NAC DIRECTOR ™ FOR GOVERNMENT ENVIRONMENTS

Government organizations face unique challenges, as their networks must allow for secure access to applications and resources, the exchange of information, and the protection of data assets. Government IT professionals must balance the need to provide precise and secure access to data resources and applications, regardless of user location, with the need to protect networks, applications and data resources from myriad threats. Government networks are typically large and complex. Multiple departments, branches, employees, contractors and other third-party “guests” often need to access data, all of them with different security

Government IT professionals are turning to solutions like NAC Director to help automate the process of granting network access to employees, contractors, and others without sacrificing availability or increasing risk. At the same time, they must ensure that unknown users are not gaining access and that non-compliant devices are not compromising the network.

With today’s highly regulated environment and the dynamic nature of data access – with mobile and remote users connecting to the network – the threat environment for government network administrators can seem overwhelming. NAC Director alleviates this pressure by:

• Ensuring that all devices connecting to the network are running the most up-to-date anti-virus, anti-spyware, and other required software
• Providing the ability to self-remediate should a compromised, infected or non-compliant device attempt to access the network
• Performing on-going scanning to ensure policy compliance throughout the network session
• Managing user access by identity, role, location, time of day and any other parameters that make sense