diff --git a/src/main/java/com/venafi/vcert/sdk/connectors/cloud/Cloud.java b/src/main/java/com/venafi/vcert/sdk/connectors/cloud/Cloud.java
index ee003fd..b9fef0c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/venafi/vcert/sdk/connectors/cloud/Cloud.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/venafi/vcert/sdk/connectors/cloud/Cloud.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import com.venafi.vcert.sdk.connectors.cloud.domain.Project;
 import com.venafi.vcert.sdk.connectors.cloud.domain.ProjectZone;
 import com.venafi.vcert.sdk.connectors.cloud.domain.Projects;
+import com.venafi.vcert.sdk.connectors.cloud.domain.TagProjectZone;
 import com.venafi.vcert.sdk.connectors.cloud.domain.UserDetails;
 import com.venafi.vcert.sdk.utils.FeignUtils;
 
@@ -44,6 +45,10 @@ public interface Cloud {
   @RequestLine("GET /devopsprojects/{projectId}?zoneDetails=true")
   Project projectById(@Param("projectId") String projectId, @Param("apiKey") String apiKey);
 
+  @Headers("tppl-api-key: {apiKey}")
+  @RequestLine("GET /zones/tag/{tag}")
+  TagProjectZone zoneByTag(@Param("tag") String tag, @Param("apiKey") String apiKey);
+
   @Headers("tppl-api-key: {apiKey}")
   @RequestLine("GET /certificateissuingtemplates/{certificateIssuingTemplateId}")
   CertificateIssuingTemplate certificateIssuingTemplateById(
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/venafi/vcert/sdk/connectors/cloud/CloudConnector.java b/src/main/java/com/venafi/vcert/sdk/connectors/cloud/CloudConnector.java
index 010e17a..39e5f44 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/venafi/vcert/sdk/connectors/cloud/CloudConnector.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/venafi/vcert/sdk/connectors/cloud/CloudConnector.java
@@ -36,9 +36,11 @@
 import com.venafi.vcert.sdk.connectors.Connector;
 import com.venafi.vcert.sdk.connectors.Policy;
 import com.venafi.vcert.sdk.connectors.ZoneConfiguration;
+import com.venafi.vcert.sdk.connectors.cloud.domain.CertificateIssuingTemplate;
 import com.venafi.vcert.sdk.connectors.cloud.domain.Project;
 import com.venafi.vcert.sdk.connectors.cloud.domain.ProjectZone;
 import com.venafi.vcert.sdk.connectors.cloud.domain.Projects;
+import com.venafi.vcert.sdk.connectors.cloud.domain.TagProjectZone;
 import com.venafi.vcert.sdk.connectors.cloud.domain.UserDetails;
 import com.venafi.vcert.sdk.endpoint.Authentication;
 import com.venafi.vcert.sdk.endpoint.ConnectorType;
@@ -105,32 +107,34 @@ public void authenticate(Authentication auth) throws VCertException {
 
   @Override
   public ZoneConfiguration readZoneConfiguration(String zone) throws VCertException {
-    ProjectZone projectZone = null;
     String[] zoneIdentifiers = parseZoneIdentifiers(zone);
-
-    Projects projects = cloud.projects(auth.apiKey());
-    if (projects.projects().isEmpty()) {
-      throw new VCertException("No projects present.");
-    }
+    CertificateIssuingTemplate cit = null;
+    String zoneId = null;
 
     if (zoneIdentifiers[0] != null) {
-      // Find zone by ID
-      String zoneId = zoneIdentifiers[0];
-
-      for (Project project : projects.projects()) {
-        for (ProjectZone projZone : project.zones()) {
-          if (zoneId.equals(projZone.id())) {
-            projectZone = projZone;
-            break;
-          }
-        }
+      // Find zone by tag
+      String zoneTag = zoneIdentifiers[0];
+      TagProjectZone tpz = cloud.zoneByTag(zone,  auth.apiKey());
+      if (tpz == null) {
+        throw new VCertException(format("No zone with Id '%s'.", zoneTag));
       }
 
-      if (projectZone == null) {
-        throw new VCertException(format("No zone with ID '%s'.", zoneId));
+      zoneId = tpz.id();
+      cit = cloud.certificateIssuingTemplateById(tpz.certificateIssuingTemplateId(), auth.apiKey());
+
+      if (cit == null){
+        throw new VCertException(format("Certificate issue template not found. Id provided =  [%s] ",
+            tpz.certificateIssuingTemplateId()));
       }
+
     } else {
       // Find zone by project name and zone name
+      ProjectZone projectZone = null;
+      Projects projects = cloud.projects(auth.apiKey());
+      if (projects.projects().isEmpty()) {
+        throw new VCertException("No projects present.");
+      }
+
       String projectName = zoneIdentifiers[1];
       String zoneName = zoneIdentifiers[2];
 
@@ -149,15 +153,18 @@ public ZoneConfiguration readZoneConfiguration(String zone) throws VCertExceptio
         throw new VCertException(
             format("No zone with name '%s' in '%s' project.", zoneName, projectName));
       }
-    }
 
-    if (projectZone.cit() == null) {
-      throw new VCertException(format("No certificate issuing template ID for '%s' zone.", zone));
+      zoneId = projectZone.id();
+      cit = projectZone.cit();
+
+      if (cit == null) {
+        throw new VCertException(format("No certificate issuing template ID for '%s' zone.", zone));
+      }
     }
 
-    ZoneConfiguration zoneConfig = projectZone.cit().toZoneConfig();
-    zoneConfig.policy(projectZone.cit().toPolicy());
-    zoneConfig.zoneId(projectZone.id());
+    ZoneConfiguration zoneConfig = cit.toZoneConfig();
+    zoneConfig.policy(cit.toPolicy());
+    zoneConfig.zoneId(zoneId);
 
     return zoneConfig;
   }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/venafi/vcert/sdk/connectors/cloud/domain/TagProjectZone.java b/src/main/java/com/venafi/vcert/sdk/connectors/cloud/domain/TagProjectZone.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..22967b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/venafi/vcert/sdk/connectors/cloud/domain/TagProjectZone.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package com.venafi.vcert.sdk.connectors.cloud.domain;
+
+import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
+
+import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
+import lombok.Data;
+import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
+
+@Data
+@NoArgsConstructor
+@AllArgsConstructor
+public class TagProjectZone {
+  private String id;
+  private String companyId;
+  private String devopsProjectId;
+  private String name;
+  private String certificateIssuingTemplateId;
+  private OffsetDateTime creationDate;
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/venafi/vcert/sdk/connectors/cloud/CloudConnectorAT.java b/src/test/java/com/venafi/vcert/sdk/connectors/cloud/CloudConnectorAT.java
index 9b51636..bf28ffb 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/venafi/vcert/sdk/connectors/cloud/CloudConnectorAT.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/venafi/vcert/sdk/connectors/cloud/CloudConnectorAT.java
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ void generateRequest() throws VCertException, IOException {
   }
 
   @Test
-  void requestCertificate() throws VCertException, SocketException, UnknownHostException {
+  void requestCertificate() throws VCertException, UnknownHostException {
     String zoneName = System.getenv("CLOUDZONE");
     ZoneConfiguration zoneConfiguration = classUnderTest.readZoneConfiguration(zoneName);
     CertificateRequest certificateRequest = new CertificateRequest()
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ void requestCertificate() throws VCertException, SocketException, UnknownHostExc
   }
 
   @Test
-  void retrieveCertificate() throws VCertException, SocketException, UnknownHostException {
+  void retrieveCertificate() throws VCertException, UnknownHostException {
     String zoneName = System.getenv("CLOUDZONE");
     ZoneConfiguration zoneConfiguration = classUnderTest.readZoneConfiguration(zoneName);
     CertificateRequest certificateRequest = new CertificateRequest()
@@ -134,8 +134,8 @@ void revokeCertificate() throws VCertException {
   }
 
   @Test
-  void renewCertificate() throws VCertException, UnknownHostException, SocketException,
-      CertificateException, NoSuchAlgorithmException {
+  void renewCertificate() throws VCertException, UnknownHostException,
+      CertificateException {
     String zoneName = System.getenv("CLOUDZONE");
     String commonName = TestUtils.randomCN();
     ZoneConfiguration zoneConfiguration = classUnderTest.readZoneConfiguration(zoneName);