NAC as a compliance tool

NAC platforms can be valuable in regulatory compliance Security: Network Access Control Alert NetworkWorld.com | Security Research Center | Update Your Profile Sponsored by Dell Top 10 Reasons to Migrate to WS08 New virtualization tools, Web technologies, and security enhancements save time and reduce costs, and provide you with high availability and increased flexibility for your changing business needs. Central to IT simplification is streamlining maintenance and maximizing availability. Spotlight Story NAC as a compliance tool By Tim Greene NAC is mainly pushed as a risk-mitigation technology that can reduce the likelihood that an endpoint is infected or carrying out unauthorized activity, but its features have been pressed into other duties. Read full story Tim Greene is senior editor at Network World. Related News: Editor's note: Starting April 6 the Security: Network Access Control Alert will become the Cloud Security Alert to address this growing technology and it's impact on security. We hope you will enjoy this new and improved version. We thank you for reading Network World newsletters. If you wish to update your newsletter subscriptions, please click here. Enforcing regulatory compliance standards with NAC NAC is often used as one tool for enforcing regulatory compliance standards and then proving that the standards were met. CounterACT NAC better with PCI Compliance Kit This newsletter has made the point before that NAC can be used to help meet industry and government security regulations, and ForeScout is trying to make that process easier. Regulatory compliance tops issues facing IT managers Regulatory compliance will be the top business and technology issue facing IT managers and executives worldwide in the next 12 to 18 months, with a major emphasis on protecting personally identifiable information (PII) ... The cost of compliance Regulatory compliance is a form of asymmetric warfare. It will always be faster and cheaper for Congress to create new regulations than it is for businesses to comply with them. After all, the infamous Section 404 of ... Cloud computing and compliance: Be careful up there Using the cloud for data processing and storage may have its advantages in terms of simplicity and cost, but ensuring regulatory compliance will not be nearly so simple. Enter for a Microsoft training giveaway from New Horizons New Horizons Computer Training is offering a free Microsoft training course worth up to $2,500 to be given to one lucky Microsoft Subnet reader. Deadline for entry is March 31. 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