“Enforcement” in the world of NAC is the Control
part of Network Access Control. In the NAC market there are
four enterprise-class approaches to enforcement: edge enforcement,
hybrid enforcement, in-line, and protocol enforcement.
There are five key criteria that can be used
to help differentiate enforcement approaches and to identify
the one that is most appropriate to any network: security,
flexibility, risk, scalability, and cost.
Security architects require high security, good flexibility,
low risk, predictable scalability, and reasonable cost in
the solutions they design. Edge-based enforcement an excellent
choice for enterprises looking to add NAC into their existing
networks.
Out-of-Band Architecture Enforces NAC at the Network Edge |
Frank Andrus
Chief Technology Officer, Bradford Networks
Bradford Networks supports the premise that edge enforcement
of NAC is the ideal methodology, and believes that an
out-of-band architecture is best suited to deliver edge
enforcement.
This whitepaper discusses Bradford’s unique out-of-band
architecture and explains how it delivers the industry’s
most effective and flexible NAC edge enforcement solution.
