Yesterday we announced our latest version of our Safe Access NAC product.  This release has several new wrinkles for Safe Access which keep it at the forefront of NAC functionality, but the biggest thing is that we finally are offering StillSecure branded appliances. We still offer Safe Access as software that you can run on your own hardware, but after years of swimming against the tide we have come to the realization that it is just easier for people to buy an appliance than anything else. So with this version of Safe Access we now offer a StillSecure branded appliance.   

Designing and putting in the processes to sell and support these appliances has been a long time in the making, but we think we have it down now. I am looking forward to see what difference this is going to make.  We will soon have StillSecure appliances for the rest of our products as well.

There are several other new features in Safe Access that are worthy of mention. One is a plug in that allows for DHCP NAC to be done not in line and more scalability. Vista testing is another.  Post-connect integration with StillSecure Strata Guard as well as the ability to integrate with other IDS is another important feature. One of the most important is what we are calling Deep Checks.  This gives us the ability to audit at a much deeper level for policy compliance. I will probably do a full article on deep checks in the near future.  There is a laundry list of other new features and improvements in the product as well, but you can check the release for the whole story.

Many are saying that this is the year NAC gets real and NAC vendors have to stand and deliver. With this release of Safe Access I think StillSecure has the goods to win.