Gartner released its latest Network Access Control (NAC) magic quadrant results for 2009. Cisco’s NAC solution came out on top in both the completeness of vision category and the ability to execute category. This puts Cisco’s NAC solidly up and to the right on the magic quadrant. Gartner’s report also pointed out that Cisco’s NAC solution is deployed by significantly more customers than any of the other vendors ranked. Cisco NAC also recently passed the Common Criteria Certification, evaluated at EAL2+ using the U.S. Government Protection Profile Intrusion Detection System Analyzer for Basic Robustness Environments. Read my previous article on this here: http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/39078 Couple this with some other recent wins for Cisco security and it looks like somebody’s been working hard to make their solutions better for their customers. CRN publication gave Cisco top ranking for best Enterprise Security Vendor: http://www.crn.in/Enterprise-Security-Cisco-takes-pole-position-015Feb009.aspx Given that Cisco NAC is close to my heart (see my book☺), I wanted to write this quick blog to highlight the successes of the guys behind the scenes in the Cisco NAC Business Unit whose blood, sweat, and tears has paid off dividends yet again. Congrats NAC team, keep up the good work! For more info on the Gartner NAC 2009 report see here http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/vpn/2009/033009nac2.html
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