Implementing NAP and NAC Security Technologies: The Complete Guide to Network Access Control -- About the Author -- Credits -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- An Ethical Hacker's Perspective -- Misconceptions Abound -- The Flow of This Book -- What You'll Learn -- Questions to Ask Yourself as You Read This Book -- Chapter 1: Understanding Terms and Technologies -- Who Is the Trusted Computing Group? -- Is There a Cisco NAC Alliance Program? -- Understanding Clientless and Client-Based NAC -- Pre-Admission NAC -- Post-Admission NAC -- Summary -- Chapter 2: The Technical Components of NAC Solutions -- Analyzing the Security Posture -- Setting Policy for Device Analysis -- Communicating the Security Posture of the Device -- Taking Action Based on the Security Posture -- Remediating the Security Deficiency -- The Reporting Mechanism -- Summary -- Chapter 3: What Are You Trying to Protect? -- LAN-Based NAC -- Mobile NAC -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Understanding the Need for LAN-Based NAC/NAP -- The Security Reasons for LAN-Based NAC -- Unintentional LAN-Based Threats -- Real-World Example of an Unintentional Threat -- Intentional LAN-Based Threats -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Understanding the Need for Mobile NAC -- What's the Primary Need? -- Why Companies Look to Mobile NAC -- Mobile NAC and Direct Attacks -- Mobile NAC and the Wireless Threat -- Mobile NAC and the Malware Threat -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Understanding Cisco Clean Access -- Deployment Scenarios and Topologies -- The Technical Components of Cisco Clean Access -- The Purpose of Cisco Clean Access -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Understanding Cisco Network Admission Control Framework -- Deployment Scenarios and Topologies -- The Technical Components of the Cisco NAC Framework -- The Purpose of Cisco NAC -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Understanding Fiberlink Mobile NAC.

Deployment Scenarios and Topologies -- The Technical Components of Fiberlink Mobile NAC -- The Purpose of Fiberlink Mobile NAC -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Understanding Microsoft NAP Solutions -- Deployment Scenarios and Topologies -- Microsoft 802.1x -- The Technical Components of Microsoft NAP -- The Purpose of Microsoft NAP -- Summary -- Chapter 10: Understanding NAC and NAP in Other Products -- NAC-Like Functionality in Non-NAC Technologies -- NAC and NAP Solutions from Other Vendors -- Summary -- Appendix A: Case Studies and Additional Information -- Cisco Clean Access -- McAfee NAC -- Bradford Networks -- Juniper Uniform Access Control -- Bibliography -- Index.