As digital transformation accelerates across government, finance, energy, and telecom sectors in the Middle East, maintaining digital trust securely and at scale has become a top priority. At Nexus, part of In Groupe, we are helping enterprises and public-sector organizations simplify and strengthen trust management through our next-generation PKI (public key infrastructure) and identity management platorm.
"Digital trust is the foundation of digital transformation,” says Tejas Lagad, Director Asia, Middle East, and Africa at Nexus. “Enterprises in the region are looking for solutions that deliver security , but without adding complexity to their operations."
In today’s hybrid IT environments, where user, device, and applications identities span across on-premises, cloud, and national data centres, Nexus enables organizations to build and maintain digital trust with simplicity and security.
Our solutions deliver identity-first security that supports automated certificate lifecycle management and identity-as-a-service (IDaaS. Trusted by leading telecom operators, energy producers, smart cities, and financial institutions across the GCC, our solutions ensure compliance with Saudi Arabia’s NCA ECC and UAE’s NESA frameworks while integrating seamlessly with Tasheer, Nafath, and other GCC digital ecosystems, advancing both digital sovereignty and interoperability.
The Middle East is moving rapidly toward sovereign digital ecosystems,” Tejas explains. “Nexus supports this shift by ensuring that every digital identity, human or machine, is trusted, traceable, and compliant with national cybersecurity mandates.
As IT and OT environments merge, particularly in oil and gas, utilities, and transportation sectors, securing connected devices has become a strategic imperative. Nexus addresses this challenge with Factory CA (Certificate Authority), which issues digital birth certificates to devices at the manufacturing stage, ensuring identity assurance from day one.
This approach is already being adopted by regional energy and industrial automation leaders to secure their connected ecosystems. Beyond issuance, Nexus supports secure firmware signing, code validation, and matter-compliant attestation in alignment with IEC 62443, the EU Cyber Resilience Act, and Saudi Vision 2030.
"Device identity is the new perimeter,” says Tejas. “By securing devices from the moment they are manufactured, we are enabling governments and enterprises to build cyber resilience into their infrastructure."
While traditional PKI solutions such as Microsoft ADCS were built for on-premises IT, Nexus delivers a cloud-ready, sovereign PKI designed for hybrid architectures and regulated industries. Supporting open standards like ACME, EST, and REST, Nexus enables full automation and deep integration with regional cloud services and government infrastructures.
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Our common criteria EAL4+ certified PKI powers public-sector clouds and tier-one financial institutions across the Middle East. With active-active high availability and cryptographically signed audit logs, Nexus PKI helps organizations modernize their digital trust frameworks in line with zero trust and national digital sovereignty priorities.
Our customers need PKI that scales securely in both cloud and on-prem environments,” Tejas notes. “Nexus offers a sovereign, standards-based alternative to legacy PKI, purpose-built for the realities of hybrid infrastructure.
With distributed workforces and mobile-first operations now the norm, automation of certificate and identity lifecycle management has become essential. Nexus solutions for workplace devices and GO MDM integrate seamlessly with tools like Microsoft Intune, ServiceNow, and regional ITSM platforms to manage both domain and non-domain devices.
Enterprises across the GCC, including telecom providers, insurers, and public-sector entities, rely on Nexus automation to manage millions of certificates. This eliminates outage risks, and frees IT teams to focus on innovation rather than operational firefighting.
“Automation has become mission-critical,” Tejas emphasizes. “Every expired certificate is a potential outage or vulnerability. By automating trust lifecycle management, Nexus helps its customers move from reactive to proactive security.”
Middle Eastern organizations are increasingly aligning with national cybersecurity mandates such as NCA ECC, NESA, and Q-Cert, all of which emphasize cryptographic assurance, traceability, and auditability. Nexus supports this evolution with policy-based issuance, certified PKI, and tamper-evident audit trails.
Our solutions underpin qualified e-signature, citizen ID, and e-government initiatives across multiple GCC countries, enabling secure, interoperable, and scalable digital ecosystems.
“Compliance is driving modernization,” says Tejas. “Organizations are realizing that aligning with national frameworks, empowers them to build long-term resilience and trust.”
Quantum readiness is now a strategic priority for governments and regulated industries alike. Nexus is embedding post-quantum cryptography (PQC) standards, including CRYSTALS-Kyber and Dilithium, in accordance with NIST FIPS 203–205.
Through collaboration with financial regulators and national digital identity authorities, Nexus is helping organizations develop quantum-safe PKI strategies that protect sensitive data and transactions well into the next decade.
Quantum computing will redefine the boundaries of cybersecurity,” Tejas concludes. “Nexus is ensuring our customers are ready, not just for today’s threats, but for those on the horizon.
Published
17/11 2025
Based on an interview originally published on CXO DX in collaboration with Nexus and Bulwark Technologies. Visit to read the complete interview.
Tejas Lagad, Director of Asia, Middle-East, Africa at Nexus, shares strategic insights on how identity-first security, PKI modernization, and quantum readiness are shaping enterprise and government priorities in the region.
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