NextLabs Introduces Meta Attribute Store for CloudAz to Advance Zero Trust Authorization

San Mateo, CA — April 15, 2026 — NextLabs, a leader in Zero Trust data security and dynamic authorization, today announced the introduction of the CloudAz Meta Attribute Store, a powerful new capability designed to transform how enterprises manage and use attributes for authorization. 

The CloudAz Meta Attribute Store is an enterprise-grade Policy Information Point (PIP) that centralizes, normalizes, and enriches subject and resource attributes across distributed systems. By decoupling policy decision-making from underlying identity and resource platforms, it enables organizations to implement scalable, high-performance attribute-based access control (ABAC) and Zero Trust architectures without requiring changes to existing applications or infrastructure. 

Addressing the “Attribute Gap” in Modern Authorization 

As enterprises adopt Zero Trust and fine-grained access control, they often face a fundamental challenge: critical authorization attributes are fragmented across identity systems, directories, and application silos. This fragmentation leads to inconsistent policy enforcement, increased latency, and operational complexity. 

The CloudAz Meta Attribute Store addresses this “attribute gap” by acting as a unified, authoritative attribute layer. It continuously aggregates and normalizes data from multiple systems of record and makes it available in real time to the CloudAz Policy Engine, ensuring consistent, deterministic policy decisions across hybrid and cloud environments. 

 Key Capabilities of the CloudAz Meta Attribute Store 

• Unified Attribute Aggregation – Centralizes subject and resource attributes from multiple systems into a single, high-performance repository for consistent policy evaluation. 
• Decoupled Authorization Architecture – Abstracts policy decisions from identity and resource systems, reducing dependency, complexity, and operational risk. 
• Hybrid Attribute Model – Combines synchronized, authoritative source attributes with policy-specific enrichment attributes managed directly within CloudAz. 
• Real-Time, High-Performance Access – Optimized for low-latency, high-throughput policy evaluation through native integration with the CloudAz Policy Controller. 
• Seamless Integration – Supports standard protocols including SCIM, REST, LDAP, and LDIF, minimizing custom integration effort. 
• Source System Protection – Reduces runtime dependency on IAM and directory systems by eliminating repetitive attribute queries. 
• Centralized Governance and Consistency – Provides a single point for attribute normalization, merge-and-override logic, auditing, and compliance. 
• Scalable, Independent Service – Deployable as a standalone service capable of supporting enterprise-scale workloads. 
• Extensible Attribute Framework – Enables onboarding of new attribute sources and enrichment strategies without disrupting existing policies. 
• Operational Efficiency at Scale – Supports bulk attribute management and centralized lifecycle control for large user and resource populations. 

 Enabling Scalable Zero Trust and ABAC 

With the Meta Attribute Store, organizations can author and enforce policies using a richer, more complete set of attributes without needing to modify upstream systems or application code. This enables faster adoption of Zero Trust principles and simplifies the implementation of consistent, least-privilege access controls across the enterprise. 

By providing a centralized, policy-ready attribute layer, CloudAz allows security teams to move beyond fragmented identity data and build a unified authorization strategy that scales with the business. 

 Executive Quote 

“High quality, reliable, and secure attributes are of paramount importance to building a robust policy-driven Zero Trust Architecture,” said Keng Lim, CEO of NextLabs. “By centralizing and enriching attributes in a high-performance, policy-ready layer, we enable organizations to implement true Zero Trust and attribute-based access control without increasing complexity or disrupting existing systems.” 

Availability 

The CloudAz Meta Attribute Store is available as part of the latest CloudAz 2026 release. Customers can integrate it into existing environments to enhance authorization performance, consistency, and scalability.