Designing Access Controls

Choose Endpoint Integrity Testing Methods

Figure 3-7. Home > System configuration > Cluster setting defaults > Testing methods window

On this window, you select the testing methods for which the NAC 800 attempts user interaction. In other words, these settings control which end- user access screens the NAC 800 displays to users. For example, if you select the NAC agent check box, and transparent testing fails, the NAC 800 will display an installation screen for users and automatically download the NAC EI agent.

In most cases, you should select at least two testing methods. Then, if the first one fails (because the user cancels the download of the NAC EI agent, for example), the NAC 800 will prompt the user to enable testing with the next method selected.

In addition to selecting test methods, you determine the order for the meth- ods—that is, the order in which access screens are presented to end-users. (Transparent testing always proceeds as described in the previous section.) If

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