Reach New Dimensions Vol. 4: Launching NAC into the Future

The Challenge:
When network access control (NAC) debuted in the early 2000s, its purpose was relatively straightforward: provide secure access by authenticating and authorizing corporate computers and laptops on a company’s private network. Over the years, that list of connected devices grew exponentially with the addition of BYOD, guest access and IoT devices. To address this growth, on-premises NAC platforms bolted on new features and functions that required more horsepower from the hardware and more complicated configurations and oversight to manage. As a result, the world of networking has ended up with complex NAC solutions that lack the global scalability and flexibility to securely connect users with their applications and data from any device.

Solution:
While NAC has remained stuck in the past and on-premises, the rest of the network architecture has moved on to the cloud. Juniper’s Mist AI architecture exemplifies simpler network operations with AI-driven automation and insight, coupled with the agility and reliability of a microservices cloud to deliver optimized user experiences. This allows IT teams to streamline operations and make user and device troubleshooting painless while empowering teams to deliver innovative and strategic solutions that support new business objectives. Moreover, with network operations moving to the cloud, so have identity provider services (IdPs). IdPs moved to centralized identity management for several reasons, including cloud security, scalability, and reliability, enabling remote identity processes and reducing costs with no software and hardware to purchase and manage.

Join Exclusive Networks as our amazing solutions engineer, Eddie Menjivar walks you through how Juniper’s Mist AI architecture will launch NAC into the future. Register today and if you can’t make it on the day of, we will be sure to send you the recording.