ENTERPRISE NETWORKING

Network Access Control

Enhanced security for networks with IoT devices.

What is Network Access Control?

Network access control, or NAC, is a zero-trust access solution that provides users with enhanced visibility into the Internet of Things (IoT) devices on their enterprise networks. With NAC, you can bolster security, visibility, and access management of your enterprise network and restrict access to only endpoint devices and users that comply with your defined security policy.

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Simplified Comprehensive IoT Security

Real-time visibility into all connected endpoints is a crucial first step toward closing security gaps; it’s impossible to secure a device if an organisation does not know it exists. Optec’s Network Access Control solution, FortiNAC, provides real-time visibility via a live inventory of all devices connected to the network.

FortiNAC offers an easy-to-use, one-step solution specifically designed to close security gaps resulting from absent or outdated access controls. It enables network lockdown, simplifying IoT device onboarding and management, while filling a crucial defensive gap by controlling device access.

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FortiNAC provides detailed profiling of even headless devices on your network using multiple information and behaviour sources to accurately identify what is on your network.
Implement micro-segmentation policies and change configurations on switches and wireless products from more than 70 vendors. Extend the reach of the Security Fabric in heterogeneous environments.
React to events in your network in seconds to contain threats before they spread. FortiNAC offers a broad and customisable set of automation policies that can instantly trigger configuration changes when the targeted behaviour is observed.

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NAC Benefits & Use Cases

NAC network security provides visibility over everything connected to the network, as well as the ability to control those devices and users, including dynamic, automated responses. It plays a role in strengthening overall network security infrastructure and can be used for multiple use cases.

Both IoT and BYOD technologies create substantial new security risks and open new threat vectors, and unsecured devices dramatically increase the risk of intrusion, breach, and a catastrophic cyberattack. The right NAC solutions ensure compliance for all devices connecting to networks, checking that proper controls are in place before corporate network resources are accessible.
The role of NAC in incident response is often significant. Network access control solutions can be configured to automatically enforce security policies, share contextual information, and isolate unsecure devices from accessing other parts of a network.
Contractors, partner employees, and other guest workers need specialised access only to those parts of the corporate network that enable a good user experience and allow them to do their jobs. NAC plays a key role in maintaining access privileges while ensuring guest users have smooth connectivity and a good overall experience.
Healthcare is an industry rapidly embracing the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) and now many new networked devices are coming online to support advances in medicine and medical care. But as more medical devices access the corporate network, it is critical to employ NAC computer solutions that can help protect devices and massive troves of sensitive personal data, including medical records. This can help improve healthcare security overall and keep medical facilities and other healthcare institutions free from ransomware and other prevalent threats.
Regulatory compliance isn’t optional, and organisations can receive serious fines and create myriad other problems if access controls aren’t implemented or aren’t demonstrably effective. NAC solutions have long been thought of as risk mitigation technology—which they certainly are—but the right ones can also help enforce compliance controls.

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Simplify and Strengthen your NAC Deployment

Make sure your NAC is configured in the optimal way and that your IoT devices are continually secured with the help of our expert engineers. Optec’s FortiNAC Baseline Deployment focuses on ensuring that your FortiNAC is deployed in accordance with industry best practices.

Our Fortinet NSE-certified engineers will configure your FortiNAC to enable your organisation to implement centralised RADIUS authentication services for your entire network, covering the most requested features and utilising Active Directory, the most ubiquitous user directory in use today, as the single point of user management.