Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Server 2008, is the next in line successor to Windows Server 2003 !s with Microsofts latest client "S #ista, Server 200$ offers a variety of security enhancements including, an im%roved firewall, hard drive encry%tion, ex%anded !ctive &irectory controls, 'S# security %rogrammability, networ( access controls as well as a host of other u%dated and im%roved security technologies )rogrammed from the same code base, Server 200$ and #ista offer a server*client environment that is secure out of the box but also %rovides administrators with the tools and technologies to harden and manage security in todays fast changing distributed networ(ed landsca%e
'n todays connected and mobile environments (ee%ing unsecured com%uters from accessing and %ossibly infecting the internal networ(s of a business is a constant challenge Networ" Access 'rotection .NA'/ is a new %latform that allows administrators to dynamically control com%uter networ( access restricted by a set of administrator defined system health rules 5!) offers a three %ronged a%%roach6
-ealth State 0alidation - by defining and validating system for any com%uter connecting to the networ( -ealth 'olic +ompliance - by offering resources to allow com%uters to meet health re.uirements Limited Access - by offering restricted networ( resource access to com%uters that are noncom%liant and unable to u%date to meet re.uirements
5!) greatly reduces the wor(load of (ee%ing in-house com%uters u% to date with the latest security a%%lications 't also allows visiting and remote com%uters to access networ( resources while mitigating %ossible security breaches because of the un(nown health status of outside or transient com%uters systems