Network Access Control (NAC) Day
Tuesday, September 16, 9:00 - 5:00
Network Access Control is contentious, confusing and when done right—complicated. It’s also a technology trend that you need to know about, because it represents the most significant change in the way that networks are secured since the invention of the firewall. Network managers are now being given the tools to create a strong link between users, end systems, typically desktop workstations and laptops, and access to network resources.
With components of end-point security, authentication and access control, these emerging NAC architectures and products offer almost endless options. Your job is to select the right components and pieces to match your own requirements.
This full-day seminar will cover the concepts behind NAC, as well as the top NAC architectures from Cisco, Microsoft and the Trusted Computing Group. We’ll discuss specific issues in deploying NAC in enterprise networks, and cover key strategies you can use to ensure successful NAC planning and deployment. During the day, a panel of leading NAC experts will debate issues and take your questions.
Course Agenda
NAC Architecture and End Point Security
- NAC basics, including an overview of problems NAC is supposed to solve—compared to the problems it actually solves.
- The three main commercial architectures: Cisco NAC, Microsoft NAP, TCG TNC, as well as the IETF NEA architecture.
Design and Deployment of NAC Solutions
- What it takes to put NAC into a production network
- Five main steps of a NAC deployment
NAC Product Architectures, Part 1
- One NAC Framework, dissected
NAC Panel
- Audience-led Q&A of NAC technical experts on NAC deployment, architecture, and real-world lessons learned
NAC Product Architectures, Part 2
- Another NAC Framework, dissected
Nine Hard Questions about Network Access Control
- Hard questions you should be able to answer about your chosen NAC solution, or hard questions you may want to ask your potential NAC vendors
Who Should Attend
- Network managers interested in learning about how NAC will affect network architectures, and in building higher security into networks.
- Security architects interested in pushing security from the perimeter deep into the network with full access control and authentication of end users.
- Desktop managers looking to enforce security policy compliance and get on top of regulatory issues with tighter controls.
You Will Learn
- What NAC is, and the underlying technologies that make it happen.
- Details of the three main NAC architectures from Cisco, Microsoft and Trusted Computing Group, including similarities and differences.
- Implementation issues.
- Solid strategies for adding NAC, and pitfalls to avoid.