Network access control (also called "network admission control" and "network access protection") is a method by which access to enterprise network resources is granted based upon authentication of the user and device as well as verification of the device's compliance to policy.
Network Access Control (NAC) aims to do exactly what the name implies: control access to a network. The term NAC is also sometimes used for Network Admission Control, which is focused on authenticating users and performing a posture check on the connecting device. The broader definition of NAC, as access control, includes pre-admission endpoint security policy checks and post-admission controls over where users can go on a network and what they can do.
Network Access Control - a Necessity as the "Doorman" Approach to Network Security Fails to Protect Enterprises from Costly Intrusions A growing need for Network Access Control is revealed through a recent survey of Chief Security Officers conducted by Vernier Networks. Despite growing security budgets intrusions continue With network security in the spotlight due to recent data breaches, Vernier Networks, developer of the industry’s only clientless network access management products, recently s...... [more]
PatchLink Announces Immediate Availability of PatchLink Update 6.2 Version 6.2 Delivers Increased Scalability & Advanced Enterprise-Wide Reporting Capability for Large Organisations & Global Enterprises PatchLink, the leading security management solutions provider, today announced the immediate availability of PatchLink Update 6.2. Version 6.2 further bolsters PatchLink Update as a central security platform that gives organizations the ability to better manage network security through increased...... [more]
Websense Unveils Ecosystem Websense, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBSN - News), the world's leading provider of employee internet management solutions, today announced the launch of a new technology alliance partner framework, the Websense® Web Security Ecosystem(TM) extending Websense Enterprise® and Websense Web Security Suite(TM) technology to critical enterprise security initiatives including network access control, security event management and identity management. Websense's expanded network of alliance...... [more]
Vernier Networks to Exhibit Edgewall Family of Network Access Controllers at Interop New York Vernier Networks, today announced that it will be exhibiting its complete line of EdgeWall network access controllers at the Interop New York conference, taking place at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center from December 12-16. In booth number 643, Vernier will showcase its EdgeWall product line of network access control solutions that provide comprehensive network infrastructure security between the...... [more]
ForeScout selected as finalist by SC Magazine's 2006 Reader Trust Awards ForeScout Technologies, the leading provider of clientless Network Access Control (NAC) and policy enforcement solutions, today announced that CounterAct™, its network access control appliance, has been selected by SC Magazine as a finalist in the category of Best Endpoint Security Solution for 2006.
The 2006 SC Awards are granted through an extensive judging process where expert judges select notable companies in each o...... [more]
Network security market growing Infonetics Research reported today that the network security market increased by 15 percent last year and predicted that revenue will grow another 32 percent by 2009. According to a report written by Infonetics analyst Jeff Wilson, worldwide revenue for network security appliances and software totaled $4.3 billion in 2005. Cisco led the industry, capturing 34 percent of market. Check Point and Juniper trailed in second and third place respectively. The repor...... [more]
ForeScout Technologies Joins SecureIT Alliance ForeScout Technologies, a leading provider of clientless Network Access Control (NAC) and intrusion prevention solutions, today announced it has joined the SecureIT Alliance founded by Microsoft. As a member of the SecureIT Alliance, ForeScout will lend its expertise in network-based access control and intrusion prevention and facilitate the exchange of information to further strengthen the participation of leading vendors in a drive towards more e...... [more]
Vernier Networks Unveils Industry's First Modular High-Performance Network Access Control Platform Vernier Networks, a leading provider of Network Access Control (NAC) solutions, today announced the EdgeWall 8800 as the latest addition to its EdgeWall family of products. Purpose-built from the ground up for the most demanding enterprise network environments, the EdgeWall 8800 is the first NAC product to deliver wire-speed authenticated and validated access to all users throughout the network, a...... [more]
PatchLink and ForeScout in security partnership US-headquartered security firm PatchLink has partnered with ForeScout Technologies, a provider of clientless network access control (NAC) and intrusion prevention solutions. The partnership will see customers provided with an integrated system for enforcing enterprise security policies at both the network and endpoint level. ForeScout's network security appliance scans for vulnerabilities transparently to the user, without requiring an agent and u...... [more]
Hackers keep hacking because they can I had yet another computer journalist call me to ask if Vendor X's security solution was THE security product to solve all our security problems. I get a call or e-mail like this about once every two weeks. Usually they've read the vendor's own PR, another newspaper article, or even my own column touting a particular product. The typical conversation goes something like this: Journalist: "Hey, do you think Product A from Vendor X will solve all our sec...... [more]
Network access control is not just hype Network access control (NAC) solutions are set to take a slice of the security budgets in 2006. The market for NAC solutions is still young and implementation frameworks are still being developed, but this is no longer technology to be considered for the future. An immediately deployable software solution for endpoint compliance and network access control supporting different NAC architectures and heterogeneous network platforms means organisations can re...... [more]
Vernier Networks Doubles Edgewall Network Access Control Appliance Sales Vernier Networks, the leading provider of Network Access Control (NAC) products designed to ensure network endpoint compliance, has announced that the company experienced extensive growth in the first quarter of the year, doubling sales of its EdgeWall 7000 product line from the previous quarter and expanding the current customer base to 850. The company also added a significant number of new and expanded customer installa...... [more]
Vernier Networks Releases Security Update to Immediately Identify and Remediate Systems Susceptible to the Latest Microsoft Windows Vulnerabilities Vernier Networks today announced that the company has made available an immediate security update that will give customers the ability to scan, detect, and remediate all network systems that are susceptible to the latest Microsoft Windows vulnerabilities. As announced by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), one of the vulnerabilities announced...... [more]
Vernier Networks to Address Industry Standards for Network Access Control at Interop New York Rod Murchison, vice president of marketing for Vernier Networks, will present the overview of TNC and discuss network access control standards and endpoint integrity.Company to also exhibit award-winning EdgeWall family of Network Access Control Appliances.The TCG-TNC event will be held on Sept. 20 at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in room 2D08 at 11:30 am and 2:15 pm. A third session will be held...... [more]
Survey shows 40 percent of organizations experienced a breach last year A survey conducted today at NY Interop found that 40 percent of those polled worked for organizations that experienced at least one security breach within the past 12 months. Commissioned by Symantec, the survey questioned 350 IT managers and administrators attending the conference about their endpoint security strategies surrounding teleworkers. The results showed that 70 percent of the respondents had security policies for...... [more]
Vernier Networks Ships Edgewall 8800 to Meet Rising Demand for Network Access Control Solutions Offering the Industry’s Lowest Cost Per Endpoint, Latest Edgewall Appliance Operates at Wire Speed While Employing Continuous In-Line Network Traffic Inspection Representing the latest addition to its award-winning EdgeWall portfolio of network-security products, the EdgeWall 8800 is purpose-built for the most demanding enterprise-network environments.It is the first NAC product to deliver all of the...... [more]
Security company issues 7 threats for 2007 A leading internet company has announced its top seven security threats for 2007. According to Vernier Networks, the use of Zero-Day attacks, botnet software which controls computers remotely, is set to increase during the next 12 months. Business-oriented social networks, such as LinkedIn and ZoomInfo, were earmarked as facing security attacks in the coming year. Meanwhile, Vernier claimed attacks from hackers, spam zombies and phishers were also like...... [more]
Sophos acquires Endforce Sophos has announced that it has acquired Endforce, a provider of network access control (NAC) and endpoint securitypolicy compliance solutions for enterprise customers. Sophos will build on Endforce's position as a leading stand-alone NAC provider for organisations with more than 10,000 users, and also integrate NAC as part of its endpoint securitysolution. Endforce, based in Columbus, Ohio, has deployed its software-based NAC solutions to some of the most complex mult...... [more]
Vernier Networks Supports Microsoft Network Access Protection Enforcement in EdgeWall NAC Appliances Vernier Networks, the leading supplier of award-winning network access control (NAC) appliances, today announced support for Microsoft Network Access Protection (NAP) in Vernier's EdgeWall 7000 and 8000 series appliances. Enhancements to Vernier's EdgeWall NAC solutions enable customers using Microsoft Network Policy Server to ensure system health and enforce validated network access policies wi...... [more]
Vernier Networks Supports Microsoft Network Access Protection Enforcement in EdgeWall NAC Appliances Vernier Networks, the leading supplier of award-winning network access control (NAC) appliances, today announced support for Microsoft Network Access Protection (NAP) in Vernier's EdgeWall 7000 and 8000 series appliances. Enhancements to Vernier's EdgeWall NAC solutions enable customers using Microsoft Network Policy Server to ensure system health and enforce validated network access policies wi...... [more]
McAfee Wins the Most Awards at SC Magazine Event McAfee, Inc. today announced that it has won the most awards of any vendor at the 2007 SC Magazine's European Annual Award. McAfee won "Best Anti-Malware Solution" for McAfee Secure Internet Gateway, "Best Anti-Malware Solution" for McAfee Policy Enforcer and "Best SME Security Solution" for McAfee Total Protection for Small Business. "We are delighted to win the awards in three categories," said Mike...... [more]
Sophos records 40% enterprise security growth in March quarter – outstripping rivals Symantec and McAfee Sophos, a world leader in IT security and control, today announced significant growth for its final quarter, ending March 31, 2007, led by the North American market. Sophos's worldwide bookings increased 40% with growth in North America topping 70% compared to the same quarter last year. The company also experienced strong growth in both Europe and Asia Pacific. The percentage of growth at S...... [more]
Top business security threats identified The main security threats affecting businesses have been identified by new research, prompting fresh fears over the security issues facing modern firms. According to a report from InfoWorld, a range of security threats frequently affect businesses, coming from a number of different areas. Research finds that the main threats are outside attacks to harvest data at 66 per cent, exposing sensitive data or files to unauthorised users (60 per cent) and the ac...... [more]
Sobering Realities of Enforcing NAC: Top 5 Challenges that Solutions Need to Address Network Access Control (NAC, a.k.a. Network Admission Control), has generated a lot of enthusiasm, and correspondingly, a large number of corporate initiatives to address a rapidly evolving network security challenge. NAC was developed to ensure the security of endpoints connecting to the corporate network, which has become an increasingly important issue given the large number of external users, mobile systems...... [more]
Intel adds encryption to vPro Embedded security features, code-named Danbury, make application encryption easier, add new layer of hard drive protection The addition of the Danbury tools represents only the latest in a string of security and management technologies embedded directly into the vPro lineup by Intel, including the company's Active Management Technology (AMT), which is aimed at making it easier for administrators to do remote updates on corporate machines, such as for installing ant...... [more]
How to Approach Access Control in the Social Networking Age “Here comes trouble,” say John Yun and Jay Kelley from Juniper Networks. Trouble in this case means social networking. Like instant messaging and e-mail before it, social networking can cause worries to companies that haven’t learned to adapt - and real trouble to companies that haven’t learned how to manage it. Enterprises are beginning to adopt social networking applications. They’re doing it for the sam...... [more]
How safe is your device? Be it logging onto your laptop, accessing your document on a scanner or getting a document on a printer, the trustworthiness of your device is of utmost importance. Security concerns led to protocols being set in order to stitch together the concept of Network Access Control (NAC). The main agenda has been to put forth policies that would help you access your network in a much-secured environment. In an exclusive interview with Prasad Ramasubramanian of CyberMedia News,...... [more]
SMEs failing to protect networks from Wi-Fi invasion Seventy per cent of SMEs are failing to protect their corporate networks from Wi-Fi invasions, according to network access control vendor Napera Networks. A survey by the vendor has revealed that three in four companies have no control over Wi-Fi security, with 57 per cent unable to tell which machines are accessing the network. More than half of the businesses admitted they allow staff shared passwords to log on over wireless access points....... [more]
EMD implements AppGate unified network access control solution EMD, a professional services firm based in Malta, has installed the network access control solution from AppGate Network Security to ensure that client information and communications remain confidential and secure when staff are working away from the office. EMD chose to implement AppGate’s technology because it provides a comprehensive, easy to use and cost effective solution in one box, delivering the security, access contro...... [more]
Gartner reveals key predictions for Identity and Access Management IAM Speaking ahead of the Gartner Identity & Access Management Summit 2009 in London, analysts have identified forward-looking assumptions around smart-card authentication, identity-aware networks, hosted IAM and out-of-band (OOB) authentication. Gartner has revealed its key predictions for identity & access management (IAM) between 2009 and 2011. “There is a continuing need in this time of economic uncertainty and budgeta...... [more]
Data Security: Whose Job Is It Really? Forrester has a recommendation for CISOs struggling with how to secure corporate data: Stop trying so hard. Despite years of investments in technology and processes, protecting enterprise-wide data remains a maddeningly elusive goal for chief information security officers (CISOs). Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Web 2.0 technologies, and consumerized hardware increase the number of escape routes for sensitive information. Regulations, statutes, and contractua...... [more]
Five ways to tempt and tame Gen Y The Facebook generation can be dream employees - if you know how to manage them. Danny Bradbury offers tips for keeping them under control and productive. They're young, precocious, tech-savvy - and they like shiny stuff. Generation Y knows what it wants, and if managers and employers want to retain their talents, then they'd better give it to them. The newest generation of employees grew up with technologies that appealed to consumers, such as Facebook, MySpac...... [more]
Juniper wraps remote types in security blanket Juniper has stretched its enterprise security mechanisms to better protect all those machines logging into corporate networks from remote locations. Dubbed Juniper Networks Adaptive Threat Management Solutions, the new offering automatically deploys anti-malware and anti-spyware tools to remote clients tapping the network via VPN, while affording additional protection by way of an updated intrusion-prevention system (IPS). And in an effort to ensure...... [more]
Security Manager's Journal: It can take a crisis to change a policy This is a story about how budget cuts take a toll on security, but it's also a tale about how security setbacks can be opportunities to introduce much-needed measures. When the recession led my company to cut costs about a year ago, one of the decisions was to close a major facility housing some 1,200 employees. A lease agreement meant we couldn't start moving those employees into our headquarters building until last week, when...... [more]
Businesses fail to secure remote workers Over three quarters of businesses have regular remote users among their workforce, yet only 27 per cent use hard disk encryption. According to survey by Check Point, 77 per cent of businesses have a quarter of staff who regularly work remotely, and in addition, only nine per cent use encryption for removable storage devices. Juliette Sultan, head of global marketing at Check Point, said: "With less than 30 per cent of businesses saying they use data encr...... [more]
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