Implementing NAP and NAC Security Technologies: The Complete Guide to Network Access Control

What You'll Learn

So, what will you get out of reading this book? Hopefully, you find that it isn't a typical, nerdy security book. Well, it might be a little nerdy, but the hacking parts are certainly cool. When was the last time you read about a particular security technology and, in doing so, actually learned the steps hackers actually take to perform specific exploits? The purpose of this is twofold:

• Make the threats real

• Give an understanding of how the exploits actually work, so an understanding of how they can be stopped can be achieved

You don't want a sales guy telling you that a particular solution addresses a category of threats. It's much more useful to see how an exploit is performed and then compare that to any security solution you are looking at to stop it from happening.

Specifically, you will learn the following:

• The various NAC/NAP terms, standards, and organizations

• The actual threats that various types of NAC/NAP can address

• The standard components of any NAC/NAP solution

• A good understanding of the more well-known NAC/NAP solutions

I do hope you find this book interesting and enlightening. I also hope you appreciate the format of actually showing the exploits. After reading this book, you may very well change your opinion on the value of NAC and NAP solutions. You may find that they have significantly more value than you thought, or you may find that particular types of solutions really don't offer that much protection to the threats that are the biggest risk ...