Chimere
A small French ZTNA startup with an on-premises option, acquired by Ekinops in March 2026 to complete its SASE stack.
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Chimere, based in Aix-en-Provence, France, developed a universal Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) solution offered as SaaS, hybrid, or on-premises, giving organizations a VPN and firewall alternative for secure remote and third-party access. Its on-premises option is relatively uncommon among cloud-native competitors and appeals to European customers with data-sovereignty requirements.
Network-equipment vendor Ekinops acquired it in March 2026 to complete a SASE stack alongside its SD-WAN and SSE offerings; the deal is not expected to be financially material to Ekinops.
Innovation Matrix Assessment
ZTNA with flexible on-premises deployment is a solid but not groundbreaking technical approach in an already-established category.
Addresses the practical, common need to replace legacy VPN/firewall remote-access architecture.
March 2026 acquisition by Ekinops completes a full SASE stack, though the deal is explicitly described as not financially material.
ZTNA is now a mature, well-established security category; Chimere is a competitive entrant, not a category creator.
No independent security testing or customer-outcome data is publicly available.
ZTNA adoption continues to grow as organizations retire legacy VPN infrastructure.
Why CISOs Should Care
Chimere developed a universal Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) solution offered as SaaS, hybrid or on-premises, giving organizations a VPN/firewall alternative for secure remote and third-party access.
What Makes It Different
Its on-premises deployment option for ZTNA is relatively uncommon among cloud-native competitors, appealing to European customers with data-sovereignty requirements who can't rely purely on SaaS delivery.
The Matrix Verdict
38/100 — EMERGING / UNRANKED
A small French ZTNA startup acquired by network-equipment vendor Ekinops (March 2026) to complete a SASE stack alongside its existing SD-WAN and SSE offerings; the deal is not expected to be financially material to Ekinops, signaling a modest-scale but strategically complete platform play.
Editorial Note: Claims vs. Verified Findings
Claims of ZTNA effectiveness are vendor-stated; no independent third-party security testing of Chimere's platform has been published.
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