Created on 18.1.2009
Addressing the Code of Connection (CoCo) compliance through Network Access Control and Identity Management
With the current CoCo compliance deadlines drawing closer, a number of our customers have been in contact to review Network Access Control and Identity Management, with the aim to address the CoCo security areas.
Having conducted an independent review with the “Compliance Research Group”, it has been identified that our NAC offering, based upon the award winning ‘Bradford NAC Director' solution, can assist government organisations to comply with CoCo. NAC Director provides full or partial coverage for 18 of the 28 CoCo control areas, easing the GSi connection process, while strengthening security for sensitive information and systems.
CoCo requires organisations to have a prescribed set of security controls in place prior to connecting to the GSi network. Using a relatively new but well established class of security technology, Network Access Control (NAC), secures networks by ensuring the health and identity of the devices that connect to them. Our NAC solution addresses network control issues that older legacy solutions such as firewalls, host-based identity, and access management products were never designed to counter.
The technology is an out-of-band (i.e. not-in line) NAC solution that leverages an organisation’s existing network infrastructure for security policy enforcement. Leading analysts have characterised out-of-band NAC implementations as the most secure, most scalable, most flexible, and most cost-effective solutions for automating network access control without the need to redesign your network or organise downtime for installation.
The pedigree of this solution is clearly demonstrated by our current UK customer base, managing over 200,000 users across various public sector organisations. For further information on how our solution enables government organisations to comply with the CoCo security controls, please click here to download our Whitepaper ‘Addressing CoCo Requirements through NAC’.
As a result of customer demand, we have also launched ‘KHIPU-NAC’, a very cost effective and secure approach to provide Network Access Control and Identity Management. Please click here for further information.
About Khipu Networks
Khipu Networks is a UK-based advanced systems integrator, focusing on supplying innovative secure compliant infrastructure solutions across the public and private sector. The company is a leading adopter of new and best-in-breed technology – expert technical staff ensure that customers get the solutions they need, when they want them and how they need them. The ethos is to ensure that the customer has the edge on the security and compliance of their network and not the attacker. Hampshire based Khipu Networks Ltd is the security division of the White Clarke Group of companies. Khipu Networks is an Alcatel-Lucent Direct Partner (specialists in wireless) and the exclusive reseller of Bradford NAC Solutions in the UK and Ireland. Khipu was also awarded Alcatel-Lucent Business Partner of the Year 2008. www.khipu-networks.com.
Bradford Networks - International Channel Partner of the Year for 2007/08
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