ZAP Platform

Cloud governance.
Compliant by design.

ZAP is the only self-hosted platform that governs your entire cloud estate — compliance enforced before deployment, not discovered after an audit.

Self-hosted Azure · AWS · GCP 9 frameworks Zero data egress 30 min LZ
ZAP Hub
Azure
AWS
GCP
Security
IPAM
Evidence
CIS Compliant
Zero Data Egress
30 min deploy
30 min
Landing zone deployed
vs 6–12 months traditional
Seconds
Evidence pack generated
vs 3–4 weeks manually
9
Compliance frameworks
All monitored continuously
Zero
Data egress
Your data never leaves
The challenge

Cloud compliance is broken
for regulated enterprises.

The traditional approach to cloud governance creates risk, delays and cost — before a single workload goes live.

01 / Speed 6–12 months

6 to 12 months before you can deploy

Building a compliant cloud foundation from scratch takes a dedicated platform engineering team 6–12 months. Business workloads wait. Opportunity is lost. ZAP compresses this to 30 minutes for a single landing zone and one week to be fully operational.

With ZAP — landing zone in 30 minutes. Team fully operational in one week.
02 / Posture After deployment

Compliance found at audit, not at creation

Traditional tools scan infrastructure after it has been deployed. Non-compliant resources exist for days or weeks before anyone knows. Every day of exposure is a regulatory risk. ZAP enforces compliance before deployment — non-compliant configurations are blocked, not remediated after the fact.

With ZAP — non-compliant configurations blocked pre-flight, not remediated after.
03 / Visibility 3 silos

Three clouds, three teams, no single view

Separate platform teams per cloud mean siloed governance, inconsistent standards and weeks of manual work assembling audit evidence. ZAP gives you one compliance dashboard across Azure, AWS and GCP — one score, one evidence pack, one audit trail.

With ZAP — one dashboard across Azure, AWS and GCP. One score, one evidence pack.
15 platform capabilities

One platform. Full governance lifecycle.

ZAP covers everything from first IP address to board-level compliance report.

Compliant Landing Zones
CIS · 30 min · No SI

CIS-aligned Hub & Spoke landing zones across Azure, AWS and GCP. Same day. No SI required.

IPAM-first design, 7 pre-flight checks, ZAP IaC Engine generation, 5-gate pipeline, CMDB update — all automated.
ZAP IPAM
Zero conflicts · All clouds

Zero IP conflicts guaranteed. Every VNet, subnet and VLAN scanned before any CIDR is assigned.

Auto-suggested conflict-free CIDRs per region. Every deployed network tracked in one view.
ZAP Compliant Scan
7 pre-flight · 5 gates

7-point pre-flight validation before any IaC is generated. Deployment failures prevented — not fixed after.

IaC module · SCM connection · IPAM registration · CIDR conflict · Cloud permissions · Region · State storage.
ZAP AI
Live data · Your tenancy

Ask your estate anything — compliance scores, findings, shadow AI, cost savings. Live data.

Runs within your tenancy via Azure AI Foundry, AWS Bedrock or GCP Vertex AI. Vendor-agnostic.
Shadow AI Detection
AKS · EKS · GKE

AKS, EKS and GKE clusters scanned for unapproved AI containers in seconds.

HIGH severity ITSM auto-raised. Containment options generated. Ticket auto-closed on resolution.
Golden Images
CIS L2 · CVE-scanned

CIS Level 2 hardened VM and container images. CVE-scanned with Trivy before publication.

Platform Lead approval required. Supported: ACR, ECR, GCR.
ZAP AI Remediation
Find → Fix → PR → Close

ZAP AI identifies the finding, writes the IaC fix, raises a PR and notifies Platform Lead.

Apply executes. ZAP re-scans. ITSM closed. Full Git audit trail preserved.
OIDC Zero Trust Connectivity
No standing access

Zero-trust access via OIDC federation across Azure AD, AWS IAM and GCP Workload Identity.

No standing access. No VPN dependency. Every connection identity-verified.
SIEM & Security Integrations
Sentinel · Defender · Hub

Microsoft Sentinel, Defender, AWS Security Hub and Google Chronicle. Findings flow in automatically.

No manual export, no duplicate tooling, no alert fatigue.
Operations & Monitoring
Real-time · All clouds

Backup, patch, drift, health — one real-time dashboard across all clouds.

Failures auto-raise ServiceNow incidents. Drift detected within minutes.
FinOps & Cost Governance
20–35% savings typical

Mandatory tagging at deployment. Right-sizing recommendations. 20–35% savings typical.

Cost attribution to business units from day one.
Multi-Cloud Compliance Reporting
Board-ready · Always live

Board-ready governance summary from live estate data. Always current.

Governance score, findings, FinOps summary, compliance trend — one report.
Backup, DR & ITSM Integration
ServiceNow · Jira

Orchestrated backup and DR. Native ServiceNow and Jira integration. Every incident tracked.

Full audit trail from detection to resolution.
ZAP AI co-pilot

Ask your estate
anything.

ZAP AI knows your entire infrastructure. Ask it about compliance scores, critical findings, shadow AI, cost savings — specific answers backed by live data from your estate.

Runs entirely within your own cloud tenancy
Vendor-agnostic — Azure AI Foundry, AWS Bedrock or GCP Vertex AI
Answers from your live infrastructure data — not generic guidance
AI remediation: finds → writes fix → PR → approve → apply → close
Full ZAP AI details
ZAP AI Connected · Live data
ZAP AI · Live response
How ZAP compares

Built for regulated enterprises.
Not adapted for them.

Most cloud governance tools were built for cloud-native companies and adapted for regulated industries. ZAP was purpose-built for NHS, FSI and Government from the first line of code.

vs SaaS CSPM tools
Wiz · Prisma Cloud · Orca Security
Cloud Security Posture Management
✓ What they do well

Fast to deploy, broad cloud visibility, strong attack path analysis. Good for cloud-native companies without data residency requirements.

✗ Where they break down for regulated enterprises

SaaS — your infrastructure data, compliance findings and security posture leave your regulated environment. They scan — they do not deploy. Finding a misconfiguration is not the same as preventing it.

Why ZAP
Self-hosted — data never leaves your tenancy
Compliant by design — prevents, not just detects
FCA, DORA, CE+, NCSC CAF built in — not adapted for
vs IaC automation platforms
ControlMonkey · Spacelift · Terraform Cloud
Infrastructure as Code platforms
✓ What they do well

Strong IaC pipeline automation, drift detection, infrastructure visualisation. Good for platform engineering teams managing IaC at scale.

✗ Where they break down for regulated enterprises

SaaS platforms — same data residency concern. No IPAM. No compliance evidence packs. No regulated framework depth. No ITSM auto-close. Findings raised but not resolved end-to-end.

Why ZAP
Self-hosted
IPAM built in — zero IP conflicts
9 compliance frameworks with evidence packs
End-to-end loop: finding → fix → approve → apply → ITSM closed
vs Cloud-native tools
Azure Policy · AWS Control Tower · GCP Landing Zone
Single-cloud governance tools
✓ What they do well

Free, deeply integrated with their respective cloud platforms, good starting point for single-cloud governance.

✗ Where they break down for regulated enterprises

Single cloud only. No multi-cloud view, no unified compliance score, no single evidence pack. No IPAM across cloud boundaries. No AI remediation. Evidence requires manual assembly from multiple consoles.

Why ZAP
Azure + AWS + GCP from one dashboard
One compliance score across all three clouds
One evidence pack — all 9 frameworks
vs SI engagements
Accenture · CGI · KPMG · Big 4
Systems integrator engagements
✓ What they do well

Deep expertise, bespoke solutions, strong relationships, broad capability beyond cloud governance.

✗ Where they break down for regulated enterprises

6–12 months to deliver a compliant foundation. £500k–£2M in fees. Knowledge leaves when the engagement ends. Ongoing governance requires ongoing spend. Every change needs a ticket and a consultant.

Why ZAP
Compliant landing zone in 30 minutes
Self-service from week one
Platform team owns governance permanently
SI relationship freed for strategic architecture
Real-world scenarios

See how ZAP handles
your Monday morning.

Without ZAP
1
Alert fires. Manual triage — which account, which team?
2
ITSM raised manually. Engineer pulled from sprint.
3
ClickOps fix in portal. No IaC. No audit trail.
4
Re-scan scheduled next week. Ticket closed manually.
With ZAP
1
Sentinel alert ingested via SIEM. Finding raised with resource ID, CIS control, owning team.
2
ZAP AI writes IaC fix. PR raised in GitHub or Azure DevOps.
3
One approval. IaC applies. Change through governed process.
4
ZAP re-scans. Control passes. ITSM auto-closed — full audit trail.
Without ZAP
1
Failure not noticed until manual check.
2
Root cause: backup policy drift. Audit trail: none.
3
Fix applied via portal. No IaC. No PR.
4
Evidence: a screenshot in a ticket.
With ZAP
1
ZAP Operations detects first failure at 02:00. Third failure triggers HIGH ITSM.
2
Root cause: policy drift. ZAP AI writes IaC fix. PR raised before 8am.
3
One approval. IaC restores backup policy to approved baseline.
4
Next backup confirmed. ITSM auto-closed. Full audit trail.
Without ZAP
1
Finance flags overage. Manual report across 3 portals.
2
No tags. No owner. 2 days finding who created them.
3
Some deleted via portal — no IaC, no audit trail.
4
Problem recurs next quarter.
With ZAP
1
ZAP FinOps: 17 unattached disks, £24k/year. All tagged to owners from deployment.
2
Attributed by business unit immediately. No investigation required.
3
Change tickets raised per team. IaC pipeline executes. One PR, one approval.
4
Saving recorded. CMDB updated. Tags enforced — cannot recur.
Multi-cloud coverage

One platform. Three clouds.
Complete coverage.

Deploy, scan and govern across Microsoft Azure, Amazon AWS and Google Cloud from a single ZAP instance.

Microsoft Azure
215 CIS controls
Virtual Machines · AKS · App Service
Storage · Key Vault · SQL · PostgreSQL
NSG · Firewall · Bastion · VPN Gateway
Defender for Cloud · Sentinel · Monitor
Functions · Logic Apps · Service Bus
Amazon AWS
60 CIS controls
EC2 · EKS · Lambda · ECS
S3 · RDS · DynamoDB · ElastiCache
VPC · Security Groups · Route53
KMS · IAM · CloudTrail · CloudWatch
OIDC federation — no stored credentials
Google Cloud
100 CIS controls
Compute Engine · GKE · Cloud Run
Cloud SQL · BigQuery · Cloud Storage
VPC · Firewall Rules · Cloud DNS
KMS · IAM · Cloud Audit Logs
Artifact Registry · Cloud Functions
9 frameworks · Always monitored

Nine frameworks. One platform.
Always audit-ready.

ZAP covers every major cloud security and regulatory compliance framework required by regulated enterprises in the UK and EU.

CIS Azure 2.0
215 controls. Industry-standard benchmark for Microsoft Azure.
CIS AWS 2.0
60 controls covering IAM, S3, CloudTrail, KMS, VPC and security groups.
CIS GCP 1.3
100 controls for Google Cloud — IAM, logging, networking and compute.
DORA
EU Digital Operational Resilience Act. Enforcement from January 2025.
FCA PS21/3
UK FCA cloud outsourcing guidance for regulated financial services firms.
NCSC CAF
UK National Cyber Security Centre Cyber Assessment Framework.
CE+
Cyber Essentials Plus. Required for UK Government and NHS contracts.
PCI-DSS v4.0
Payment card industry continuous compliance. QSA-ready evidence.
ISO 27001:2022
International information security management. Annex A control mappings.
How it works

From request to compliant
infrastructure in minutes.

ZAP handles generation, scanning, approval, deployment and continuous monitoring.

01

IPAM First — Zero IP conflicts

ZAP IPAM scans every VNet, subnet and VLAN across all connected cloud accounts. Conflict-free CIDR assigned automatically. Every deployed network catalogued in one view.

02

Design your environment

Select cloud provider, topology, compliance frameworks and environment type. Cost estimate shown. No IaC knowledge required.

03

7-point pre-flight validation

IaC module · SCM connection · IPAM registration · CIDR conflict · Cloud permissions · Region availability · State storage. All 7 must pass before any code is generated.

04

ZAP IaC Engine generates compliant Terraform

Production-quality Terraform generated automatically. Passes 5 automated gates: Format · Secrets · SAST · Compliance Scan · Plan. PR raised in GitHub or Azure DevOps.

05

Approve, deploy and govern

Platform Lead reviews PR. One approval. Terraform applies. Resources auto-tagged. CMDB updated. Continuous compliance monitoring begins. Drift detected within minutes.

Frequently asked questions

Everything you need to know
about ZAP.

ZAP (Zentej Automation Platform) is a self-hosted cloud infrastructure governance platform. It automates compliant landing zone creation, enforces governance policies, provides ZAP AI co-pilot functionality, detects shadow AI and generates compliance evidence — across Azure, AWS and GCP.
ZAP works across all three clouds simultaneously from one dashboard. Cloud-native tools only cover their own platform. ZAP also includes landing zone creation, IPAM, ZAP AI remediation, shadow AI detection and evidence pack generation.
The fundamental difference is data sovereignty. SaaS tools require your cloud data to be ingested into their platforms. ZAP is self-hosted — it runs inside your own tenancy. Zentej has zero access to your infrastructure, findings or data. For regulated industries, this is often the deciding factor.
Yes. ZAP is deployed entirely within your own Azure, AWS or GCP tenancy. Air-gapped deployment supported. Zentej has zero access to your infrastructure, data or compliance findings.
GitHub and Azure DevOps. PR-based approval workflow, branch protection enforcement and full Git audit trail included.
Terraform. ZAP IaC Engine generates production-quality, CIS-compliant Terraform automatically. OpenTofu support on roadmap.
Yes. ZAP integrates natively with ServiceNow. Findings auto-raise incidents, remediations auto-close tickets, CMDB sync maintained. Jira integration also available.
ZAP deployed in approximately 1 hour. First compliant landing zone live within 30 minutes. Full team operational: one week. This compares to 6–12 months for equivalent capability built from scratch.
Compliance controls are enforced before infrastructure is created — not scanned after deployment. Non-compliant configurations are blocked in pre-flight validation and the 5-gate pipeline. You cannot deploy a non-compliant resource through ZAP.
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on your estate.

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