Port Based Network Access Control (802.1X)

Organizations continue to embrace mobility and wireless LAN (WLAN) access in record numbers. Mobility promises hassle-free, any-time, anywhere access that enables employees to be connected and productive 24/7. However, while mobility and wireless network access are highly desirable, maintaining security remains a key concern for enterprises. The greater the number of wireless LANs an enterprise has, the greater risk there is that its network can be hacked or attacked.

The proliferation of mobility and wireless access has also created the need for a standard authentication protocol framework to address the wide variety of authentication systems being used and deployed. The 802.1X standard is the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) standard for port-based network access control. The 802.1X standard delivers powerful authentication and data privacy as part of its robust, extensible security framework. It is this strong security, assured authentication, and stout data protection that has made the 802.1X standard the core ingredient in today’s most successful network access control (NAC) solutions.

NFF can assist you in implementing the 802.1X framework that empowers the secure exchange of user and/or device credentials, and prevents virtually any unauthorized network access since authentication is complete before a network IP address has been assigned.

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