Platinum Sponsor Cloudi-Fi heard one message on repeat at Zscaler Zenith Live in Las Vegas and Vienna: securing every user and device at the network edge is now a strategic priority, and legacy NAC can’t scale to meet that need.
LAS VEGAS & VIENNA, JUNE 2026. Across two Zscaler Zenith Live ‘26 events, hundreds of enterprises stopped by the Cloudi-Fi booth with a consistent message. Organizations have made real progress securing application access, but cannot reliably identify, govern, or control what connects to their network in the first place.
For Cloudi-Fi, Platinum Sponsor of both events, that gap is the blind spot Zero Trust has yet to close.
Over the two stops, the booth drew significant attention, a strong signal from customers and partners hunting for a modern alternative to traditional perimeter-based security (like firewalls and network access control). The recurring verdict: hardware-based perimeter security, as most organizations still run it, is complex, fragmented, hardware-dependent, and hard to scale across distributed sites.
"Zenith Live confirmed enterprises want to move from an outdated castle-and-moat security approach," said Damien Chastrette, CEO and Co-Founder of Cloudi-Fi. "Enterprises need to identify every user and device that touches the network, including the guests, contractors, BYOD, IoT, OT, and shared devices that traditional access controls miss. As SASE and Zero Trust become the foundation of modern security, Cloudi-Fi helps organizations close those gaps and simplify network access at scale."
The blind spot SASE leaves open
Most enterprises have made real progress in securing access to applications. Far fewer can answer a more basic question: what just connected to my network, and should it have?
Guests, contractors, and BYOD users sit outside standard identity and endpoint models. So do IoT and OT devices, shared workstations, printers, cameras, and other headless endpoints. None of these can authenticate through an enterprise identity provider, yet each represents a live operational and security risk.
Cloudi-Fi closes that gap with a cloud-native identity and access layer for the network built to identify and secure every user and device at scale, including the unmanaged and shared assets standard tools can't see.
By giving identity and context to every connection, Cloudi-Fi helps organizations eliminate Zero Trust blind spots, simplify operations, and move faster on cloud security.
Why legacy NAC holds teams back
The most consistent theme from Zenith Live conversations was direct: NAC management, as commonly implemented, creates a significant operational burden.
Appliances, local RADIUS servers, static configuration, MAC-based controls, and VLAN sprawl were not built for cloud-first, identity-first environments where users, devices, and applications are distributed.
For many IT and security teams, NAC has become pure friction. The demand is clear: less infrastructure, no appliance dependency, simpler policy, and real-time visibility into everything on the network.
Cloudi-Fi's pitch resonated because it maps directly to that need: identify every connection, apply the right policy, integrate with the security stack teams already trust, and run it all from the cloud.
Extending Zscaler and SASE
Zenith Live ’26 reinforced the fit between Cloudi-Fi and Zscaler environments. Cloudi-Fi brings identity and context to the users and devices that identity providers and endpoint tools don't fully cover. Once identified, those connections can be governed by stronger, more consistent policy.
This gives enterprises a practical way to extend Zero Trust across branches, campuses, factories, retail sites, guest networks, and IoT/OT environments, without ripping out existing infrastructure.
The result is a more complete SASE and Zero Trust architecture: one that protects application access and the network layer where unmanaged devices first appear.
"e are no longer using [our legacy NAC appliance] because Cloudi-Fi can do it, so we saved some licenses there, and some headache." — Steffen Erler, Director of IT Security and Network Services, Baker & Baker
Momentum, by the numbers
• 200+ organizations secured across 120 countries
• $10M ARR, built through a customer-first model
• Under 0.5% annual churn
• Zenith Live 2026: 400+ booth visits, 1,300+ new contacts
In the press
iTWire's Alex Zaharov-Reutt covered Cloudi-Fi's Vienna breakout session, joined by customer Steffen Erler, Head of IT Security at Baker & Baker. The session examined why unmanaged devices, guests, contractors, IoT, OT, printers, and cameras so often sit outside standard ZTNA deployments, and how Cloudi-Fi brings identity to those connections.
• Read the iTWire article: Is network access Zero Trust's biggest blind spot? Cloudi-Fi makes its case in Vienna
• Watch the Vienna session: Cloudi-Fi at Zscaler Zenith Live 2026 (YouTube)
What's next
The takeaway from Las Vegas and Vienna was simple: organizations want one cloud-native way to identify and secure every user and device, everywhere. By replacing fragmented network access processes with identity-driven access control, Cloudi-Fi helps customers simplify operations, eliminate Zero Trust blind spots, and accelerate their cloud security transformation.
Cloudi-Fi is also growing, with more than a dozen new roles open worldwide. Explore them at cloudi-fi.com/about-us/join-us. Learn more about the Zscaler integration at cloudi-fi.com/platform/technology-integration-partners/zscaler.
About Cloudi-Fi
Founded in 2016, Cloudi-Fi delivers a cloud-native identity and access layer for the enterprise network. It gives identity and context to every user and device, including guests, contractors, BYOD, IoT, OT, and other unmanaged or shared assets that traditional NAC and identity tools can't reach.
Built for SASE and Zero Trust architectures, Cloudi-Fi integrates with platforms such as Zscaler to help organizations secure every connection from the moment it touches the network. Today the company secures more than 200 organizations across 120 countries. Learn more at cloudi-fi.com.
Media contact: Eric Ingrand, CMO at media@cloudifi.com.
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