Network Access Control
What is Network Access Control?
Security solutions that enforce policies to control which devices and users can access a network, based on identity, device health, and compliance status.
Terms that appear alongside network access control
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as network access control. The number is how many controls name both.
- access control 7 shared controls
- firewall 4 shared controls
- zero trust 3 shared controls
- secure access service edge 3 shared controls
- remote access 3 shared controls
- nist 2 shared controls
- authentication 2 shared controls
- zero trust network access 2 shared controls
Frameworks that govern network access control
What the standards actually require on network access control
Requirements naming network access control across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Establishes information security as an integral part of NAC, so that access to the network is regulated by identity-dependent authorisation rules and the information processed, stored and transmitted over networks is protected.
bsi-it-grundschutz::NET.3.4 · NET.3.4 Network Access Control (Network Access Control) →The asset owner shall control access within the IACS network, so that only authorized devices connect and only authorized traffic flows between zones.
iec-62443::NET 1.6 · Internal network access control →Discloses the device's ability to authenticate communication partners: whether it provides or supports node authentication so that sender and recipient are known to each other and authorised to receive the information (for example web APIs, SMTP, SNMP) (NAUT-1...
mds2-medical-device::NAUT · NAUT Node authentication: disclose mutual authentication of communicating nodes, network access control and certificate use →For CONFIDENTIAL, SECRET and TOP SECRET systems, agencies must apply network access controls to every network.
new-zealand-information-security-manual-nzism::18.1.13.C.01 · 18.1.13.C.01 Network access controls on all classified networks →Network access controls are implemented on networks to prevent the connection of unauthorised network devices and networked IT equipment.
ISM-0520 · Blocking unauthorised network devices →Only authorised devices are allowed onto the network, enforced by controlling device connections, for example with network access control.
australian-energy-sector-cyber-security-framework-aescsf::ARCHITECTURE-2k · ARCHITECTURE-2k: Only authorised devices can connect →Questions people ask about network access control
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