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Bradford Networks Delivers New Products To Identify And
Control Network Users, Devices, And Behavior
Industry Leader Speeds Network Access Control Adoption with Trio of Point Solutions
Concord, N.H. – October 22, 2008 – Bradford
Networks, an award-winning provider of comprehensive network
access control (NAC) solutions, today announced three new point
solutions focused on identity management to help organizations
take a fundamental first step in adding NAC to their networks.
The new products – User Visibility and Control (UVC),
Device Profile and Control (DPC), and Behavior Monitoring and
Control (BMC) – are subsets of Bradford’s NAC Director
and Campus Manager, and help IT teams control either users,
devices, or suspicious behavior with easily added, cost-effective
appliances. The new offerings give network administrators the
potential to identify every user or device on their networks,
a long-standing goal of security practitioners.
The new Bradford solutions are:
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User Visibility and Control, ideal for shared computing
environments like call centers, nursing stations, and K-12
schools, provides the power to know who is on the network and
precise control over what network resources users can access.
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Device Profile and Control, provides organizations with
clinical, manufacturing, and facilities management systems
with the ability to identify every device on the network. The
solution automates management of medical instruments, HVAC
units, IP phones, and printers that can outnumber PCs, laptops,
and workstations.
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Behavior Monitoring and Control addresses user and device
misbehavior by integrating with intrusion detection and prevention
systems, network behavior analysis tools, and traffic shapers
to quickly identify network use violations and take action
at the edge of the network. Utilities, retail, government,
and financial services organizations focused on combating today’s
sophisticated attacks by professional criminals will benefit
immediately from the new offering.
“Integration across critical security processes, like
NAC, identity access management (IAM) and intrusion prevention,
is key to effective and efficient security.” said John
Pescatore, Vice President Distinguished Analyst, Gartner, Inc. “Taking
advantage of the increased visibility NAC brings into what
types of devices are on the network and what users are doing
can lead to higher levels of security at lower costs.”
Pricing for all three point solutions starts at $7,995.
User Visibility and Control and Behavior Monitoring and Control
are available immediately, with Device Profile and Control
available in Q1 2009. All point solutions can be easily upgraded
to Bradford’s full NAC capabilities via license upgrades.
“Each network has unique workflow, productivity, and
security requirements, and Bradford’s new point solutions
provide a pragmatic, easy-to-deploy approach that quickly increases
security and delivers a rapid return on investment,” said
Mike Gadoury, Bradford Networks founder and CEO. “Today’s
budget pressures require that security solutions quickly solve
pressing problems and afford a great deal of flexibility down
the road.”
About Bradford Networks
Bradford Networks develops advanced network
access control solutions for wireless, wired and VPN networks.
Bradford’s patent-pending, award-winning, out-of-band
appliances leverage existing network infrastructure to automatically
enforce NAC policy at the network edge, making networks more
secure and efficient. Privately held, Bradford Networks is
located in Concord, N.H. For more information, call (603) 228-5300
or visit www.bradfordnetworks.com.
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