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Symantec NAC

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PCQ Bureau
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Sometimes it happens that the anti-virus signatures are not up-to date or the

firewall is turned off on a user desktop, be it remote or local. This means that

the client system is insecure and prone to virus or spyware attack. However, if

it is a small network of say 10 systems, network administrators can easily track

such issues. But when it comes to a large corporate network, tracing such issues

becomes really difficult. This necessitates a solution like SNAC (Symantec

Network Access Control) for managing securities of systems in your enterprise.

This version of Symantec NAC offers you single agent for managing all the

Symantec endpoint protection products such as, anti-virus and NAC, making things

simple and lot easier for network administrators by providing a unified

reporting and maintenance service. In addition to this, SNAC can provide

on-demand agent. It can dynamically create an agent and deploy to the guest

system through SNAC enforcer appliance to make your network secure.

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SNAC not only detects who is connecting to the network but also what is

connecting to the network such as server, PDAs etc. It automatically blocks

devices that are not authorized and automatically repair ones that are not

compliant. Symantec NAC also provides support for MS Network Access Point, and

it enables administrators to install a single system health validator on the MS

Network Policy Server. Hence it reduces the pain of installing multiple system

health validator for every third party application that is installed at the

client side, and gives you better integration with NAP. For reviewing this

product, we installed it on a server with a Xeon 3 GHz processor, 4 GB RAM, and

Windows 2003 Enterprise Server. At the client side, we used Windows Vista and

XP. Installation of the Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager was over in a

couple of minutes. With its easy-to-use interface it was pretty easy to do the

initial configuration. As the installation gets finished, it prompts to run the

Migration and Deployment wizard. This wizard helps in creating agent for both 32

and 64 bit clients with a single click. Once the agents are created, we

installed them on different clients. It was just one click installation and

everything on the client side was configured. Next we created a new policy using

the Symantec Endpoint protection manager console, and deployed it. Within

minutes, the clients who didn't meet the policy were notified with a warning

message and those who did meet were shown a healthy sign on their system tray.

In addition to this, it also provides the option to control the number of times

a user can cancel remediation and whether host integrity check be done on the

host. The reporting service offered by this application is very elaborative. It

provides various report types such as audit, compliance, computer status, etc.

Price:

Rs. 1,006 (Approx) ( Agent, Band F,

Essential (24 X 7) support for one year)



Meant For: Large enterprises


Key Specs: Host integrity check, MS NAP
Support



Pros: Single agent, single console, on
demand agent



Cons: None


Contact:
Symantec, Mumbai,



Tel: 91-9867285844


Email:
anand_naik@symantec.com



Website:
www.symantec.com








SMS Buy 130359 to 56677
With the migration

and deployment wizard, you can configure the agent for unattended or slient

installation also.

Bottomline: Given the easy deployment feature and single agent

architecture, it is worth deploying in large enterprises.

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