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InfoExpress Announces Findings of New Network Access Control
Benchmark Report from Aberdeen Research
Study Suggests that Best-In-Class Companies Seek NAC Solutions
with Minimal Impact on Current Network Infrastructure
Mountain View, California, January 23, 2007 - InfoExpress, the
leader in policy and configuration enforcement solutions, announced
today new benchmark report findings that reveal that for companies
considering implementing Network Access Control (NAC), finding a
solution that has a low impact on current network infrastructures
is a top priority.
According to the report, 44 percent of respondents that had already
implemented a NAC solution indicated that they selected solutions
with low impact on current systems, network and infrastructure design
to help them overcome implementation challenges.
In addition, 40 percent of companies indicated they selected solutions
that integrated with their existing network infrastructure to overcome
implementation challenges. These findings are part of the latest
Aberdeen Research benchmark report, "Endpoint Security Strategies
Part I: The Network Access Control Benchmark." The report, which
examined the practices of over 120 enterprises, points to evidence
that suggests companies are looking for NAC solutions that will
integrate with their current network infrastructure and will have
little impact on current systems.
"The results in this report echo what we've been hearing from our
customers for several years now," said Stacey Lum, CEO of InfoExpress.
"We designed CyberGatekeeper with Dynamic Network Access Control
(DNAC) with this information in mind, and now have a product that
provides granular access control and policy enforcement without
requiring any changes to current network infrastructure".
DNAC's revolutionary peer-to-peer-based enforcement model can turn
compliant endpoints into dynamic policy enforcement points that
block unauthorized, noncompliant users from connecting to the network.
This is especially well-suited for handling rogue endpoints and
guests. DNAC enforcers are unique because they quarantine noncompliant
endpoints from the rest of the network, even from those PCs and
servers not running the DNAC software. No other NAC vendor uses
peer-based technology to control network access by leveraging the
large number of existing endpoints on the network as dynamic policy
enforcement points.
"Results from our recent Network Access Control Benchmark survey
indicate that nearly half of organizations surveyed plan on deploying
a NAC solution in 2007," said Mounil Patel, vice president and research
director at Harte-Hanks Aberdeen Research and author of the report.
"InfoExpress, with an easily deployable NAC solution, is well positioned
to address the needs of a significant market share from this group."
Further findings from the study show that of the companies that
rejected a NAC solution, the top reasons were cost and impact to
current network infrastructure (64 percent), complexity in deployment
(55 percent) and inability to integrate the NAC solution with their
current IT systems (36 percent).
For more information and to receive a complimentary copy of Endpoint
Security Strategies Part I: The Network Access Control Benchmark
visit: http://www.infoexpress.com/papers/RA_Final_EndpointNAC_BG_spf_061208.pdf.
About InfoExpress
InfoExpress network security solutions protect enterprise networks
and the endpoints connecting to them. The company has provided network
access control solutions since 2000. At the core of InfoExpress
solution is the CyberGatekeeper Suite, which ensures endpoints are
safe and compliant with security policies by performing real-time
audits and quarantining of all network-attached endpoints. InfoExpress
products have received numerous awards for their innovation. The
privately held company is headquartered in Mountain View, California.
http://www.infoexpress.com/
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