So: how can you efficiently control network access, enforce compliance and implement security policies on all devices and avoid compromising security or performance?
Pat Black and his ICT team at The Northern Health and Social Care Trust had seen the number of networked desktop and mobile user devices and specialist medical devices grow beyond the 15,000 mark.
They now needed a NAC solution to help them to manage a flexible yet effective network security policy and to deliver reliable network performance. But one which would not involve significant increased cost or management overhead.
In this Case Study Article you’ll find out how Pat and the team worked with Foursys to install, test and prove the ForeScout CounterACT NAC system.
It describes the two month proof of concept, during which the Trust’s ICT team put the ForeScout CounterAct agentless NAC system through a stringent series of live tests to ensure it would:
- Identify and make visible every owned and non-owned device on the network
- Assess each device’s location, security posture and software profile
- Run real time security scans on each type of network device
- Deploy 802.1x authentication to every device needing network access
- Identify and respond to security incidents quickly
- Enforce security policy compliance on all devices, owned or non-owned.
The ForeScout CounterACT is an agentless NAC system that can be deployed without the need for additional hardware or installation of new software onto any device. Download the Case Study now and learn how the ForeScout CounterACT could benefit your organisation.
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