One approach to NAC is installing an appliance that enforces policies that detail what devices trying to get on the network are allowed to do once they get there. These post-admission NAC devices sit ...

Mirage Networks is going downscale with its new N-120 appliance designed for smaller offices. The new box addresses several important issues facing businesses with multiple sites, some of which serve ...

NAC technology ensures that all devices are free of malware and comply with corporate security policies before they’re allowed to connect to the network. To that end, Enterasys rolled out ...

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Sometimes the enforcement device is embedded into the NAC product, such as with McAfee’s N-450, and the policy communication is invisible. The downside is that you may not be able to mix-and-match ...

2:25 PM -- One of the jobs of a journalist is to get the other side of the story. When it comes to writing about Network Access Control (NAC) these days, however, that's no easy task. Most enterprises ...

Imagine all of your network and security devices working as a unit to enforce security policy. That's the vision of "cooperative policy enforcement," an emerging concept being promoted by Aventail.

As the BYOD trend marches on, so too do the risks to corporate data and network security. Helping to counteract those risks is Cupertino-based ForeScout Technologies and its CounterACT, a network ...

There’s really no need to wait because depending on what you want out of NAC, Cisco Systems Inc. may already have it. And if Cisco doesn’t yet offer what you want, there is still no need to wait ...