Choosing a Network Access Control (NAC) Solution That Is Right for Your Network: Best Practices in Network Access Control

NAC has emerged as a promising new technology to answer the burning question of "How does the author secure his IT infrastructure in this ever-increasing fluid environment." The benefit of managing access with NAC is straight-forward: any device connecting to the network is checked for network security compliance, automatically brought into compliance if policy violation(s) are detected, and continually monitored throughout the connection session to ensure the device remains compliant. Integrating identity-based information with the device inspection enables IT managers to ensure only the users with compliant devices are granted access to network resources allowed by job function, providing a virtual, dynamically-segmented network with role-based access control for corporate users and network guests.