failover configuration, and dedicated hardware just to keep authentication running. Every new site, remote user, or IoT deployment adds more infrastructure to babysit.
Scaling gets harder, not easier. Redundancy requires duplicate infrastructure. Remote access support is limited. And every capital investment in on-prem RADIUS locks you further into a model that can’t keep pace with hybrid, distributed networks.
Portnox’s Solution
Portnox RADIUS replaces on-prem servers with a fully managed, globally distributed authentication service. It works with any 802.1X-capable switch, wireless controller, or access point, including Cisco, Aruba, and Juniper, so there’s no hardware to replace.
Built-in certificate management handles EAP-TLS without a separate PKI. Global points of presence deliver low-latency authentication and automatic failover. And every authentication event is logged for real-time visibility and SIEM integration.
Portnox RADIUS delivers modern authentication without the servers, patching, or PKI complexity.
Fully managed and globally available. No appliances, VMs, or server upkeep.
Authenticate users and devices without installing anything on the endpoint.
Global points of presence deliver high availability and automatic failover by design.
Works with any switch, wireless access point, or firewall that supports 802.1X, including Cisco, Aruba, and Juniper.
Issue, renew, and revoke EAP-TLS certificates from the cloud, with no separate PKI to manage.
Assign and enforce access permissions by role, automatically, across your organization.
Monitor authentication requests, failures, and security events from a single dashboard.
Get RADIUS authentication live in hours, with transparent pricing and no hidden fees.
Common questions about Portnox’s cloud-native RADIUS
Portnox is a fully managed, globally distributed RADIUS service. There’s no physical server to patch or maintain, and updates and failover are handled automatically.
Yes. Portnox is vendor-agnostic and supports any 802.1X-capable switch, wireless controller, or access point, including Cisco, Aruba, and Fortinet, without hardware replacement.
No. Portnox includes built-in certificate management, so you can issue, renew, and revoke client certificates directly from the cloud dashboard.
Portnox provides detailed logs for every authentication event, plus SIEM integration with tools like Splunk, Sumo Logic, and Microsoft Sentinel.
Yes. Portnox encrypts all authentication traffic end to end and maintains ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Type II compliance.
Most organizations are authenticating through Portnox Cloud RADIUS within hours of setup.
Yes. Global points of presence deliver low-latency authentication for remote and distributed users, not just on-site devices.
Yes. Portnox integrates with modern identity providers including Entra ID and Okta for authentication and conditional access.
Authenticate every user and device from the cloud, with nothing to install on-prem.