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DEFINITION: Network access control (NAC), also called network admission control, is a method of bolstering the security of a proprietary network by restricting the availability of network resources to endpoint devices that comply with a defined security policy. A traditional network access server (NAS) is a server that performs authentication and authorization functions for potential users by verifying logon information.
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Network Access Control White Papers
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Windows Server 2008: Object Accidental Deletion Protection
sponsored by Global Knowledge
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Disaster prevention is often better and easier to implement than disaster recovery. In Microsoft Server 2008, there are several new built-in disaster prevention capabilities to help you avoid trouble. One of these is accidental object deletion protection.
Posted: 30 Sep 2011 | Published: 30 Sep 2011
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Active Directory Maintenance & Cleanup
sponsored by STEALTHbits Technologies
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Active Directory (AD) plays a central role for many organizations’ Windows Domain architecture and access control, so it’s essential to maintain a clean and correct AD to avoid any potential security and operational risks. View now to explore the risks and challenges of AD that organizations face today and uncover best practices to address them.
Posted: 23 Apr 2012 | Published: 23 Apr 2012
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Implementing PCI Compliance with ScriptLogic
sponsored by Quest Software
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To protect cardholder data, organizations must take steps to meet the latest PCI compliance standards. Find out how your company can safeguard data in this step-by-step guide.
Posted: 19 Apr 2012 | Published: 19 Apr 2012
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How Can I Virtualize My Mission-critical Servers While Maintaining or Improving Security?
sponsored by CA Technologies.
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Organizations often struggle to fully realize the benefits of virtualization due to the complexity of controlling identities, access and information. In this resource, uncover how to successfully deploy virtualization projects, while providing the right security controls over privileged user access across virtual and physical environments.
Posted: 15 May 2012 | Published: 15 May 2012
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FoxT Enterprise Access Management
sponsored by FoxT
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Uncover an enterprise access management approach that can help strengthen security, enforce compliance and streamline administration across the entire enterprise. View now to explore its four essential elements including centralized administration, contextual authentication, adaptive authorization, and automated audit and compliance reporting.
Posted: 20 Jan 2012 | Published: 20 Jan 2012
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How Can I Obtain Identity and Access Management as a Cloud Service?
sponsored by CA Technologies.
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As organizations grapple with shrinking budgets and pressures for more agility while maintaining security, cloud computing has emerged as a viable option to meet these needs. In this paper, uncover a hosted cloud service that provides identity and access management capabilities without having to deploy or manage a large IT infrastructure.
Posted: 10 May 2012 | Published: 10 May 2012
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Reaping The Benefits of Next Generation Dashboards
sponsored by SAP America, Inc.
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The need for timely and succinct business intelligence (BI) continues to grow as executives demand critical information to seize opportunities faster than competitors and to address potential problems in the making. But increasingly, it is not just C-level executives and upper management who need access to business intelligence.
Posted: 04 Jun 2009 | Published: 04 Jun 2009
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"Your Pad or Mine?" Enabling Secure Personal and Mobile Device Use on Your Network
sponsored by ForeScout Technologies, Inc.
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In this paper, explore the increasing need to secure users and their devices requesting access to corporate networks, and uncover the necessary policies and approaches for using NAC to support guest networking and BYOD.
Posted: 13 Mar 2012 | Published: 13 Mar 2012
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Centralize Local Privileged Account Access Enforcement and Audits for Windows Servers
sponsored by FoxT
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This paper explores the challenges with local privilege accounts in Windows Server 2003 R3 or 2008 R2 and uncovers an approach to address them, enabling you to centrally provision and administer Windows Server local accounts and easily centralize and implement security policies for the support staff controlling access to privilege accounts.
Posted: 16 Feb 2012 | Published: 16 Feb 2012
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Manage identities and access for continuous compliance and reduced risk
sponsored by IBM
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With ever-changing user populations, access points and applications, advancements in computing and stringent compliance requirements, identity and access management (IAM) has become more complex than ever. In this paper, explore how to improve visibility and control to protect assets and ensure you provide the right access to the right people.
Posted: 27 Apr 2012 | Published: 27 Apr 2012
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NETWORK ACCESS CONTROL DEFINITION (continued): … In addition to these functions, NAC restricts the data that each particular user can access, as wellas implementing anti-threat applications such as firewalls, antivirus software and spyware-detectionprograms. NAC also regulates and restricts the things individual subscribers can do once they are connected. Several major networking and IT vendors have introduced NAC products.NAC is ideal for corporations and agencies where the user environment can be rigidly controlled. However, some administrators have expressed doubt about the practicality of NAC deployment in networks with large numbers of … Network Access Control definition sponsored by SearchNetworking.com, powered by WhatIs.com an online computer dictionary
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