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  Forrester outlines 5 rising, 5 declining security technologies

  Security technologies rise and fall in popularity, and Forrester Research in its TechRadar report puts its bets on five it thinks are in a growth mode and five it thinks are dying away.

  By Ellen Messmer | 16 May, 2012 02:45

  Tags: security, next-generation firewalls, nac, Forrester Research, fbi, ddos, anonymous, Access control and authentication

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  Will BYOD revive the network-access control idea? Gartner thinks it will

  Is the BYOD craze going to bring a revival of NAC, the policy-based network-access control that was hyped a decade ago but didn't end up widely adopted for endpoint security?

  By Ellen Messmer | 08 May, 2012 20:34

  Tags: wireless, tablets, smartphones, security, networking, nac, MDM, iPad, hardware systems, Google, Gartner, ForeScout, Fiberlink, consumer electronics, byod, bring your own device, apple iphone, Apple, Android, Access control and authentication

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  Microsoft Windows RT tablets will be more security friendly than iPad, Android devices

  Microsoft can perform a type of network access control on Windows RT devices as a way to protect corporate networks from harm these devices might inflict if put to corporate use, making them a cut above iPads and Android tablets in this regard.

  By Tim Greene | 21 April, 2012 07:23

  Tags: Access control and authentication, byod, Microsoft, nac, operating systems, security, software, Windows, Windows 8, Windows RT

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  ConSentry Networks goes out of business

  NAC pioneer ConSentry Networks is going out of business effective today, according to the company's founder.

  By Tim Greene | 24 August, 2009 09:02

  Tags: bankruptcy, consentry, job losses, nac

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  InfoExpress latest NAC vendor to push services

  InfoExpress is introducing a managed network access control service designed to reduce the ongoing costs of network access protection and provide better technical support than many businesses could afford in-house.

  By Tim Greene | 28 May, 2009 07:42

  Tags: infoexpress, nac

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  NAC software eases access rights assignments

  Avenda Systems is announcing support for MAC OS X devices in its NAC gear that makes it possible to run MAC health checks as part of a Microsoft network access protection (NAP) deployment.

  By Tim Greene | 04 May, 2009 07:10

  Tags: avenda, Mac OS X, nac

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  ForeScout doubles NAC management reach

  A software upgrade for ForeScout's CounterACT NAC platform will enable it to manage 400,000 endpoints, double the number of previous software releases.

  By Tim Greene | 15 April, 2009 13:18

  Tags: access control, ForeScout, nac

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  Nortel expands its NAC offerings

  Nortel Wednesday is announcing a second offering in its family of NAC products, a software platform that runs only on virtual servers and is intended for deployment in heterogeneous networks.

  By Tim Greene | 09 April, 2009 07:27

  Tags: 802.1X, nac, nortel

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  Trustwave buys NAC vendor Mirage

  Managed security provider Trustwave has bought up independent network access control vendor Mirage Networks and will add NAC to the list of services Trustwave provides.

  By Tim Greene | 19 February, 2009 09:46

  Tags: mirage, nac, trustwave

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  NAC used for something other than what it was designed for

  Few customers of network access control use it for what it was intended, preferring instead to deploy the security technology to keep guests and contractors away from corporate production networks, according to a new report.

  By Tim Greene | 29 January, 2009 09:00

  Tags: nac, network access control

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  Days numbered for standalone NAC, anti-data leakage firms?

  Bargain hunting was all the talk of the 451 Group event this week in Boston, where one security pro quipped that vendors should be paying customers to install their software and where anyone remotely smelling of money became suddenly quite popular with other attendees looking to sell things.

  By Bob Brown | 13 November, 2008 08:46

  Tags: nac

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  McAfee bolsters network access security

  McAfee is making it possible for customers to enforce network access policies on unmanaged devices such as laptops owned by visitors or consultants.

  By Tim Greene | 21 October, 2008 08:56

  Tags: mcafee, nac

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  Novell enters NAC market via partnership

  Novell is getting into network access control via an OEM agreement with StillSecure that initially provides a stand-alone product but also includes plans to ensure that software works well with Novell's ZENworks configuration management.

  By Tim Greene | 24 September, 2008 08:00

  Tags: nac, novell