2016 through 2021, reaching an installed
base of 25.1 billion units’.
The sheer volume of devices – including
IoT, corporate and BYOD – seeking wired and
wireless network access are exponentially
enlarging the attack surface and raising
internal provisioning, management and
compliance costs.
The responsibility of connecting and
securing access has shifted from a network-
led issue to a security-led issue and poses
a challenge for organisations: security
managers need to secure every single device
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Fortinet announced
FortiNAC, a
new network
access control
product line that
delivers network
segmentation
and automated
responses for IoT
security.
every single time, while cybercriminals only need one open port,
one compromised or unknown device or one uncontained threat to
circumvent all of the effort going into securing the network.
FortiNAC secures networks accessed by
unsecure devices
Fortinet’s new network access controller, FortiNAC, diminishes
the security risks associated with unsecured devices accessing the
network by giving organisations total visibility of endpoints, users,
trusted and untrusted devices and applications.
Once visibility has been achieved, FortiNAC establishes dynamic
controls that ensure that all devices, whether wired or wirelessly
connected, are authenticated or authorised and are subject to a
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