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Mirage White Paper: Microsoft NAP and Network Access Control

While Microsoft NAP is often perceived to be a solution with which Network Access Control (NAC) vendors will have to do battle, that’s actually not the case at all. Microsoft NAP offers more powerful features in several cases, but it only addresses a subset of most NAC solutions’ functionality. The NAP-NAC battle will never happen because the two heavyweight acronyms turn out to be quite complementary.

Mirage White Paper: Protecting VoIP with Network Access Control

It’s an old adage. As the acceptance of any new technology grows, so does its appeal as a target of attack. So it is with the technologies that use Internet Protocol networks to deliver enterprise-wide voice services. Once solely the domain of innovators and early adopters, IP Telephony, also known as Voice-Over-IP or “VoIP”, has experienced rapid growth in acceptance as a viable technology for businesses looking to provide more effective, cost-reduced worldwide voice services. As IP Telephony proliferation grows by leaps and bounds, its attractiveness as a target also increases.

Mirage White Paper: The Patented Mirage Quarantine Solution
This paper surveys the various quarantining methods offered by NAC solution vendors, grading each on several characteristics. The five methods we consider are:

• Flow Interruption
• Access Control Lists
• VLAN Switching
• Switch Port Shutting
• Address Resolution Protocols

Mirage White Paper: Writing a Killer Network Access Control RFP
The need to secure business networks is growing, as enterprises store more and more critical data so that key decision makers can access the network from anywhere. When considering network security solutions, many organizations are turning to network access control (NAC) technology as an integral part of their enterprise security. As the NAC industry becomes increasingly crowded, and product differentiators more obscured, organizations seeking to secure their networks find themselves with a daunting amount of information to process. Many find that stripping the question down to its most basic parts is the most useful way to proceed.

Mirage Industry Report: Getting the Knack of NAC: Understanding Network Access Control
This industry report gives you the information you need to make informed decisions about how to secure your network by controlling access and by preventing endpoint infections and policy violations.

• Part One discusses the market as a whole and where it is headed.
• Part Two covers the critical pieces of pre-admission NAC that will ensure success.
• Parts Three and Four discuss post-admission NAC, which includes threat detection as well as quarantine and remediation, and how to make a successful NAC implementation part of your roadmap.