Network Access Control, the Army Way
Date: Jul 20, 2010 | Duration: 60 min
In 2003, led by LTC Gabriel Ruiz, then Program Manager for the Army's Installation Information Infrastructure Modernization Program (I3MP), the Army embarked on an aggressive program called Intelligent Network Access Control (INAC). The main motivation was thousands of computers returning from the battlefield and the need to scan them for compliance before they were allowed into the network. Not only was the ineffective manual scanning process being used, costing the Army millions of dollars annually, but it was also taking months to be completed, keeping mission critical assets away from the soldiers for too long.
Network access control (NAC) technologies had emerged as an excellent way to address the risk that endpoints - desktops, laptops, and other mobile devices - posed to the network. Utilizing port-level, 802.1x technology, automated remediation, and NAC, an approach to INAC was developed and ultimately approved by the U.S. Army Technology Integration Center (TIC). The benefits of deploying INAC are extensive to Federal and DoD customers, however, many Army and DoD installations have yet to deploy this critical technology. Hear the Father of Army INAC, accompanied by experts in the field, speak about the benefits of this approach.
At this Webinar you will learn:
- The Army INAC initiative - how it began and goals
- Problems and challenges that network access control can solve
- Implementation approaches - 802.1x, DHCP, in-line
- The benefits of the INAC program
- Real world results of INAC