Cisco Systems delivers NAC Appliance 4.0

Cisco Systems Inc (NASDAQ:CSCO), a provider of networking for the Internet, announced on Monday (10 July) the delivery of NAC Appliance 4.0, the latest edition of the company's Network Admission Control solution.

According to the company, the NAC Appliance 4.0 provides policy enforcement at network entry points throughout the enterprise, featuring policy enforcement capabilities for protecting local-area networks (LANs) as well as remote office, VPN, and wireless access points.

The solution is reportedly based on Cisco NAC's four basic elements - authentication/posture assessment, policy enforcement, quarantine/remediation, and centralized management. At each entry point, Cisco's NAC Appliance 4.0 identifies all users and networked devices, from employees, contractors, and guests to end points with various operating systems, PDAs, printers, and IP phones. The NAC Appliance assesses their role in accessing the network, verifies their compliance with corporate security policies, and grants appropriate network privileges, the company claims.