BigFix and Cisco Network Admission Control Solution Qualified for Deployment at Seoul National University.LAS VEGAS Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. -- Seoul National University Not to be confused with the University of Seoul. Seoul National University (SNU) is a national research university in Seoul, South Korea. Founded in 1946, SNU was the first national university in South Korea, and served as a model for the many national and public , Korea's most prestigious higher education higher education Study beyond the level of secondary education. Institutions of higher education include not only colleges and universities but also professional schools in such fields as law, theology, medicine, business, music, and art. institution, has qualified an integrated BigFix Enterprise Suite plus Cisco Network Admission Control (NAC See network access control. ) solution for deployment to 25,000 endpoint computers used by faculty, staff and students. Through this first-of-its-kind integration of BigFix security configuration management and Cisco Network Admission Control technologies, the University will gain active real-time 1. real-time - Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example. visibility, security policy compliance assessment and remediation of endpoint systems logging on to the University's computer networks. The solution brings together BigFix and Cisco as represented by Korean Korean, language of uncertain ancestry. It is thought by some scholars to be akin to Japanese, by others to be a member of the Altaic subfamily of the Ural-Altaic family of languages (see Uralic and Altaic languages), and by still others to be unrelated to any known technology partners Expernet (BigFix) and Infosec (Cisco). The green light for deployment comes after a proof-of-concept exercise carried out on 500 production systems on the University's network. BigFix is currently installed on 5,000 systems at the University, with the BigFix-plus-Cisco NAC solution in operation on 500 of these machines. The solution will be fully deployed to the balance of the 25,000 faculty, staff and student machines during the University's summer break. Flexible, Responsive Network Admission Control Integrating Cisco NAC and BigFix Enterprise Suite technologies improves the flexibility, responsiveness and cost-efficiency of the overall network admission management solution. Cisco NAC acts as a gateway for computers logging on to the University network. Machines that comply with University data security requirements get access to the network. Those that do not, are placed into a quarantine quarantine (kwŏr`əntēn), isolation of persons, animals, places, and effects that carry or are suspected of harboring communicable disease. for non-compliant devices. BigFix Enterprise Suite adds value to this solution by providing means to assess Cisco NAC-quarantined computers against University security requirements and to quickly bring otherwise non-compliant machines up to standard and admission to the University network. The end result is a solution that dynamically maintains optimal security configurations for endpoints accessing the University's network while minimizing costs and time required to identify and address vulnerabilities that could prevent otherwise compliant devices from accessing network resources and services. Customer and BigFix Comment Mr. Sung Bum Kim Kim orphan wanders streets of India with lama. [Br. Lit.: Kim] See : Adventurousness , team manager, information security of Seoul National University said: "The University is recognized as one of the world's top research and educational institutions. It is important that we have a world-class world-class adj. 1. Ranking among the foremost in the world; of an international standard of excellence; of the highest order: a world-class figure skater. 2. solution for securing our network from fast moving security threats. The BigFix-Cisco NAC solution has fully met our requirements and we look forward to deploying it across the University in the coming months." Dave Robbins Rob·bins , Frederick Chapman 1916-2003. American microbiologist. He shared a 1954 Nobel Prize for work on the cultivation of the polio virus. , president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of BigFix said, "While there are a number of projects in progress around the world involving integrations of BigFix Enterprise Suite and Cisco NAC, Seoul National University is the fist one to be cleared for institution-wide deployment. We congratulate the University and technology partners Expernet and Infosec on this success." About BigFix, Inc. Founded in 1997, BigFix is the category leader in security configuration management software, services, and solutions for real-time visibility and control of computers across the distributed enterprise. BigFix solutions are proven in production at more than 500 companies, government agencies and public sector institutions worldwide and currently manage over 5.3 million desktop and mobile clients, workstations, and servers. The company has received numerous awards and industry recognitions, including the 2005 Codie Award for Best Security Product and the SC Magazine Product of the Year Award in 2004. For more information, visit www.bigfix.com. BigFix and the BigFix logo are trademarks of BigFix, Inc. Other trademarks, registered trademarks and service marks are property of their respective owners. |
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