NAC author to guest blog on Cisco Subnet

Network Access Control This newsletter is sponsored by NetApp BEYOND BACKUP: DISK-TO-DISK BACKUP COMES OF AGE Assessing the wide array of D2D options can be daunting. In this paper, we compare disk backup solutions and offer guidance for evaluating the different types of advanced data protection solutions and provide guidance for identifying the solutions that will meet your needs. Network World's Network Access Control Newsletter, 07/17/07 NAC author to guest blog on Cisco Subnet By Tim Greene Jamey Heary has spent a lot of time thinking about NAC, given that he is the author of “Cisco NAC Appliance: Enforcing Host Security with Clean Access.” Starting in August he will be a guest blogger on Network World's Cisco Subnet, which includes a lot of fact and opinion about Cisco and its products. Heary, who is a consulting systems engineer for Cisco, says he plans to talk about NAC as well as intrusion prevention, firewalls and security features built into Cisco’s IOS software. The Security Standard - The Only Executive Summit Focused on the Business, Management and Strategic Aspects of Security September 10-11, 2007 | The Fairmont Hotel Chicago How do your security initiatives support company business goals? The answer to this question can make all the difference in gaining the corporate-wide support and resources you need to drive your security strategies. Uncover best practices and organizational strategies for achieving success by attending The Security Standard Conference. Click here for more details. Click here for more details He says his plan is to set down the internal network weaknesses that NAC can help solve as groundwork for more specific topics such as getting networks NAC-ready and creating security policies for endpoints. Heary plans to highlight key factors that NAC products must have in an entry he describes as the top five things any NAC solution must do and do well. He also has slotted an entry to make NAC easier to get up and running in an entry he calls “Just make it simpler: Tips for a Speedy NAC Deployment.” He is pretty up front that many of his entries will be Cisco-centric, but that makes sense given the nature of the site and his expertise, but his insights about Cisco’s NAC may have relevance to NAC in general. He’s actually soliciting topics that people interested in NAC would like him to cover, so if you have any, please send them my way, and they’ll be passed along to Heary. His blog starts Aug. 1.   What do you think? Post a comment on this newsletter

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Contact the author: Tim Greene is a senior editor at Network World, covering network access control, virtual private networking gear, remote access, WAN acceleration and aspects of VoIP technology. You can reach him at tgreene@nww.com. This newsletter is sponsored by NetApp BEYOND BACKUP: DISK-TO-DISK BACKUP COMES OF AGE Assessing the wide array of D2D options can be daunting. In this paper, we compare disk backup solutions and offer guidance for evaluating the different types of advanced data protection solutions and provide guidance for identifying the solutions that will meet your needs. ARCHIVE Archive of the Network Access Control Newsletter. BONUS FEATURE IT PRODUCT RESEARCH AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Get detailed information on thousands of products, conduct side-by-side comparisons and read product test and review results with Network World’s IT Buyer’s Guides. Find the best solution faster than ever with over 100 distinct categories across the security, storage, management, wireless, infrastructure and convergence markets. Click here for details. PRINT SUBSCRIPTIONS AVAILABLE You've got the technology snapshot of your choice delivered to your inbox each day. Extend your knowledge with a print subscription to the Network World newsweekly, Apply here today. International subscribers, click here. SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES To subscribe or unsubscribe to any Network World newsletter, change your e-mail address or contact us, click here. This message was sent to: networking.world@gmail.com. Please use this address when modifying your subscription. Advertising information: Write to Associate Publisher Online Susan Cardoza Network World, Inc., 118 Turnpike Road, Southborough, MA 01772 Copyright Network World, Inc., 2007