Network Access Control - Assignment Example

Most security threats are caused by desktop settings and expired security patches. The fact that technologies in place such as vulnerability and patch management systems provide reactive mechanisms to keep systems up-to-date. They leave out important elements of adequate solutions: accommodating out-of-date systems and putting in place ways to repair them without integration with the IT help desk. These problems are addressed by network access control mechanisms that audit endpoints' security prior to connection to the standard corporate network. Which in turn keeps off the network worms and viruses, it also gives room for application-level security protocol enforcement.

We will rely on the Bradford cloud platform which is capable of helping businesses provide secure network access from trusted devices in a bring-your-device scenario; it can also prove compliance with regulations like Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act by giving the ability to differentiate between corporate and individual devices, and network access provision accordingly; gaining inventory of all devices and users within their network range; and automatic network provisioning and control based on responsibility, type of device, location, time of day among other factors.

For this project we are going to use Sygate’s Compliance on Contact technology which stands up to the promise of network access control today, putting in place policies through various access methods and network protocols. The scope of Sygate’s solution, factors in not only the basics of the network access control solution but also the range of features needed to make a scalable and acceptable solution, this makes Sygate the best choice for real-world network access control deployments. Partnering with Microsoft, Cisco, and the Trusted Computing Group, Sygate provides an answer that doesn’t constrain administrators to choose between these three architectures but even permits administrators to make use of the best features of each to solve problems.

This project will look at the goals of network access control in addressing security; we will look at policy enforcement, mitigation of zero-day attacks, and identity and access management. The major challenges we expect to face are first analyzing the major different data sources within the project period time might not be enough to sort all the data and center on only reliable ones, since it’s a group project it might also be hard for us to find time to converge together and put down our research outcome and agreeing on important issues from our different views, cost also might be a problem since it might be bound to rise.

The paper will be based on the framework of the goal evaluation. The project is focused more on goal evaluation from the view that it looks into the various goals of network access control broadly.

Research Schedule

ITEM

TIME FRAME

Literature search

November 27 to December 2

Data collection

December 3 to December 6

Data analysis and interpretation

December 7 to December 11

Report writing

December 12 to December 16

Consultation and correction

December 17 to December 19