Download Network access control (NAC)
Large organizations need to provide an increasingly mobile and diverse workforce with easy access to the corporate network without compromising security. Sophos NAC provides comprehensive network access control that integrates with existing security and network infrastructure, enabling major fi rms – including Fortune 500 companies – to enforce security policies, maximize their return on investment (ROI), and demonstrate that they can meet regulatory compliance. Download now
Fact file
Business challenge
- Although contractors, teleworkers and office-based employees are known users, their computers might not be compliant with corporate security policy.
- IT administrators must be able to assess, achieve and report on the security compliance of all computers on the network without reducing user productivity or increasing support costs.
Technology solution
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Sophos NAC Advanced enabled organizations to track, improve and report on their compliance — limiting risk and aiding the definition of comprehensive security policies.
- A wide variety of security applications and OS patches were assessed as computers attempted to connect, and at configurable periods during network sessions.
- Security policies were then enforced, and unauthorized computers quarantined, prior to network access.
Business results
- A global manufacturing company initially implemented Sophos NAC Advanced in less than a week, ultimately ensuring security compliance for its 5000 mobile users.
- A leading financial services company met regulatory requirements by controlling and reporting on secure network access by its 40,000 employees and contractors.
- A highly regulated US energy company ensured 15,000 employees and hundreds of contractors were compliant with security policy, recording all actions taken to allow access or quarantine unauthorized computers.