Sophos NAC Advanced Network Access Control

Sophos Network Access Control (NAC) is a software-based network access control solution. It is straightforward to install and allows you to enforce your company policy for workstations connecting to your network.

Preventive and faster protection
Sophos NAC scans workstations for compliance with your policy both before they connect so that you can decide what level of access they are to be granted, as well as while they are connected to your network to ensure that they remain compliant. Policy is defined by the network administrator via a web based management console, and remediation can take place "on the fly" to ensure that the workstation is either brought into compliance, provided with restricted network access, or blocked.

Simplified and automated policy management
The organisational benefit of implementing network access control is in automating the process of assessment and remediation for non-compliant computers. The Sophos management console provides over 1000 pre-defined security application and operating system patch assessment definitions which are automatically updated to reflect security application updates and new security patch availability. The NAC agents can fix out-of-compliance endpoints automatically or with the assistance of the user. Once the Network Access Control policies are defined and implemented, the process of ensuring that the configuration of workstations meets with Best Practice can be automated, reducing both the risk of malware infection and the cost of ensuring compliance.