NAC NAC: Who’s Really There? (And What Are They Bringing Inside)

NAC stands for network admission control or network access control, depending on whom you ask. Either way, most NAC technologies have the same objective: Make certain that only healthy computers connect to the network.

This paper addresses several issues organizations should consider when analyzing the efficacy and costs of NAC solutions and looks at a complementary alternative technology based on TNT’s Identity™, which helps address and overcome some limitations of NAC solutions.