In a world where data breaches seem to be happening more frequently, and more employees work remotely, businesses are looking for ways to tighten security on their networks. One way to do this is by ...

Network access control represents the most significant change in the way that networks are secured since the invention of the firewall. But it’s also contentious, confusing and – when done right – ...

When 802.1X is used, the NAC product has the opportunity to push access control information down to the edge device as part of the 802.1X protocol. It’s standardized, more-or-less, and it provides a ...

As the NAC (network access control) market matures, the solutions are becoming more sophisticated at identifying users and assessing the security compliance of host devices. Answering questions such ...

McAfee NAC has a strong foundation in the breadth of security checks it can render, and it’s got strong ties to McAfee’s mature endpoint-security management platform, but it lacks some standard NAC ...

Network security firm Portnox on Wednesday announced it is adding IoT fingerprinting features to the Portnox Cloud NAC-as-a-Service to allow companies to more easily identify and authorize devices on ...

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 ...

A new research report contends that current network access control solutions won't survive, and predicts that future device authentication efforts will be centered on technologies residing on end ...

Aerohive Networks will debut cloud-access management software for mobile devices early in the second quarter. The new product, Aerohive A3, will provide onboarding, security, management, and control ...

Network access control has been a constant thorn in Juniper's side. The WiteSand acquisition remedies that, Juniper's Jeff Aaron says. NAC “has been a constant thorn in our side. It’s been identified ...

The company's NAC Director, launched Wednesday, uses a blend of identity management, end-point compliance and policy enforcement for securing wired, wireless and VPN connections, said Jerry Skurla, ...