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Pulse Secure adds device discovery and profiling to Network Access Control (NAC) Solution
November 2016 by Marc Jacob
Pulse Secure has announced an update to their Pulse Policy Secure solution that allows advanced device discovery with highly automated and detailed profiling. Administrators can now secure the growing number of IT and non-traditional IP devices attached to corporate networks, as part of a complete Network Access Control (NAC) solution.
The new release of Pulse Policy Secure enables administrators to provide more granular information on new devices attaching to the network – often as a result of the growing BYOD and Internet of Things trends. Analyst firm Gartner estimates that there are around 2.3 billion enterprise class connected “things” including cross-industry items such as HVAC and building management systems. The second class of connected things includes vertical-specific devices, such as specialized equipment used in hospital operating theatres, tracking devices in container ships, and many others.
Pulse Secure’s profiling feature offers continuous profiling using DHCP, SNMP, Nmap and HTTP user agents and references detection against a growing database of 9500 unique device types. The solution also profiles endpoints assigned with static IP addresses and actively scans open ports to detect MAC spoofing.
The new Pulse Policy Secure v5.3 update is free to existing customers with an active support contract, or can be downloaded as a free trial from the Pulse Secure website.
