At NextLabs, we are builders to the very core. We innovate tirelessly, delivering solutions that integrate seamlessly into our customers’ ecosystems and set new standards in interoperability. Partnering with leading industry and standard bodies like NIST and OASIS, we’ve played a pivotal role in defining open APIs and global standards. Our innovations in Zero Trust Data-Centric Security (ZT DCS) have helped shape the future of data security, enabling organizations to protect sensitive information through dynamic, policy-driven controls. NextLabs products are recognized by leading research communities as one of the best. Our ever-expanding patent portfolio includes breakthrough technologies such as 4GL Policy Language, Dynamic Authorization Policy Engine, Zero Trust Policy Platform with Data Access Analytics, Real-Time Data-Centric Security (DCS) Enforcement, and Next Generation DRM.
"We were able to implement NextLabs' SAP DAM (Dynamic Authorization Management) solution in our organization within a 4-month project. Deloitte and NextLabs did a very good job working together as their team members were responsive and knowledgeable, preventing business disruptions while achieving all of our goals."
“Today’s rapidly evolving IT landscape requires enterprises to implement adaptive, data-centric security solutions that can evolve to meet new requirements as they emerge. NextLabs is empowering businesses to accelerate their adoption of Zero Trust Architecture while strengthening data governance and cybersecurity controls, ensuring they’re prepared to meet both today’s and tomorrow’s business demands.”
“We look forward to accelerating the implementation of Zero Trust Architecture to enhance cybersecurity of Government agencies through the high performance, data centric security solutions that NextLabs brings to our ecosystem. With the support of our reseller partners, NextLabs and Carahsoft’s partnership will simplify and accelerate adoption of zero trust security for the Federal market, enabling our customers to strengthen their cyber defenses as the threat landscape becomes more complex and sophisticated.”
“Customers use Teamcenter software to manage some of their most important product data assets. We know that protecting customer IP is critical for data in store and in motion. To give our customers more choices in how they keep their data safe, we partnered with NextLabs, a leading provider of digital rights management solutions, which is bringing tremendous value to our customers.”
“We’re excited to welcome NextLabs to our community of identity and security vendors, who are dedicated to our mission of becoming an independent source of education and information on identity-centric security strategies. NextLabs’ expertise and thought leadership in the field of dynamic authorization management provides a valuable perspective as we collaborate to help customers control risk through integrated approaches.”
"With NextLabs’ Zero Trust Data Security, we are able to address the GDA requirement efficiently; GDA is a crucial component of our Digital Transformation initiative to secure access and protect data in our SAP and other bedrock applications across the enterprise. NextLabs brings the most advanced data centric security(DCS) solution and a dedicated team with deep industry knowledge and zero trust expertise, we are able to deliver various programs of the DTx successfully within an aggressive timeline."
Breakthrough Technology
NextLabs has a long-standing tradition of technological excellence and a large portfolio of patents – we are always in pursuit of the next breakthrough
ACPL 4GL Policy Language
Dynamic Authorization Policy Engine
Zero Trust Policy Platform
Real Time Data-Centric Security(DCS) Enforcement
Enterprise Digital Rights Management (E-DRM)
Zero Code Application Integrations
Patent Portfolio
NextLabs proudly holds close to 100 patents in the following technology areas
Dynamic Authorization
- Enforcing and Automating Information Control Using Policies in a Distributed Environment (8621549)
- Enforcing Document Control Using Policies in a Distributed Information Management System (8627490)
- Protecting Documents Using Digital Rights Policies and Encryption Using Dynamic Authorization (9961049)
- Using Dynamic Policy to Enable Secure Sharing of Encrypted Documents Within and Outside an Organization (10523423)
- Technique to apply Dynamic Authorization Policy Across Multiple Application Programs with Requests Submitted Through an HTTP-Based API (10592683)
- Dynamically Granting and Enforcing Rights on a Protected Document (10936739)
- Applying an Dynamic Authorization Policy Across Multiple Application Programs with Requests Submitted Through an HTTP-Based API (11347880)
Attribute-Based Access Control
- Enforcing Application and Access Control Policies Across Multiple Applications (8407345 B2)
- Enforcing Attribute-Based Access Control across Multiple Information Management Systems (8464314)
- Enforcing Policy-Based Application and Access Control in an Information Management System (8595788)
- Enforcing Access Control Policies on Servers in an Information Management System (8677499)
Attribute-Based Policy Language
- Techniques of Transforming Policies to Enforce Control in an Information Management System (8544058)
- Multilayer Policy Language Structure (9864752)
- Technique to Analyzing Policies of an Information Management System using Policy Set and Reusable Policy Components (10289858)
- Protecting Documents with Centralized and Discretionary Policies (10387669)
- Protecting Documents with Centralized and Discretionary Policies (11132459)
Policy Deployment & Targeting
- Techniques and System to Deploy Policies Intelligently (7716240)
- Associating Code to a Target Through Code Inspection (8156566)
- Techniques and System to Optimize and Automatically Deploy Policies for Offline Execution (8185548)
- Techniques and System to Optimize Policy Deployment – Inspecting Code and Reducing Code Size Associated to a Target (8640191)
Policy Enforcement & Optimization
- Enforcing Universal Access Control in an Information Management System (7877781)
- Techniques and System to Optimize and Automatically Deploy Policies for Offline Execution (8185548)
- Preventing Conflicts of Interest Between Two or More Groups Using Applications (7877409)
- Technique and system to Improve Policy Performance in an Information Management System (8661003)
Access Analytics
- Detecting Behavioral Patterns and Anomalies Using Information Usage Data (7774363)
- Analyzing Usage Information of an Information Management System (8244745)
- Detecting Behavioral Patterns and Anomalies Using Activity Profiles (8321437)
- Using Information Usage Data to Detect Behavioral Patterns and Anomalies (8396890)
- Using Centrally Managed Policy to Analyze and Correlate Policy Activities and Usage Data to Detect Behavioral Patterns and Anomalies in an Distributed Information Management System (8694523)
- Detecting Behavioral Patterns and Anomalies Using Activity Data (9311503)
Next Generation Digital Rights Management
- Policy-based Approach to Protect Data Shared Using Encryption and Digital Rights Protection Technique (8843734)
- Protecting Documents Using Policies and Encryption (9064131)
- Protecting Information Using Policies and Encryption (9313182)
- Protecting Documents Using Policies and Encryption (9413771)
- Protecting Information Using Policies and Encryption (9558360)
- Protecting Documents Using Digital Rights Policies and Encryption Using Dynamic Authorization (9961049)
- Protecting Information Using Digital Rights Policies and Encryption as Container (10110597)
- Technique to Share Digital Rights Protected Documents in a Web Browser (10303892)
- Technique to Protect Documents Using Policies and Encryption for Sharing (10554635)
- Sharing Encrypted Documents Within and Outside an Organization (10911223)
- Protecting Information Using Policies and Encryption (10873574)
- Protecting Documents Using Policies and Encryption (11057355)
- Protecting Documents Using Policies and Encryption (EP2599027)
- Sharing Encrypted Documents Within and Outside an Organization (EP3497614)
Our Industry Participation
Advancing Zero Trust and Data-Centric Security with NIST
NextLabs has been an active contributor to the NIST National Cybersecurity Excellence Partnership (NCEP) Partner Network since 2013, collaborating with the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) to advance practical approaches for addressing evolving cybersecurity challenges.
Through our expertise in Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) and Data-Centric Security (DCS), NextLabs contributes to cybersecurity initiatives focused on strengthening access governance, protecting sensitive data, and enabling secure digital environments. Our collaboration with NIST supports the advancement of cybersecurity frameworks and best practices for implementing modern security approaches.
We have contributed to the following NIST publications and initiatives:
Attribute-Based Access Control: NIST SP 800-162
NextLabs was selected by NIST to help define the core capabilities and benefits of Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC).
Attribute-Based Access Control: NIST SP 1800-3
This paper is a collaborative effort between the NCCoE and technology providers to demonstrate a standards-based approach to ABAC.
Software Supply Chain and DevSecOps Security: NIST SP 1800-44
NextLabs contributed to NCCoE’s Software Supply Chain and DevOps Security initiatives, demonstrating approaches aligned with the Secure Software Development Framework (SSDF).
NIST Security Insights
Exploring NIST Frameworks and Cybersecurity Practices
The NIST Security Insights series explores how organizations can apply NIST frameworks and cybersecurity practices to strengthen Zero Trust, data security, risk management, compliance, and secure software development. Featuring insights from NIST experts, the series offers practical perspectives on applying these approaches in modern enterprise environments.
Building a Zero Trust Data Security Community
The NextLabs Community brings together customers, partners, professionals, and industry voices with a shared commitment to advancing Zero Trust Data-Centric Security. By connecting expertise, experience, and perspectives across the community, NextLabs fosters knowledge sharing, collaboration, and continued advancement of data security practices.
Expert Series
The NextLabs Expert Series brings together cybersecurity experts and practitioners to share perspectives on Zero Trust Data-Centric Security, data protection, and emerging security challenges. Through these conversations, NextLabs facilitates knowledge sharing and contributes practical insights to the broader cybersecurity community.
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NextLabs Academy
NextLabs Academy helps customers, partners, and security professionals build practical expertise in Zero Trust Data-Centric Security and NextLabs technologies. It supports continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and professional development through structured training and certification pathways.
Explore Partner Perspectives
Partners contribute expertise, technology, and real-world perspectives that help advance Zero Trust Data-Centric Security. Through collaboration and knowledge sharing, the partner community strengthens the broader ecosystem and supports wider adoption of data-centric security.
“Today’s rapidly evolving IT landscape requires enterprises to implement adaptive, data-centric security solutions that can evolve to meet new requirements as they emerge. NextLabs is empowering businesses to accelerate their adoption of Zero Trust Architecture while strengthening data governance and cybersecurity controls, ensuring they’re prepared to meet both today’s and tomorrow’s business demands.”
Britta Simms, Managing Director at Accenture
“We look forward to accelerating the implementation of Zero Trust Architecture to enhance cybersecurity of Government agencies through the high performance, data centric security solutions that NextLabs brings to our ecosystem. With the support of our reseller partners, NextLabs and Carahsoft’s partnership will simplify and accelerate adoption of zero trust security for the Federal market, enabling our customers to strengthen their cyber defenses as the threat landscape becomes more complex and sophisticated.”
Steve Jacyna, Director of Innovative Cybersecurity Solutions at Carahsoft
“The increasing complexity of cross-enterprise collaboration in today’s digital environment necessitates a user-friendly solution to secure sharing of data regardless of where it is stored, travels to, and with whom it is shared. NextLabs’ SkyDRM allows enterprises to protect data persistently with a zero trust-based DRM technology to enable seamless collaboration across the extended enterprise without risk of data leakage.”
Nitin Aggarwal, Associate Partner at Infosys Consulting
“Companies look for easy-to-use solutions that can be rapidly deployed to dynamically protect SAP data. NextLabs’ Zero Trust Data-Centric Security Suite and its out-of-the-box integrations with SAP and all major databases, allows enterprises to implement an effective cybersecurity framework, while automating access management and data security controls swiftly.”
Mauro Honda, Partner, Deloitte Cyber
“The NextLabs Dynamic Authorization Platform takes a unique 4GL approach to policy administration and provides strong analytics to support compliance requirements. Out-of-the-box integration with the main cloud environments, and connectors to SAP and the major enterprise applications, facilitates deployment of the solution. A history in regulated industries such as Aerospace & Defense or Life Sciences ensures that the solution has the necessary certifications and regulatory compliance required for high assurance environments. Development of the CloudAz managed service is a major focus for NextLabs.”
Graham Williamson, Senior Analyst at KuppingerCole
“We’re excited to welcome NextLabs to our community of identity and security vendors, who are dedicated to our mission of becoming an independent source of education and information on identity-centric security strategies. NextLabs’ expertise and thought leadership in the field of dynamic authorization management provides a valuable perspective as we collaborate to help customers control risk through integrated approaches.”
Julie Smith, Executive Director at IDSA
“Customers use Teamcenter software to manage some of their most important product data assets. We know that protecting customer IP is critical for data in store and in motion. To give our customers more choices in how they keep their data safe, we partnered with NextLabs, a leading provider of digital rights management solutions, which is bringing tremendous value to our customers.”
Rohit Tangri, Vice President, Product Management, Marketing, and Business Development for Teamcenter at Siemens PLM Software
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Analysts Recognition
NextLabs has been featured and short listed as the market leader in the area of:
- Zero Trust Data Security
- Externalized Authorization Management
- Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) & Policy-Based Access Control (PBAC)
- Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management
- Data Governance
- Data Security Platform
- Secure Collaboration & Digital Rights Management (DRM)
- Dynamic Data Masking & Logical Data Segregation
By industry analysts, such as:
Recognized Leadership in PBAM and CIEM
KuppingerCole Analysts has recognized NextLabs as an Overall Leader in both Policy-Based Access Management (PBAM) and Cloud Infrastructure Entitlement Management (CIEM).
Cloud Infrastructure & Entitlement Management (CIEM)
Built on NextLabs’ patented Dynamic Authorization policy engine and Zero Trust policy platform, the solution provides fine-grained policy-based access control, real-time entitlement analysis, and automated policy enforcement across complex enterprise environments. Its capabilities extend from broad cloud and application integrations to centralized policy governance and comprehensive data-centric protection across the data lifecycle.
Policy-Based Access Management (PBAM)
The report highlights NextLabs’ PBAM solution for its comprehensive policy enforcement, extensive integration capabilities, and centralized policy management across complex IT environments. Its strengths include advanced data-centric security for structured and unstructured data, support for diverse policy models such as Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) and federated authorization, and flexible policy administration designed to scale with enterprise needs.
Co-authored with KuppingerCole Analysts, the Buyer’s Compass brings together the perspectives of PBAM and CIEM to examine how organizations can modernize authorization across increasingly distributed, cloud-centric environments.
Industry Recognition
Cybersecurity Project of the Year — SAPinsider Awards 2026
“Protect Sensitive Data & Ensure Secure Collaboration”
In partnership with the U.S. Department of Defense
Developed in collaboration with Accenture Federal Services, NextLabs helped the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) strengthen SAP ERP environments through Zero Trust Data Security, delivering real-time Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) enforcement, automated compliance, and secure collaboration across mission-critical defense operations.
