StillSecure, and still on top!
I just wanted to give a quick CONGRATS to Alan and Mitchell at StillSecure. While perusing my copy of WindowsIT Pro last night, I ran up on the article “Guard Your Network with Software NAC”. I read the opening and found that StillSecure’s Safe Access product was being reviewed against offerings from Sophos, InfoExpress and McAfee.
The article shows the strengths and weaknesses of using a software-based NAC (that is Network Access Control) to protect your network. NACs evaluate each device plugged into a network against a set of rules/filters and decide if that device is allowed full access to your network. If it does not meet the standards that you have set for the network, the device is quaranteened until it can be brought up to standards.
Safe Access is the only Linux-based solution in the review. Having worked with StillSecure in getting Cobia to work on my home network, I am familiar with the hardened LinuxOS that StillSecure employs. The installer has the same Anaconda look and feel that most Linux distros have. And as the few readers of 1manIT know, I am no where near a Linux pro. I felt very comfortable the other night when Martin McKeay and I were installing the Roaring Penguin PPPoE client on my Cobia box. We are still laboring through getting Cobia to connect to the Internet on my network at home, but I feel that we will be successful. Martin is very knowledgeable about Linux and the Cobia product. Both Martin and I will detail our entire process once we are successful in getting it up and running on my network.
Anyway, back to the NAC review. After all that is said and done, StillSecure’s Safe Access 5.0 was awarded the WindowsIT Pro Editor’s Choice with 4.5 diamonds for software NACs. Congrats again and keep up the good work.
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