Assessment Design Procedures

Manager will not match this end‐system and the end‐system is assigned the Security Domain’s default NAC configuration. In addition, the Layer 3 NAC Controller is not able to determine the username associated to the downstream end‐system for matching against user overrides, and the end‐system is assigned the Security Domain’s default NAC configuration.

Assessment Design Procedures

The following section provides the design procedures for implementing assessment in your NAC deployment.

1. Determine the Number of Assessment Servers

Assessment servers are used to implement assessment functionality in NAC deployments. Use the following parameters to determine the number of required assessment servers for your deployment:

•Load‐sharing requirements.

More than one assessment server may be required to handle the number of end‐systems being assessed at any one time. The number of end‐systems that can be assessed at the same time and the amount of time required to complete an assessment is determined by the number of vulnerabilities being assessed, throughput limitations on the network, and the hardware specifications of the assessment server machine. Load‐sharing of end‐system assessment is implemented in a round robin fashion between the assessment servers available in the assessment resource pool.

•Assessment server redundancy.

To provide redundancy, at least two assessment servers should be configured per NAC deployment, with additional assessment servers added for load‐balancing and scalability purposes.

The same assessment server can be used for multiple Security Domains, and each assessment server can assess end‐systems using different sets of assessment parameters, depending on the device, user, or location is in the network. Here are some examples:

•If guests and other untrusted users are to be assessed for a different set of security vulnerabilities than trusted users, a Security Domain can be associated to the areas of the network where untrusted users connect, and can specify an Assessment Configuration that uses assessment servers configured for the assessment of untrusted users. If trusted users connect to this same Security Domain, another Assessment Configuration that leverages assessment servers configured to assess vulnerabilities of trusted users can be utilized. Note that if several Security Domains require the same assessment parameters, then these Security Domains can be configured to use the same Assessment Configuration.

•If a certain type of end‐system (for example, an end‐system of a particular model, having a particular OS, and running specific services) connects to the network in a certain area, or is identified by MAC address, a Security Domain and MAC override can be associated to this area of the network that uses an Assessment Configuration that leverages assessment servers that assess vulnerabilities specific to that type of end‐system. For example, an area of the network where Microsoft IAS servers connect or where Polycom IP phones connect can be configured to utilize an assessment server configured to scan for Microsoft IAS web server‐ related vulnerabilities or Polycom IP phone default settings.

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