Study Finds Organizations Lack Controls Over Network Threats

Aug 26, 2008 4:40 PM

A new study has been released revealing that half of the IT professionals who responded had endpoints connecting to their corporate networks without their knowledge. The study was released by developer of patented, full-cycle Network Access Control (NAC) technology Mirage Networks.

Yet compared to other security issues, 86 percent of respondents said controlling network access ranked as a high priority. The survey reports that network access control solutions are gaining traction versus more perimeter security technologies to address the problem.

The independent research, conducted through an online survey, was commissioned to gather data about the state of network access control in corporate networks. The survey analysis shows that IT departments of all sizes have serious concerns about controlling network access. Many respondents did not believe their organizations focused network access policies on the greatest areas of business risk.

"In analyzing the responses, it's clear that controlling network access is one of the highest priorities in all organizations," says Sheila Baker of Opine Consulting. "But deploying the appropriate technology is being hindered to some extent by a lack of focus on policy, and is often being driven by operations or security departments and not by the business units. Despite organizational obstacles, the recognized need is highlighting a gap in most security architectures where network access control solutions could be filling that gap."

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