Network Access Control Learning Guide

TABLE OF CONTENTS
   Securing remote access points
   Endpoint security tactics
   Network architecture controls
   Firewalls
   VPNs
   Windows-specific network access control procedures
   Network access control policies
   More security learning resources
   Security IT Downloads

Securing remote access points

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• Book chapter: Remote access as an attack vector (SearchSecurity.com)
• PDF: IPsec and SSL VPNs: Solving remote access problems (SearchSecurity.com)
• Product review: 2006 Remote access Products of the Year (SearchSecurity.com)
• Technical tip: A five-point strategy for secure remote access (SearchSecurity.com)
• Technical tip: Remote user security checklist (SearchWindowsSecurity.com)
• Technical tip: Five steps to controlling network access (SearchWindowsSecurity.com)
• Technical tip: Secure data transmission methods (SearchSecurity.com)
• Technical tip: How to stop a rogue user from circumventing network security (SearchSecurity.com)
• Technical tip: Guarding against malware infection from remote users (SearchSecurity.com)
• Technical tip: Remote network access from privately-owned machines (SearchSecurity.com)
• Technical tip: Ten tips for safe computing on a public LAN (SearchSecurity.com)

Endpoint security tactics

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• PDF: Five best strategies for endpoint security (SearchSecurity.com)
• PDF: Layered access control: Six top defenses that work (SearchSecurity.com)
• Product review: Hot Pick: Fireball KeyPoint (SearchSecurity.com)
• Product review: End of the line (SearchSecurity.com)
• Product review: Hark! Who goes there? (SearchSecurity.com)
• Technical tip: Effective endpoint security without a significant investment (SearchSecurity.com)
• Technical tip: Painful patching: How to lock down networked devices (SearchWindowsSecurity.com)
• Technical tip: The key to locking out mobile threats (SearchSecurity.com)
• Technical tip: Tips for securing iPods in the enterprise (SearchSecurity.com)

Network architecture controls

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• Glossary definition: DMZ (SearchSecurity.com)
• Glossary definition: VLAN (SearchSecurity.com)
• Book chapter: Secure LAN switching (SearchSecurity.com)
• Expert advice: How to protect a LAN from unauthorized access (SearchSecurity.com)
• Expert advice: Designing DMZs with various levels of access (SearchSecurity.com)
• Technical tip: Using 802.1X to control physical access to LANs (SearchSecurity.com)
• Technical tip: Life at the edge: Securing the network perimeter, Part 2 (SearchSecurity.com)
• Technical tip: VLAN security (SearchSecurity.com)
• Technical tip: Popular VLAN attacks and how to avoid them (SearchSecurity.com)

Firewall

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• Product review: 2006 Network Firewall Products of the Year (SearchSecurity.com)
• Technical tip: How to choose a firewall
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• Technical tip: Choosing the right firewall topology (SearchSecurity.com)
• Technical tip: Placing systems in a firewall topology (SearchSecurity.com)
• Technical tip: Auditing firewall activity (SearchSecurity.com)
• Technical tip: Activating an XP firewall on a LAN (SearchSecurity.com)
• Technical tip: Traffic flow considerations for the Cisco PIX Firewall (SearchSecurity.com)
• Technical tip: Firewall security tips (SearchSecurity.com)
• Technical tip: Firewall redundancy: Deployment scenarios and benefits (SearchSecurity.com)

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• Glossary definition: SSL (SearchSecurity.com)
• Glossary definition: IPsec (SearchSecurity.com)
• Book chapter: Crypto basics: VPNs (SearchSecurity.com)
• Product review: SSL VPN: AEP SureWare A-Gate AG-600 (SearchSecurity.com)
• Product review: Corrent VPN 'connects' with Check Point software (SearchSecurity.com)
• Quiz: SSL vs. IPsec VPNs (SearchSecurity.com)
• Technical tip: Letting telecommuters in – Your VPN alternatives (SearchSecurity.com)
• Technical tip: The inherent capabilities of IPsec selectors and their use in remote-access VPNs (SearchSecurity.com)
• Technical tip: VPN fast facts: True or false? (SearchSecurity.com)
• Technical tip: Client-side security considerations for SSL VPNs (SearchSecurity.com)

Windows-specific network access control procedures

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• Book chapter: Access control entries (SearchWindowsSecurity.com)
• Book chapter: Six steps for deploying Network Access Quarantine Control (SearchWindowsSecurity.com)
• Checklist: Hardening Windows School: Advanced checklist on network access quarantining (SearchWindowsSecurity.com)
• Checklist: Harden access control settings (SearchWindowsSecurity.com)
• Expert advice: Security risks associated with granting permissions in Windows XP (SearchWindowsSecurity.com)
• Expert advice: How to deny access when connecting to a share on a Windows 2003 Server(SearchWindowsSecurity.com)
• Expert advice: How to detect when non-domain laptops are plugged in to Windows Server 2003(SearchWindowsSecurity.com)
• Expert advice: How to set up dual administrative controls for tighter security in Windows 2000(SearchWindowsSecurity.com)
• Expert advice: How to remove specific permissions from an account operator in Windows 2000 (SearchWindowsSecurity.com)
• Expert advice: How to check which permissions are assigned to a user or group in Windows 2000 (SearchWindowsSecurity.com)
• Expert advice: How to set NTFS permissions on Windows 2000 Terminal Services (SearchWindowsSecurity.com)
• Expert advice: Limiting user and admin access (SearchWindowsSecurity.com)
• Opinion: Network admins needs Microsoft-Cisco unity (SearchWindowsSecurity.com)
• Step-by-Step guide: Network Access Quarantine Control (SearchWindowsSecurity.com)
• Technical tip: Lock down user access and privileges (SearchWindowsSecurity.com)
• Technical tip: Permissions basics for Windows 2000 (SearchWindowsSecurity.com)
• Technical tip: NTFS default permissions for Windows 2000 (SearchWindowsSecurity.com)
• Technical tip: How to implement permissions in Windows 2000/NT (SearchWindowsSecurity.com)

Network access control policies

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• Expert advice: Distinguishing a remote access policy from a portable computing protection policy (SearchSecurity.com)
• Technical tip: Policies for reducing mobile risk (SearchSecurity.com)
• Technical tip: Laptop security policy: Key to avoiding infection (SearchSecurity.com)
• Technical tip: Work with users to secure new technologies in the enterprise (SearchSecurity.com)
• Technical tip: The benefits of writing a policy before a new system deployment (SearchSecurity.com)
• Technical tip: Managing network policy (SearchSecurity.com)
• Technical tip: Top 10 network security tips (SearchSecurity.com)