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Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Defining NAC roles is key

NAC roles need to be defined to meet corporate business goals and security policies
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Defining NAC roles is key

Tim Greene By Tim Greene
Setting roles is a key part of any NAC deployment to help simplify configuration and management. Read full story

Tim Greene is senior editor at Network World.

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A hidden chore of deploying NAC One of the great hidden chores of deploying NAC is finding all the devices that are attached to the network, even those that can't authenticate.

NAC remediation options When NAC was conceived, it had everything to do with finding out if endpoints met security checks, but not so much about what to do about it.

NAC as a compliance tool NAC is mainly pushed as a risk-mitigation technology that can reduce the likelihood that an endpoint is infected or carrying out unauthorized activity, but its features have been pressed into other duties.

Business size and NAC needs As NAC matures, it is becoming clear that the needs of smaller businesses and those of enterprises call for different solutions.

NAC-as-a-service The recent purchase of Mirage Networks by service provider Trustwave raises questions about whether NAC-as-a-service is a viable business.

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