Cisco Cisco Secure Access Control System 5.2 Data Sheet

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Data Sheet

Cisco Secure Control Access System 5.8

Cisco

Secure Access Control System ties together an enterprise’s network access

policy and identity strategy. It is the world’s most trusted policy-based platform for
enterprise access and network device administration control, deployed by about 80
percent of Fortune 500 companies.

Product Overview

Secure Access Control System, a core component of the Cisco TrustSec

solution, is a highly sophisticated policy

platform providing RADIUS and TACACS+ services. It supports the increasingly complex policies needed to meet

today's demands for access control management and compliance. It manages access policies for device

administration and for wireless, wired IEEE 802.1X, and remote (VPN) network access scenarios. Figure 1 shows

the Cisco Secure Network Server 3495 appliance, based on the Cisco UCS

C220 M3 Rack Server platform.

Release 5.8 of the Secure Access Control System software can run on the Secure Network Server 3495 and 3415

appliances as well as on existing Secure Access Control 1121 appliances, which have reached their end-of-sale

dates.

Figure 1. Secure Network Server 3415 Appliance for Secure Access Control System 5.8

Organizations rely on enterprise networks to perform daily job routines. With the increasing number of methods

available to access those networks, security breaches and uncontrolled user access are primary concerns.

Network security officers and administrators need solutions that support flexible authentication and authorization

policies that are tied not onl

y to a user’s identity but also to context such as the network access type, time of day

the access is requested, and the security of the machine used to access the network. Further, there is a stronger

need to effectively audit the use of network devices, monitor the activities of device administrators for corporate

compliance, and provide broader visibility and control over device-access policies across the network.

Secure Access Control System is a highly scalable, high-performance access policy system that centralizes device

administration, authentication, and user-access policy while reducing the management and support burden for

these functions.

Features and Benefits

Secure Access Control System 5.8 serves as a policy administration point (PAP) and policy decision point (PDP)

for policy-based network device-access control, offering a large set of identity management capabilities, including:

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Unique, flexible, and detailed device administration in IPv4 and IPv6 networks, with full auditing and

reporting capabilities as required for standards compliance

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A powerful, attribute-guided and rules-based policy model that flexibly addresses complex policy needs