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They are endpoint management and compliance, identity management and usage policy enforcement. The Sophos NAC Advanced product is a well-designed offering which balances the need for ease of administration with network protection. Security giant McAfee has today launched a new network access control (NAC) solution designed to reduce the deployment and management issues traditionally associated with these technologies. The recent closing of Lockdown Networks, one of the early entrants in the crowded network access control (NAC) marketplace, should not come as a shock to anyone, according to analysts. Controlling risk on a large network can be a daunting task, which is why it is no surprise that there are a maze of solutions for the problem, albeit with extremely divergent approaches and underlying philosophies. Knowing who's on the LAN. Providing guest access. Limiting contractors. Controlling what users can do on the LAN. Segmenting the LAN. Documenting and auditing user activities. The offering from Symantec is much larger than the scope of this review. The Sophos Endpoint Security and Control is a subset of the Sophos Network Access Control Advanced. Anti-virus vendor Sophos strengthened its hand in the endpoint-security market today through its acquisition of Endforce. Too often, network security relies on placing firewalls in front of public network access points and calling it a day. The assumptions are 1) being on a private network is synonymous with being on campus 2) campus users are implicitly trustworthy and 3) external threats are mitigated by the perimeter firewall. OfficeScan Client/Server Edition is a well-rounded network security product for the network endpoints. It has several security features. Symantec Endpoint Protection is a group of protection mechanisms bundled into one application, which includes the popular Symantec Anti-Virus and the Network Access Control client as well. BigFix Enterprise Suite (BES) 7 is a series of client server and web-based components designed to assist with workstation/server configuration and vulnerability management. Microsoft has released what is believed to be the final update for Windows XP, the operating system prior to Vista, but still widely deployed by enterprises and consumers. So, you’ve got a bunch of applications, networks and devices for which you want strong authentication. SC Magazine has announced the finalists for the 2008 SC Awards. The awards presentation dinner will be held April 8, 2008, in San Francisco, Calif. Sourcefire’s founder and CTO Martin Roesch speaks to SC Magazine about the open-source security vendor’s expansion into the Australian market and the company's future plans. Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)-encrypted communications constitute a significant and growing percentage of the traffic in the enterprise LAN and WAN. Symantec has announced the release of its latest security application - five technologies in one. Microsoft on Wednesday launched two new enterprise security solutions that Redmond executives say will deliver threat protection and simplified management.