RADIUS

Portnox RADIUS delivers a fully cloud-hosted service that’s always available, easy to manage, and seamlessly integrated with your identity stack. It centralizes authentication and streamlines certificate-based access — strengthening security without the operational burden.

Lightweight, cloud-native network authentication essentials that pack a heavyweight punch.

Eyes on every access attempt

Portnox’s RADIUS service can help you answer just that and more. Stare through the proverbial peep hole and see who’s requesting access to your network, as well as the access layer they’re using, their location, device type, and more.

Our cloud-native RADIUS is provided through a cloud-based cluster of fully redundant RADIUS servers and is used for authentication of users accessing the enterprise. Integrate with your existing identity provider, use ours, or set up passwordless authentication with ease.

No connection? No problem.

Internet outages can affect your colleagues’ ability to work, duh. But have no fear! To solve this issue, Portnox offers a local RADIUS instance that works overtime – when there is connectivity with the cloud, it acts as a proxy in a chain, forwarding communications to and from the cloud RADIUS service.

If our cloud RADIUS authentication service cannot connect to the cloud, the local RADIUS assumes the role of the cloud RADIUS until connectivity is restored!

There's RADIUS. Then there's Portnox Cloud RADIUS.

Traditional Radius

With traditional RADIUS, you’ll need to:

Cloud Radius

With Portnox Cloud RADIUS:

Mindbendingly easy setup

This will be the most productive 30 minutes of your IT career.

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Create RADIUS 
Instance

2

Select Access 
Layers

3

Integrate Directory Service

4

Define Security 
Groups

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Onboard Users / Devices

Cloud RADIUS in action

Get up and running in no time at all. See how easy it is to get RADIUS authentication rolling with Portnox.

FEATURES

Serious power. Incredibly ease. RADIUS the way it should be.

Essential RADIUS Capabilities

  • Cloud RADIUS
  • RADIUS Proxy
  • RADIUS Forwarding
  • RadSec Support

Access Policy Enforcement

  • Dynamic VLAN / ACL Assignment
  • Post-Connect Authorization
  • Role-Based Access Policies
  • Location-Based Access Policies

Authentication Methods

  • 802.1X Authentication
  • MAC Authentication Bypass (MAB)
  • Role-Based Authentication
  • Passwordless Authentication

Integrations & Infrastructure

  • Dynamic VLAN / ACL Assignment
  • Post-Connect Authorization
  • Role-Based Access Policies
  • Pre-Connection Location-Based Access Policies

Global availability & redundancy

Portnox Cloud RADIUS is deployed globally with high availability and low latency in mind. RADIUS servers are available across multiple continents, ensuring optimal performance and compliance for organizations worldwide.
Server regions include:

  • United States
  • Europe
  • Asia/Pacific


This geographic distribution supports compliance with data residency requirements and delivers high-speed authentication responses regardless of user or device location.

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

There's more than RADIUS

If you’re looking at Portnox RADIUS, expand your access control strategy with Portnox NAC and TACACS+. 

Together, they unify authentication, device trust, and privileged admin access—giving you complete, cloud-native control across networks, devices, and infrastructure.

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