How Business Needs are Changing the LAN
LAN architectures have evolved along a single dimension to date – performance.
But today’s business climate, with an emphasis on employee productivity, asset protection, and operational efficiency, demands a LAN architecture that helps deliver on those corporate goals.
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NAC: The First Line of LAN Security Defense
• Passive or active user authentication
• Endpoint posture validation
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Comprehensive Visibility: The Foundation for LAN Security
• Visibility leads to control
• Ability to tie traffic to users and applications
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Identity-based Control: Delivering Role-based Provisioning
• Policy creation and enforcement requirements
• Policy distribution architecture
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Deploying Access Controls without Rearchitecting Your LAN
• The impact of VLAN-based architectures
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How Network-based Access Controls Can Help with PCI Compliance
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Addressing the Top Security Concerns for K-12 School Districts
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How ConSentry Helps Healthcare Providers Meet Security Challenges
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How ConSentry Helps Address Security Issues for the Manufacturing Sector
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How ConSentry Augments Wireless LAN Security
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How IPAM and ConSentry Intellligent Switching Work Together
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A Checklist to Help Validate NAC Solutions
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Securing Guest/Contractor Network Access
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LAN Segmentation Alternatives
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Securing VoIP with ConSentry Networks
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ConSentry Intelligent Switching
What is Intelligent Switching? How can it help you enable tighter LAN security, support new services and ultimately simplify and reduce IT operating costs. Michelle McLean, Sr Director of Product Marketing walks you through ConSentry Intelligent Switching and it's benefits.
Presenter: Michelle McLean of ConSentry
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How Business Demands are Changing LAN Switch Architectures
Industry analyst Jim Metzler outlines the case for a new LAN switch architecture, highlighting findings from his recent research. Through conversations with IT professionals, he’s learned how leading-edge enterprises are taking advantage of new switches to build a smarter LAN.
Presenters: Jim Metzler of Aston-Metzler Associates and Jeff Prince of ConSentry
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Gartner Webinar: NAC as a Critical Security Process
What are the security threats and challenges organizations face today?
Why has NAC become a critical security process for both today and tomorrow?
How can you best deploy NAC to keep your organization safe?
How do you determine the right LAN security solution for your needs?
Presenters: John Pescatore of Gartner and Dan Leary of ConSentry
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Identity-Based Control
Knowing the user Identity is key to delivering role-based access controls.
Presenter: Michelle McLean (7 minutes) » Watch Now 
Healthcare
Alliance Imaging
Deployed ConSentry LANShield Switches and Controllers at its main facility and at remote sites to prevent unauthorized access to corporate resources and imaging systems.
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Mercy Medical Center
Deployed ConSentry LANShield Controllers to gain visibility and control over the hospital's very open and geographically dispersed network.
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Education
Fayetteville State University
Deployed ConSentry LANShield Switches and Controllers to help secure the network down to the port level, even student dormitories.
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Mount Pleasant Independent School District
Deployed ConSentry LANShield Controllers to control student access on the LAN, differentiate students from
faculty on the network, and control the spread of malware.
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Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario
Deployed ConSentry LANShield platform with dissolvable agent to check posture on unmanaged machines and to enable controls so no student traffic can access such core resources as the grading system.
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Mineola Union Free School District
Deployed OmniAccess SafeGuard from Alcatel-Lucent based on ConSentry technology to restrict network access to authorized users while giving outside users Internet access.
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Media
Technicolor Network Services
ConSentry’s LANShield Switches enabled TNS to restrict the access of contractors to specifc resources and also provide visibility into what users are doing on the network and contain threats from malware.
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Las Vegas Review Journal
Deployed ConSentry’s LANShield Switches and Controllers to enable role-based access control and make the network secure without using complex VLANs and ACLs.
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Finance/Banking
Fortune 500 Credit Card Processor
The Electronic Funds Transfer division of this credit card processing company deployed ConSentry’s LANShield platform to enable role-based controls to comply with the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS).
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Texas Credit Union League
Deployed ConSentry’s LANShield platform to restrict access to resources based on the user’s identity and also authenticate non-user devices, such as printers and copiers.
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Technology
Redback Networks, An Ericsson Company
ConSentry’s LANShield platform enabled Redback to see every user and device on the LAN and supported the admission and access control functions needed to protect sensitive composite data.
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Telecom
NSSL Satcom Solutions
Deployed ConSentry LANShield platform to gain control and visiblity over contractors, guests and employees on the LAN.
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Telefonica USA
ConSentry enabled Telefonica to deliver new LAN security services with the flexibility to support multiple service options, from partial to complete outsourcing.
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Energy/Utilities
Rancho California Water District
Deployed the ConSentry LANShield platform to gain visibility and control over an open network that enabled anybody with access to their building to get on and do anything they wanted.
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LANShield CS4024 Intelligent Switch Datasheet
Intelligent Ethernet Switch with integrated user and application control and 24 10/100/1000 copper ports, two shared SFP combo ports and a single AC PSU.
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LANShield CS4048X Intelligent Switch Datasheet
Intelligent Ethernet Switch with integrated user and application control and 44 10/100/1000 copper ports
4 unpopulated 1 Gbps SFP cages + 2 unpopulated 10 Gbps XFP uplink cages, and 2 hot-swappable AC PSUs.
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LANShield Intelligent Controllers Datasheet
The LANShield Controlles make it easy for IT to embed user and application control directly into the LAN infrastructure. It augments existing switches with user and application intelligence that makes applying controls and segmenting users on the LAN much easier than using traditional tools such as VLANs or ACLs, lowering IT’s cost of operations.
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ConSentry InSight Command Center Datasheet
InSight provides IT with a view of the overall health of the LAN, all security incidents, and per-user, per-role, and per-application aggregated views. The LANShield products bind users to their addresses and applications, so InSight is able to display all LAN status information, incidents, and policy violations by username.
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