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What's New on SAC?

Each month we email our registered users highlights of the new content and directory listings we have added to Secure Access Central (you can register for this service at anytime). On this Web page you will find a summary of these emails plus the additions made since our last one.

February 2008

  1. What Should We Really Believe?

  2. Fourth Edition of the NAC Product Selection Guide (Available February 24)

January 2008

  1. The SSL VPN Market Matured Gracefully in 2007

  2. Is Virtualization the Deathknell For NAC?

  3. Five Questions to Ask A NAC Vendor

December 2007

  1. Our 3-Year Trend Analysis of The Gartner SSL VPN Magic Quadrant Reports (In our online library. Registration is required)

  2. NAC Product Profile: Bradford Networks

  3. NAC Product Profile: ForeScout Technologies

  4. Measuring NAC is Harder Than Counting Rabbits

  5. Network Computing Steamrolls Vernier In-Band NAC

November 2007

  1. A Peek at BIG NAC & Nevis Networks LANenforcer 4.0

  2. NAC Market Research: Now You Can Be the Judge

  3. The Storm Worm Heralds the End of NAC. Not!

  4. Network Computing Dings ConSentry NAC Bigtime!

  5. NAC Survey Shocks Security Industry

  6. Forescout CounterACT Offers NAC Agent With A Twist

  7. What NAC Enforcement Method Do you prefer?

  8. The World's Most Comprehensive NAC Product Selection Guide is Free

October 2007

You can either (1) view thumbnail descriptions for all of the following items or (2) simply view the individual item now:

  1. Podcast: The 3 Journalistos on NAC

  2. A Closer Look At the Cisco NAC Profiler - Part 1

  3. NAC Product Spotlight:  StillSecure Safe Access

  4. Policing Your Network With NAC - Part 1

  5. Cisco Extends NAC To Non-Authenticating Endpoints

  6. The World's Most Comprehensive NAC Product Selection Guide is Free

You can view a brief description of each topic by selecting a month and then the entire publication by selecting a specific link.

September 2007

  1. Cisco NAC on the Run?

  2. Need a $6000 NAC Marketing Makeover?

  3. NAC Product Reviews: Is There A Better Way?

  4. NAC Product Spotlights:Lockdown Networks Enforcer & Array Networks SPX UAC

  5. Upcoming Network Computing NAC Product Tests: So What?

  6. Network World Tests NAC: So What?

  7. Mine (NAC) Is Bigger Than Yours: Nevis Networks vs StillSecure

  8. A Pragmatic Way to Classify NAC Products

  9. Which NAC Are You Talking About?

August 2007

  1. New SAC Weblog (published August 5)

  2. NIST Publishes Draft Guide to SSL VPNs

  3. NAC Product Profile - Array Network SPX

  4. NAC Product Profile - Lockdown Networks Enforcer

  5. Network World Evaluates and Rates 13 NAC products.

June 2007

  1. A new Best Web Blogs Directory has been added to our portal

  2. Want to learm More About the Cisco NAC Framework? The Cisco Press has published Cisco "Network Admission Control, Volume II: NAC Deployment and Troubleshooting" $54.00 US). Chapter 1 is available at Informit Network.

  3. Core Competence reviews the current state of Internet security. Their analysis in Business Communications Review is a "must read" for security professionals AND business managers.

    "Improved network admission controls are long overdue. Don't use the competition among major vendors or the complexity of NAC deployments as an excuse to maintain the status quo. Incorporate NAC approaches where practical today-for example, many SSL VPNs can apply more granular user/group access controls, without requiring massive network NAC upgrades."

  4. Windows IT Pro examines 4 NAC software products from McAfee, InfoExpress, Sophos and StillSecure

  5. Breakaway Security publishes its NAC Product Selection Guide, Version 3.0 - Adds Array Networks, HP and InfoExpress and updates Cisco and Forscout content

May 2007
  1. NAC:More is More. You will likely be surprised by the results of a recent market survey of over 800 planners and implementers just published by Network Computing. Includes 14 charts. (May 2007)

  2. New Service: Links to Top NAC Blogs

  3. Portal Home Page Links to ChannelWeb Network News - SSL VPN And NAC

  4. Network Computing's NAC Forum 2007 - New York City - June 19

  5. Requirements for A NAC Solution (Joel Snyder/Opus One Report)

  6. Lab Tests on 14 NAC Products - Report available at end of July. Read test overview. (Network World)

  7. NAC enforcement appliance market to double in '07

March 2007
  1. Network Admission And Access Control Product Selection Guide

  2. NAC: Balancing Security and the User Experience

  3. The New Role of IPS & NBAD for Internal NAC-based Security (Lippis Report Issue 79)

  4. Synergy Market Research Report: Year End 2006

  5. Gartner MarketScope for NAC, 2007

  6. End Point Security Strategies Part 2: The Endpoint Data Protection Benchmark Report

January 2007

  1. Gartner SSL VPN Magic Quadrant (Published January 2007)

  2. Trend Analysis of Gartner SSL VPN Magic Quadrants

  3. Forrester: SSL VPN Appliances 4Q2006 Report

  4. NAC Battleground (12 Vendor Opinions)

  5. Face-off: Mobile VPN. Is SSL or IPSEC the Better Choice?

  6. IETF creates NAC working Group

December 2006

  1. Demystifying NAC Technology - Scan the Endpoint and/or Network Traffic?

  2. NAC Market Usage Report from the Aberdeen Group (complimentary copy)

  3. Bypassing NAC Security - Part 2: Is This Really A Big Problem?

  4. Annual SSL VPNs Sales Grow by 50%

  5. Top Web Columns, Publications & Blogs

  6. Endpoint Security Survey: What are the Keys to Data Lockdown?

  7. Introducing New Portal Partners

October 2006

  1. SSL VPN Gateway Annual Sales Grow 29%

  2. Complete NAC Usage Survey and Receive Complete Market Research Report

  3. Cisco and Microsoft Unveil Joint Architecture for NAC-NAP Interoperability

  4. Bypassing NAC Security

  5. Information Security Magazine Evaluates Aventail, Check Point, Cisco, F5 and Juniper SSL VPN Gateways

  6. New Portal Partners: Aberdeen Group, ForeScout Technologies, Mirage Networks, SENFORCE

  7. New User Forums on Secure Access Central

July 2006

  1. Solution Profile: Cisco NAC Framework

  2. Solution Profile: Cisco NAC Appliance

  3. Network Admission Control Vendor Directory (Update)

  4. Customer Perspectives on NAC: Survey Data

  5. SSL VPN + NAC Convergence = AEP Networks + Lockdown Networks

  6. Microsoft + Whale Communications = Future New Products???

  7. NAC Misconceptions: What Should You Believe?

  8. Introducing a new portal sponsor: NeoAccel

June 2006

  1. What You Should Know About Network Access Control (NAC) Solutions

  2. NAC Implementation Issues & Best Practices

  3. NAC Vendor Directory: Endpoint Compliance Enforcement

  4. Top Web Resources: Network Access Control (Update)

May 2006

  1. Top 12 Reasons to Install SSL-based Remote Access

  2. Top Web Resources: Network Access Control

  3. Tolly Group SSL VPN Gateway Verification Tests: Array SPX5000

  4. Top Web Resources: Malicious Code Protection

  5. VPNC: Interoperability Testing for SSL VPN Gateway and Applications

  6. Array Networks and Citrix Gain Market Share

April 2006

  1. Expanded Coverage: Endpoint Security

  2. Best Practices Column: "Leave-No-Trace" Endpoint Protection

  3. Array Networks Product Spotlight

  4. Citrix Product Spotlight

  5. F5 FirePass SSL VPN Appliance

March 2006

  1. Best Practices Column: Accessing Complex Web Applications

  2. Using SSL VPNs with Microsoft and Citrix Terminal Servers

  3. Online Access Gateway Selection Guide: NeoAccel SSL VPN Plus

  4. SSL VPN Gateway Evaluation Guide: Whale's Intelligent Application Gateway

February 2006

  1. Key Trends in SSL VPNs (on-demand webinar)

  2. On-line Survey #1: Current SSL VPN Usage Patterns

  3. New SSL VPN Central Partner: Array Networks

  4. New Best Practices Service: Implementing Complex Web Applications
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