Addendum to the ProCurve Access Control Security Design Guide

Updating the Access Control Design Process

Table A-5. Options for Endpoint Integrity Solution by Interoperability Requirements

Interoperability

Option

Requirements

 

 

 

Legacy and future

NAC 800

products

 

Windows 2008

NAP

services only

 

 

 

Examples. NAP is for companies that want the complete NAP solution. PCU is not ready to complete an extensive upgrade. It selects the NAC 800.

ProCurve, Inc. has already completed its upgrade and wants to use a Windows- based security solution. And since the company is using primarily Windows solutions, it does not have to worry about the non-standard EAP and VPN extensions.

Bringing the Factors Together

As you consider each factor, you should record the decision you would make based on that factor in a table such as Table A-6.Record the decision made most often in the “Total” row. You should weigh factors as more or less as important as you tally up the results. For example, the existing network environment is often a key factor.

Table A-6. Preliminary Decisions for the Endpoint Integrity Deployment Method

Factor

Weight

Selection

 

 

 

Existing network infrastructure

Vulnerability to risks and risk tolerance

Management resources

Interoperability requirements

Total

Examples. PCU network administrators compiled their choices in Table A-7,and ProCurve, Inc. network administrators compiled theirs in Table A-8.

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