Cisco NAC Appliance

Cisco remains one of the leaders in the NAC space even as the company works on its broader policy framework, TrustSec, which will incorporate components of Cisco NAC. (8/12/2011)

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Juniper Networks Unified Access Control

Juniper has taken a large step in enhancing its guest access capabilities. The company has added a standalone inline appliance to its NAC suite: Enterprise Guess Access. The appliance supports agent less wired and wireless NAC. (8/12/2011)

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McAfee NAC

McAfee has done a good job leveraging its larger security portfolio to enhance the functionality of its network access control solution. (8/12/2011)

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StillSecure SafeAccess

Still Secure remains a spunky but relatively niche player in the network access control market. (8/12/2011)

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Symantec NAC

Symantec does not view network access control as a standalone market, but rather sees NAC functionality as a feature set in its larger endpoint security solutions. (8/12/2011)

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Report Contents

• Current Perspective Rating
• Product Strengths & Weaknesses
• Product Metrics

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Symantec - NAC - Product Metrics

• Posture Checking (Means)
  • Agent (Native or Third-party)
  • Temporary Agent (Native or Third-party)
  • Agentless
• Quarantine Enforcement
  • VLANs
  • Endpoint
  • Switch
  • Router
  • DHCP
  • Network-based Inline
  • Network-based Out of Band
  • Other
• Identity-based and Policy Driven Network Resource Access Control
  • Role-based Provisioning
  • Extract Role Info from LDAP
  • Extract Role Info from Active Directory
  • Extract Role Info from RADIUS
  • Tie User to Traffic/Policy
  • Allow Segmented Access Based on Risk
• Continual Real-time Infection Detection
  • IPS
  • Firewall
  • Dedicated Appliance
  • Switch or Router-based Enforcement
  • Other