NetClarity is coming out with a tiny branch office appliance that can push network access control security protection into the smallest corporate sites.
NetClarity’s EasyNAC Micro touts among its virtues that it requires no agent on end devices and infrastructure upgrades are unnecessary. The small device is meant to help battle the cost of pushing NAC to all corporate sites and reduce clutter in small-office wiring closets where space is at a premium.
The NetClarity device can be attached anywhere on a network, such as a span port on a switch.
If it finds machines that violate policies, it can send alerts or block traffic. It can block using virtual LAN assignments to quarantine a device, or invoking firewall rules to isolate a particular machine. The method works with most major firewall vendors’ gear, says Gary Miliefsky, CTO of NetClarity.
The appliance can also isolate an end device in concert with routers and the device itself.
NetClarity competes against Bradford Networks, ConSentry Networks, Cisco, Juniper and many others. EasyNac Micro costs US$1,000.
