Top NAC customers

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, 07/19/07 Top NAC customers By Tim Greene A major vendor of NAC gear recently shared some of its marketing research on the condition that the company not be named, and it turned up some interesting data on who is buying NAC gear. Of the vendor’s top 1,000 customers as measured by revenue, the largest group was educational entities. That’s not surprising because colleges and universities with large numbers of unmanaged devices - mainly student computers - need some way to check they have rudimentary protection. The second largest group with 14% is government, also not too surprising because of massive new security and accountability requirements being dumped on them. This group is not mentioned often by NAC vendors in general. 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 There is a tie for third between healthcare and financial institutions with 9% each. Healthcare, with clinics and hospitals made up of affiliations of doctors, insurers and regulators that all need network access, is frequently mentioned as a big consumer of NAC. Financial firms, always on the cutting edge of security technology because of the huge financial implications of breaches, are a likely group to invest in NAC. Their regulatory requirements, while they might not be met entirely by NAC, can be partially satisfied with the technology. NAC expenditures by manufacturing businesses is nearly as high as for healthcare and financial sectors at 8%. These businesses interact with business partners for supply of parts and shipping, so need some mechanism for verifying that these unmanaged devices have appropriate safeguards in place. One of the largest categories of customers of this vendor is “other” at 26%, made up of a variety of business categories that register less than 2% on their own. That shows NAC is also interesting to a wide range of other businesses depending on their individual circumstances.   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