ConSentry Networks Joins Network Admission Control (NAC) Program; ConSentry's Secure LAN Controller(TM) Product to Help Provide Enforcement of NAC Policies.

MILPITAS, Calif. -- ConSentry Networks, a leading provider of secure networking solutions for LANs, today announced that it has joined the Network Admission Control (NAC) program, a Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq:CSCO) led industry initiative designed to prevent malicious attacks using network infrastructure to enforce security policy compliance on devices attempting to access enterprise networks.

The NAC program is a key component of the Cisco Self-Defending Network security strategy, which helps improve the network's ability to identify, prevent, and adapt to threats.

ConSentry's Secure LAN Controller product family are the industry's first systems designed to provide complete visibility into user activity and stop unauthorized access to data, and contain the spread and impact of Malware in real-time. This functionality is provided in a single, in-line snap-in system that takes advantage of existing network infrastructure and identity management systems.

"Enterprise customers are starting to realize that any network port represents an on-ramp for potential security and performance issues," said Lawrence Orans, research director with Gartner, Inc. "However, their current generation of network infrastructure equipment was designed well before threats, such as worm traffic, became an issue. In today's environment, enterprises need a new level of control in their LAN to contain the impact of worms and to allow them to effectively implement a NAC architecture."

The Secure LAN Controller integrates with the Cisco Trust Agent (CTA) to incorporate granular host posture detail from NAC-compliant end-point agents prior to allowing network access. Based on the outcome of the host posture assessment, the Secure LAN Controller grants the appropriate level of LAN access and provides further on-going analysis of end-user network activity up to the application level. This provides the highest level of identity-based networking and control available today.

"ConSentry's participation in this collaborative industry program strengthens the NAC initiative," said Russell Rice, director of product marketing, in the Security Technology Group, Cisco Systems, Inc. "ConSentry's Secure LAN Controller product family advances the NAC industry initiative by providing a network-based security approach to protecting networks and business critical IT assets. This approach provides a viable means of making a NAC-enabled framework pervasive."

"ConSentry's involvement in this critical industry initiative is a key part of our LAN Control Alliance Program (LCAP)," said Jon Shalowitz, director of product marketing and alliances with ConSentry Networks. "By integrating industry-leading host posture assessment solutions with our Secure LAN Controller product family, ConSentry brings the highest level of visibility and control to any network environment."

For more information about the NAC program please visit: www.cisco.com/go/nac

About ConSentry Networks

ConSentry Networks secures enterprise LANs with a purpose-built system that protects enterprise LAN's at disruptive price/performance levels. ConSentry's solution leverages its breakthrough, patent-pending silicon architecture to continuously identify all LAN traffic and enforce user access to authorized resources and applications at wire-speed, in real-time. Backed by blue-chip venture capital firms that include Accel Partners, INVESCO Private Capital and Sequoia Capital, ConSentry is headquartered in Milpitas, California. For more information, visit the company's web site at www.consentry.com.

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