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diane.magin@blackbox.com
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In this day of BYOD—bring your own device—it's challenging to know what kind of devices want access to your local area network (LAN) and how to protect your corporate network from non-corporate assets who should still should be able to access the Internet.

 

Your organization has a firewall to stop hackers, viruses, and malware at the network's edge. A firewall is vital to safe network operation, but because it operates at the edge of your network, it can only protect you from threats coming from outside your network.

 

NAC devices, on the other hand, protect your network from threats originating on the inside. Unauthorized devices connected to your network make your organization vulnerable to malware, viruses, and even internal spying and data theft. This is what a NAC device is designed to prevent, whether the vulnerability is a LAN port in a lobby or conference room, or a wireless access point.

 

In this age of BYOD to work, it's even more difficult for your network to know what devices should be blocked. Most of the time, BYOD users are employees, guests, or contractors who need access to certain network areas, but as non-corporate assets, they should be steered away from others. A NAC that works with your network infrastructure can easily address that concern.

 

The ideal NAC device helps you do the following:

1. Control who can connect to your network. It detects, alerts, and blocks unauthorized laptops, other network devices, and wireless access points.
2. Protect your network—find and fix vulnerabilities before they're exploited.
3. Detect malware and quarantine infected assets.
4. Comply with requirements for GLBA, HIPAA, HITECH, PCI, ISO 27001, and other security and privacy standards.

 

To learn more about our NAC solution, visit www.blackbox.com/go/Veri-NAC . You can even enter to win a Veri-NAC 522! See more details here.

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diane.magin@blackbox.com
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Is your organization protecting itself in the new digital age? Unauthorized devices joining the network through an open port or a wireless network is a real threat. With an ever-increasing number of mobile devices—laptop computers, notebooks, smartphones, PDAs, even video game systems—network managers are finding that portable devices are creating a real security threat. Controlling access is what Network Access Control (NAC) is all about.

NAC has a special place in a network security plan because, unlike a firewall, which offers perimeter protection, it monitors the inside of your network. A firewall stops the hacker in Poland from getting to your network through the Internet. NAC stops the hacker inside your building or in the parking lot from getting to your network through an Ethernet port or a wireless access point.

Learn how your organization can protect itself. Attend our next webinar and learn to:

• Prevent network breaches from unauthorized network connections and out-of-compliance devices.

• Stop rogue laptop connections and unauthorized wireless access devices from accessing your network.

Go to http://www.blackbox.com/Store/LP/veri-nacwebinar.aspx to view the webinar schedule and choose the time that’s best for you.  In addition, be sure to visit our Veri-NAC resources page.

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diane.magin@blackbox.com
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The Massachusetts Data Breach Law that took effect on March 1, 2010 requires you to adequately secure your data. This means hardening your systems, preventing intrusions, and documenting policies.

But besides the fact that you are now required by law to do so, there are many other reasons to have a comprehensive security plan in place. For example, according to the Ponemon Institute, the average data breach costs $6.75 million.

Black Box can help you implement your comprehensive security plan with effective security solutions that aren’t going to break the bank.

The Veri-NAC™ appliance for network access control helps you comply with this new law by enabling you to find and fix network holes, and prevent unauthorized access to confidential citizen records. It also comes with templates for producing security policies for documenting due care and due diligence. Veri-NAC is a plug-and-play, agentless, and non-inline appliance, designed to provide rock-solid security. Best of all, it requires no infrastructure upgrade like some other NAC solutions do. For more information, go to blackbox.com/go/Veri-NAC.

To see many other practical security solutions from Black Box, visit blackbox.com/go/Security.

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diane.magin@blackbox.com
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Preventing breaches from unauthorized connections and out-of-compliance devices should be crucial to any network. Our new network access control appliance, Veri-NAC™, can easily be added to any security plan without straining resources.

Additionally, the Veri-NAC appliance has earned five stars for features, ease of use, performance, documentation, support, value for money, and overall rating by the popular SC Magazine. Since 1989 SC Magazine has provided insightful information for all IT professionals. SC Magazine described Veri-NAC as, “A solid suite of hardcore NAC products with a clear focus on keeping unauthorized systems and users off the network. We give Veri-NAC our Recommended this month.” The magazine especially noted the high level of support that we offer. With full phone and email support 24/7/365 at no additional cost customers can also access us at anytime, anywhere.

For more information on the Veri-NAC product line, including an on-demand webinar and video software demonstrations, visit http://www.blackbox.com/go/Veri-NAC.

Veri-NAC is a part of the growing Black Box family of security products, which also includes:

• Optinet™ — A secure Web gateway that provides bandwidth shaping and content filtering, It enables control of Internet traffic with the ability to set appropriate policies and restrictions, and automatically enforce those policies.

• Intelli-Pass™  — Highly secure biometric access control featuring unique two-part architecture for immunity from physical attacks, sniffing, and spoofing.

• AlertWerks™ II — Environmental monitoring to guard mission-critical IT equipment against physical threats like water, fire and temperature extremes, plus optional video surveillance capabilities.
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