This post was written by Jason Stella

Enterasys Networks Inc. has announced new integrated endpoint assessment capabilities for the Enterasys(R) Network Access Control (NAC) in-line and out-of-band appliances, and embedded switch modules. These enable enterprises to ensure only the right users have access to the right information from the right place at the right time. The agent-based or agent-less assessment offers deployment flexibility while determining health posture scoring for laptops, desktops, servers, printers, phones, copiers, cameras, etc. Interoperability has been proven with Microsoft NAP and the Trusted Computing Group’s TNC.

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This post was written by Melissa Chang

In a great interview between Network World and Joel Snyder, a senior partner with Opus One, and a security expert, the two talk about a wide range of NAC-related issues. In the discussion, they cover questions about what NAC products can and cannot do, including integration with wireless, technology shortcomings, plug-ins and more. Snyder also claims that one big vendor is winning the NAC war (Microsoft) and points readers to a great resource for NAC info - the Interop Labs NAC resource Web site. A great quote from the piece:

The key is that the desktop is EVERYTHING and Microsoft is making the right noises about standards and openness and making things work in the big picture. So we have already seen Microsoft and the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) get together, and I think it’s only a matter of time before we also see the other vendors like Cisco at least have a good accommodation of the Microsoft Network Access Protection (NAP) framework.

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