Unified Access Control

Unified Access Control (UAC) is a standards-based, scalable network access control solution that reduces network threat exposure and mitigates risks. This network access control solution protects your network by guarding mission-critical applications and sensitive data, identity-enabling your network security, and providing comprehensive network access control management, visibility, and monitoring.

Unified Access Control reduces the cost and complexity of delivering and deploying granular, identity-enabled network access control from the branch to the corporate data center. This network access control solution addresses most network access control challenges, including insider threats, guest access control, outsourcing, and off-shoring, and regulatory compliance.

Unified Access Control is composed of:

• IC Series Unified Access Control Appliances, hardened, centralized network access control policy management servers.
• The dynamically downloadable UAC Agent, Juniper's dynamic, multi-service network client Junos Pulse, or Unified Access Control's agent-less mode, each of which collect user credentials and assess device security state
• UAC enforcement points, including any vendor-agnostic 802.1X-enabled wireless access point or switch, including Juniper Networks EX Series Ethernet Switches; any Juniper Networks firewall platform, including the SRX Series Services Gateways, SSG Series Secure Services Gateways and ISG Series Integrated Services Gateways; and standalone Juniper Networks IDP Series Intrusion Detection and Prevention Appliances or SRX Series Services Gateways for the Data Center, providing unparalleled visibility into application traffic at Layer 7.

Unified Access Control is based on industry standards (802.1X, RADIUS, and IPSec) and open standards (Trusted Network Connect standards), including the TNC's open standard IF-MAP, which empowers Unified Access Control to integrate with third-party network and security devices.

Juniper Networks Unified Access Control and the IC Series Unified Access Control Appliances:

• Deliver dynamic, standards-based, vendor-agnostic network and application access control.
• Identity-enable network access control policy management and network security.
• Address most network access control challenges, including insider threats, guest user access, regulatory compliance, and off-shoring/outsourcing.
• Provide comprehensive network access protection, visibility, and monitoring for networks, applications, and sensitive data.
• Give unparalleled visibility into network application traffic at Layer 7.
• Furnish a full-featured, dynamically deployable antispyware/antimalware module to ensure Windows endpoint devices are not running spyware or other malware.
• Supply a simple, consistent network user access experience through the UAC Agent, UAC's agent-less mode, or Junos Pulse.
• Enable seamless network access control to network resources protected by uniform access control policies through a single login.
• Offer flexible, phased deployment, enabling quick network access control implementation within heterogeneous networks with the deployment of a single appliance.
• Centralize network access control policy management to ease deployment, provisioning, and administration.
• Concentrates pre-authentication assessment, authentication, role mapping, and resource controls in a single location.
• Are built on proven, best-in-class network security and access control products, including SA Series Secure Access SSL VPN Appliances, SBR Series Steel-Belted Radius Servers, and Odyssey Access Client.
• Leverage existing AAA infrastructure, including any 802.1X-enabled switch or access point, including Juniper Networks EX Series Ethernet Switches, any Juniper firewall platform, including the SRX Series Services Gateways, and standalone Juniper Networks IDP Series appliances.
• Are based on industry standards (802.1X, RADIUS, and IPSec) and open standards (Trusted Network Connect standards).

Several hardware and software options and modules are available for UAC's IC4500, IC6500, and IC6500 FIPS Unified Access Control Appliances, including: