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Cloudi-Fi Cloud NAC helps organizations move beyond legacy NPS architectures with a cloud-managed, identity-driven, and certificate-ready approach to network access control.
Problem solved
Microsoft Network Policy Server (NPS) is an on-premises network security tool for Windows Server that centralizes network regulations, user identities, and authorization protocols
Microsoft NPS has long been used for RADIUS-based network authentication, but it was built for a more static, on-premises world. In today’s cloud-first and multi-site environments, it often becomes difficult to scale, maintain, and adapt to modern access control requirements.
Organizations now need more than basic authentication. They need to manage access based on identity, device type, posture, onboarding status, and context. They also need better visibility into who is connecting, from which device, and under which security conditions.
Another major limitation is certificate management. While NPS can support certificate-based authentication, it does not provide a native cloud PKI. This means companies must deploy and operate a separate PKI infrastructure to support EAP-TLS, secure onboarding, and certificate lifecycle management, adding cost and complexity.
Solution
Cloudi-Fi Cloud NAC provides a modern, cloud-managed approach to network access control. It centralizes policy management and enables organizations to secure employee, guest, contractor, and BYOD access from a single platform.
Cloudi-Fi allows IT teams to enforce granular access policies based on identity, device posture, directory information, and network context. It also integrates with existing enterprise tools such as identity providers, MDM/UEM platforms, firewalls, and Wi-Fi infrastructures to streamline enforcement and reduce operational effort.
In addition, Cloudi-Fi includes a cloud PKI, making it easier to issue, deploy, and manage certificates without maintaining a separate on-premises PKI environment. This simplifies EAP-TLS deployments and strengthens certificate-based authentication across the organization.
Benefits
By moving from Microsoft NPS to Cloudi-Fi Cloud NAC, organizations can modernize network access while reducing operational complexity.
They benefit from centralized policy management, stronger visibility, more scalable deployments, and improved security through contextual access control. They also simplify certificate-based authentication thanks to an integrated cloud PKI, without the burden of managing additional legacy infrastructure.
The result is a more agile, more secure, and more user-friendly approach to network access control, aligned with the needs of modern distributed organizations.
