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Overview
McAfee Network Access Control software for managed endpoints provides the benefits of access control while adapting to your business and infrastructure.
Compliance enforcement — In addition to limiting network access for risky systems such as visitor and contractor laptops, you can enforce compliance of managed systems (those with an agent already installed) to ensure users do not disable security tools, install malicious applications, or use outdated security configurations. McAfee ensures that your investments in security tools and policy development are protected and not bypassed or disabled by self-administering users.
Network Access Control software support — McAfee Network Access Control software supports managed users, including employees, contractors, and remote users, and offers employee endpoint health assessments to ensure that managed systems are compliant prior to admission. With the McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator and Network Access Control software, we help you detect rogue and unknown devices, and remediate security issues.
Providing essential Network Access Control functionality — With the integrated McAfee Network Access Control Appliance, you can provide identity-based and application-based access control for unmanaged endpoints, such as guests and contractors. You can also add essential Network Access Control functionality to the McAfee Network Security Platform to implement post-admission monitoring and network enforcement to McAfee’s industry-leading intrusion prevention system.
Features & Benefits
Get continuous compliance
Verify policy compliance before allowing network access, in a single step. Gain audit readiness and audit confidence by validating business and security policy in real time.
Protect remote and branch sites
Deploy a single network security appliance to ensure your distributed workforce can access resources at corporate headquarters safely and reliably.
Prevent threats nonstop
Block threats before and after admission using in-depth knowledge of changing system health, compliance, and users.
Gain real-time visibility
Monitor your insiders in real time, post connection, to gain visibility into user and system behavior without the after-the-fact limits and inefficiencies of manual log analysis.
Get convenient, accurate access control for guests, contractors, and employees
Match granular access controls to the risk in each situation. You can ensure that all users, from CEO to visitor, get appropriate access while maintaining the safety of your network.
Unify management for low operational cost
Streamline deployment and maintenance with unified management for endpoint security, access control, and compliance; a single agent; and an enterprise-class, centralized policy management architecture.
Easily enhance existing systems
Leverage your investments in McAfee and Microsoft products with painless upgrades; reuse of agents, consoles, and reports; and integration with Microsoft Network Access Protection (NAP), network flow data, Active Directory, and other products. Easily integrate with the McAfee Network Security Platform and McAfee Network Access Control Appliance for enforcement of unmanaged systems.
System Requirements
Hardware Requirements
Use the same hardware as specified for the McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) 4.0 server or higher. When adding McAfee Network Access Control, we suggest using the recommended hardware configuration rather than the minimum configuration. For details, see the documentation for ePO 4.0 or higher.
- McAfee ePO 4.0 or higher with Patch 2 installed
- Rogue System Detection 2.0 or higher
- McAfee Network Access Control Client
System Requirements
- Memory: 512 MB RAM or more
- Operating Systems
- Windows 7
- Windows Vista, all versions
- Windows XP Professional with Service Pack 2 (SP2) or higher
- Windows 2003 Enterprise Server with SP1 or higher
- Windows 2003 Standard Server with SP1 or higher
- Windows 2003 Web Server with SP1 or higher
- Windows 2000 Professional with SP4
- Windows 2000 Advanced Server with SP4
- Windows 2000 Server with SP4
- Windows 2000 Terminal Services with SP4
- McAfee Agent 3.6 with Patch 2 or higher
Demos / Tutorials
Quick Tips for Network Access Control Appliance
For guidance on how to use this McAfee product, watch the Quick Tips video listed above.
Awards / Reviews
McAfee NAC Solution Earns Five-Star Rating from SC Magazine
The reviewers at SC Magazine point to the McAfee NAC solution’s comprehensive policy controls, strong support documentation, and enterprise-class alerts, reports, and auto-remediation features.
Reviews
McAfee Network Access Control is #1 with Current Analysis
McAfee Network Access Control software is a leader in Current Analysis’ independent product assessment report.
Customer Stories
City of St. Paul
McAfee bolsters security for the City of St. Paul, Minnesota.
Highlights
- Hardened network against intrusion
- Protected 3,300 endpoints against virus and spam attacks
- Safeguarded the city’s network 100% from attacks via unsecured physical sites
- Delivered powerful functionality, ease of use, and simplified administration
Idaho State Tax Commission
Idaho State Tax Commission chooses McAfee to embed security in a new network infrastructure.
Highlights
- Identified vulnerabilities and blocked threats
- Delivered reliable endpoint protection
- Enabled compliance with National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) security guidelines
- Provided support for the commission’s defense-in-depth security strategy
- Helped increase security awareness among network users
Intelsat
Intelsat trusts McAfee to protect user and network devices globally.
Highlights
- Protected a diverse environment from internal and external threats, including the inherent risks of a fluctuating population of 250 to 500 contractors
- Managed the entire server system with 1.5 full-time employees (FTEs)
- Reduced solution cost by 75% over a la carte purchases from separate vendors
- Standardized a security environment that previously required five vendors
- Complied with regulations, including SOX, HIPAA, and Department of Defense (DoD)
Major Healthcare System
The healthcare system uses McAfee solutions to gain compliance with HIPAA, PCI, DSS, and FTC regulations.
Highlights
- Optimize mobility management of corporate data
- Protect corporate data from the data center to the mobile device
- Set mobile policies that work while providing flexibility to users
- Provide central dashboard for controlling entire security environment
Riverside Healthcare
Riverside Healthcare protects more than 1,950 endpoints including mobile devices with McAfee software.
Highlights
- Optimize mobility management of corporate data
- Protect corporate data from the data center to the mobile device
- Set mobile policies that work while providing flexibility to users
News / Events
News
- McAfee Named Finalist in 11 SC Magazine 2012 Awards Categories
November 17, 2011Topics : Mobile Security
- McAfee, Inc. Extends Vision for Network Security and Network Access Control
October 26, 2010Topics : Network Security
Events
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Architectural Review for NAC
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Solution Briefs
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Community
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- Network Risk Control
Dan Wolff - November 06, 2008
Tim Greene at Network World just issued a nice story in support of the notion that NAC can be a sort of ‘backstop’ to security tools. NAC is supposed to do a lot of things and once it’s installed, customers are finding that NAC often does even more than they bargained for. For instance, NAC Read more... - Introducing the Third Generation of NAC
Dan Wolff - November 04, 2008
OK, you have spent a lot to secure your endpoints, but is your investment going to waste? IT organizations large and small have invested heavily in endpoint security to address the rapidly evolving security challenge. AntiVirus, AntiSpam, Firewall, Host Intrusion Prevention, Compliance Auditing and more have been deployed to protect and assess endpoints. Much has Read more...