Cisco NAC Appliance: Enforcing Host Security with Clean Access

Chapter 6. Building a Cisco NAC Appliance Host Security Policy

This chapter covers the following topics:

• What Makes Up a Cisco NAC Appliance Host Security Policy?
• Determining the High-Level Goals for Host Security
• Defining the Security Domains
• Understanding and Defining NAC Appliance User Roles
• Establishing Acceptable Use Policies
• Checks, Rules, and Requirements to Consider
• Defining Network Access Privileges

For any host-centric security solution to be successful, a solid host security policy (HSP) must first be in place. After a policy is in place, NAC Appliance enforces that policy networkwide. A host security policy defines, in as much detail as is practical, the protection strategy for the different clients within an organization. Given ...