Zero Trust Client (ZTC) improves upon and combines the functionality of the Enterprise Application Access (EAA) Client and the Enterprise Threat Protector (ETP) Client into a one-stop solution that lets you secure your network and deliver your applications that run behind a firewall or in a public cloud. ZTC is designed to streamline the experience for both IT admins and end-users, featuring an all-new OTA update mechanism and improved device inventory management. With a single installer and tray bar icon, ZTC delivers an accessible and easy to navigate hub that consists of two components, available depending on the type of your contract:

Access. It's a secure remote access service that lets you protect your applications from Internet threats while giving easy access to your contractors, partners, vendors, and employees.

Threat Protection. It’s a cloud-based, targeted threat protection solution that safeguards your organization from DNS and web-based threats, enforces authentication and acceptable use policies, and audits user Internet access.

Beta key features

A new client software that offers the functionality of EAA and ETP (SIA) clients, managed within a unified UI
Beta installer detects and uninstalls EAA and ETP Clients, and migrates your local ETP configuration to ZTC
With the ZTC beta client, end-users no longer need standalone ETP and EAA Clients installed on their machines
Single tray bar/menu bar icon
ZTC leverages OS notifications to convey time-sensitive or important messages about the status of the client
Client auto-upgrade capability:
- Client updates are deployed by IT admins from Enterprise Center
- No need for software deployment tools such as SCCM or InTune
- Seamless desktop client update experience for end-users

Beta limitations

EAA Client features that are currently not supported in the Akamai Zero Trust Client Beta:

Proxy support

ETP (SIA) Client features that are currently not supported in the Akamai Zero Trust Client Beta:

In addition, the following limitations apply:

Linux is currently not supported
EAA and ETP must be in the same contract
- ETP sub-tenant is not supported
Tenant switching (switching between IdPs) is partially supported for Access with the Reset Access functionality
Deploying with Microsoft Active Directory Group Policy (GPO) is not supported
API for version management and ZTC inventory will be available after the Beta

Supported macOS versions

Akamai Zero Trust Client Beta supports the following macOS versions:

macOS 10.15 (Catalina)
macOS 11.x (Big Sur)
macOS 12 (Monterey)
macOS 13 (Ventura)

Required free disk space: ~200MB

Supported CPUs:

Intel: x86_64
Apple: M1, M2

Supported Windows versions

Akamai Zero Trust Client Beta supports the following Windows versions:

Windows 10 Home/Enterprise/Pro 64-bit
- 20H2 (Enterprise)
- 21H1 (Home, Enterprise, Pro)
- 21H2 (Home, Enterprise, Pro)
- 22H1 (Home, Enterprise, Pro)
- 22H2 (Home, Enterprise, Pro)
Windows 11 Home/Enterprise/Pro
- 21H2 (Home, Enterprise, Pro)
- 22H1 (Home, Enterprise, Pro)
- 22H2 (Home, Enterprise, Pro)

Required free disk space: ~200MB

Supported CPUs:

x86_64

Known issues

Alerts count for Device Posture remediation in the Activity tab may keep on increasing without any traffic.
Entitlement code can't be used for client activation after a failed IdP URL activation attempt. The workaround is to restart the client.