Network Access Control (NAC) system

Question 1

Network Access Control (NAC)

Answer 1

concept of controlling access to an environment through strict adherence to and enforcement of security policy

Question 2

NAC Goals

Answer 2

Prevent/reduce known attacks directly and zero day indirectly
Enforce security policy throughout the network
Use identities to perform access control

Question 3

Preadmission Philosophy

Answer 3

A NAC implementation that requires a system to meet all current security requirements before it is allowed to communicate with the network

Question 4

Postadmission Philosophy

Answer 4

A NAC implementation that allows and denies access based on user activity which is based on a predefined authorization matrix

Question 5

Agent based NAC

Answer 5

Installed on each management system, checks config files regularly, and can quarantine for non-compliance

Question 6

Agentless NAC

Answer 6

The NAC system can scan remotely and employ inventory techniques to determine access decisions