This post was written by Jason Stella
Great Bay Software, the innovator of Endpoint Profiling for enterprise networks, today announced that Network Products Guide, a Silicon Valley Communications publication on technologies and solutions, has named Beacon Endpoint Profiler(TM) winner of the 2008 Best Products and Services Award in the “Best Endpoint Security” Category. This respected annual award honors products and services that represent the rapidly changing needs and interests of technology end-users. As part of the tech-industry’s leading global awards program, this year’s Best Products and Services were nominated from all over the world.
Great Bay Software’s flagship software product, Beacon Endpoint Profiler, allows network administrators to locate, map and secure thousands of difficult-to-track endpoint devices such as IP phones, printers and biomedical devices — a crucial step in the successful installation of NAC systems. Further, Beacon Endpoint Profiler provides automated endpoint behavior management, alerting administrators to any unauthorized use of networked ports and devices.
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The control of access and screening of endpoints for the compliance with a business’ desktop/laptop configuration posture are the primary reasons for consumers wanting to introduce NAC at their organization. Several NAC products can also provide functions that enable customers to verify whether access policies are enforced, shortcomings at the endpoints are remedied and logs of user activity are updated such that they can stand up to regulatory audits. Potential NAC customers should recognize this additional usefulness of the NAC product, and if helpful, they should make these capabilities part of their product-evaluation check list.
Symantec is set to launch an on-demand NAC client to go with its NAC appliance that brings features of the client more in line with the company’s permanent NAC client. Like the full-time agent, the new on-demand agent supports 802.1x authentication, enabling out-of-band enforcement of NAC policies. The on-demand agent supports features such as turning on of scans for antivirus software and registry checks.