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 Integrity 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 Integrity
Check Point Integrity is a best-in-class, client/server endpoint security solution that combines Check Point's patented, multilayered PC firewall technology with efficient, central policy management controls. Integrity delivers fast and flexible deployment of policy-based security enforcement across the enterprise to provide the most secure defense for endpoint PCs and data.
Benefits
- Proactive endpoint security
- Simple and flexible central policy deployment, management, and reporting
- Security policy enforcement inside and outside the enterprise
- Enterprise-class interoperability, compatibility, availability, and scalability
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