
Nile NaaS Adds Native NAC and Microsegmentation: What It Means for Campus Network Engineers
Nile announced on March 19, 2026, that its Secure NaaS platform now includes identity-based microsegmentation and a native NAC replacement built directly into the network fabric — eliminating the need for standalone NAC appliances entirely. The update introduces “Segment-of-1” per-device isolation that contains breaches to a blast radius of exactly one endpoint, reducing campus cyber risk by nearly 60% according to Nile. For CCIE Enterprise engineers who have spent careers deploying ISE, managing RADIUS servers, and carving VLANs for access control, this represents a fundamental shift in how campus security architecture gets delivered. ...