Ready-to-Deploy Access Policy Control

The Cisco Secure Access Control Server (ACS) Solution Engine is a dedicated, rack-mountable appliance for network access policy control. It helps you comply with growing regulatory and corporate requirements, improve productivity, and contain costs. It supports multiple scenarios simultaneously, including:

• Device administration: Authenticates administrators, authorizes commands, and provides an audit trail
• Remote Access: Works with VPN and other remote network access devices to enforce access policies
• Wireless: Authenticates and authorizes wireless users and hosts and enforces wireless-specific policies
• Network admission control: Communicates with posture and audit servers to enforce admission control policies

Cisco Secure ACS Solution Engine lets you centrally manage access to network resources for a growing variety of access types, devices, and user groups. These key features address the current complexities of network access control:

• Support for a range of protocols including Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) and non-EAP protocols provides the flexibility to meet all your authentication requirements
• Integration with Cisco products for device administration access control allows for centralized control and auditing of administrative actions
• Support for external databases, posture brokers, and audit servers centralizes access policy control and lets you integrate identity and access control systems