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.
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