Against The need to print off the documentation from the CD prior to installation was a pain. In all Norman have made some nice changes to this version, including the GUI, and the support for smartcards and tokens is excellent. THE IKEY, IT IS pertinent to look at a solution that provides integration for this token and many smartcard applications as well. The product itself was first reviewed in SC Magazine back in November 1998 and has continued to improve along the way to provide the type of security needed in the twenty-first century. It will also ensure that configuration settings cannot be changed, whether accidentally or with malicious intent, by enforcing a standard desktop operating environment.
Installation is as easy as it has always been providing certain criteria are met beforehand.
Encrypted drives must be unencrypted, boot protection must be disabled and previous versions of NAC must be uninstalled. For this version of NAC you must have Windows NT with service pack 5 or higher - however there are other Windows versions available. Only registered users will be able to log on but certain applications can be blocked from their use to ensure that security is maintained. Once installed and configured the user may use single sign-on, if the administrator has chosen this option, to alleviate the need for more than one password to the servers. This helps to reduce administrative time being wasted on forgotten passwords and eases the burden on the user.