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Network Access Control

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Check Point and Nortel

IT professionals are challenged to manage threats to network security caused by viruses, spyware, worms, and other malware. Infected or vulnerable machines should be automatically isolated from the network until the infection is removed or the vulnerability remediated. While several proprietary (vendor specific) initiatives address this problem, only one standard exists that is widely supported by heterogeneous networking devices: 802.1X/EAP.

Nortel and Check Point have teamed up to certify and promote a joint solution based on the 802.1X/EAP standard. The joint solution-comprising Nortel Networks switches and Check Point Endpoint Security software-automatically verifies compliance with corporate security policy prior to enabling access to the network via Nortel switches. Non-compliant endpoints are automatically placed in a remediation VLAN, where access is provided to remediation tools while shielding infected endpoints from the production networks.

Benefits

  • Automated quarantine of infected endpoints
  • Automatic enforcements of corporate security standards
  • Standards-based approach, enabling deployment across a heterogeneous network

Nortel Networks Business Policy Switches
The Nortel Business Policy Switch (BPS) is a 24-port, stackable 10/100 Mbps Ethernet Layer 2 switch that delivers Layer 2/3/4 packet classification and prioritization to the desktop. With Web-based management and advanced IP QoS, this LAN switch is targeted for resource-intensive and delay-intolerant applications in mid- to large-sized enterprises, such as voice over IP, video streaming, and e-commerce.

Features

  • Traffic prioritization with eight hardware-based queues (with new Gigabit Media Dependent Adapters).
  • Policy management to enable assured delivery of applications to the desktop.
  • Web-based management to create policies and provide real-time statistics for the entire stack.
  • End-to-end Quality of Service when used with the Nortel's Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 in the core.
  • Voice over IP capabilities when used with the Nortel Business Communications Manager and Meridian voice systems.

Check Point Endpoint Security
Check Point Endpoint Security unifies the highest-rated firewall, antivirus, antispyware, network access control (NAC), and remote access VPN in a single, centrally managed client. Unification of these five essential endpoint security components protects organizations from the broadest range of endpoint threats, including confidential data theft, viruses, and host-based intrusions. Check Point Endpoint Security is the only solution that integrates both NAC for endpoint compliance and a remote access VPN client for secure remote access communications. The essential integration of the highest-rated defenses in a single, centrally managed client eliminates the need to deploy and manage multiple endpoint security applications. This increases the range of protection and reduces the overall total cost of ownership by reducing overhead and providing operational efficiencies like no other endpoint solution.

Benefits

  • Defeats malware to protect against new and old viruses targeting confidential enterprise data
  • Stops unsafe endpoints from infecting enterprise networks
  • Ensures the confidentiality of remote access communications
  • Enables simpler deployment of essential endpoint defenses and remote access capabilities
  • Reduces total cost of ownership and complexity of managing multiple endpoint defenses

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