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McAfee partners are uniquely equipped to profit from this promising opportunity via a comprehensive NAC solution and a rich portfolio of security services and best practices.
All it takes is one laptop that doesn't have up-to-date anti-virus software to bring down your customer's network. Such non-compliant endpoints put business-critical data at risk from a growing range of Trojans, spyware, and other malicious threats. To combat this, network access control (NAC) solutions have emerged as a critical element in enterprise security strategyand an important profit center for solution providers.
With proven network and system security expertise and millions of systems under protection, McAfee® now offers a comprehensive, softwarebased NAC solution that uses advanced technology for policy management, vulnerability assessment, and host and network intrusion prevention to secure network access. What's more, McAfee's channel-friendly business model empowers partners to offer value-added services that ensure successful NAC implementations. This results in loyal, sustainable customer relationships, and a profitable and growing security practice.
NAC: The Next Frontier
Even when customers have established security policies and deployed an arsenal of system and network protection, a single noncompliant system can bring a host of threats into the network, where they can entrench themselves, destroy critical data, and disrupt vital business processes. Combating today's aggressive attacks means enforcing security policies every time a system accesses the network.
That's the job of NAC solutions, a market with enormous potential for solution providers. Market analysts suggest that NAC will develop into an essential element of enterprise network protection strategy, and that enterprises are placing NAC solutions high on their priority lists for the near future. According to Datamonitor, 54 percent of IT professionals surveyed said...