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Hi everyone,
Two concepts that were featured in the video that I had found interesting are the usefulness in large organizations and the need for a large security infrastructure.
Network access control (NAC) is the concept of preventing unapproved people and their devices from joining a network that is private (
What is network access control?
, 2022). Organizations that allow people to use their own devices are primary users of some form of a NAC (
What is network access control (NAC)?
, n.d.). As mentioned in the video, this is seen primarily in bigger places such as colleges. For a network on a college campus, there will be thousands of students, staff, and faculty connecting their own devices to the network. As a result, those networks will need to have some form of a protection that stops those who should not be accessing the network
from doing so. This is where an NAC would be utilized in an effort to prevent the unauthorized access which could potentially be detrimental.
Just like with anything else involving a network, security plays an important role with NACs. As stated in the video, maintaining a proper security infrastructure is a crucial piece of a NAC. Things such as limiting device access to the network as needed, proper security updates, and proper security rules and procedures will help form the security infrastructure that is needed for NACs (
What is network access control?
, 2022).
References
professormesser. (2011, July 20).
Network Access Control - Comptia security+ sy0-301: 1.3
. YouTube. Retrieved October 5, 2022, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVN18aSfQSk
What is network access control (NAC)?
Fortinet. (n.d.). Retrieved October 5, 2022, from https://www.fortinet.com/resources/cyberglossary/what-is-network-access-control
What is network access control?
VMware. (2022, September 28). Retrieved October 5, 2022, from https://www.vmware.com/topics/glossary/content/network-access-
control.html#:~:text=Organizations%20that%20give%20certain%20devices,meet%20corporate
%20security%20compliance%20regulations.
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