Cisco ACS and Access Control Rescue Plan

Has your Cisco Solution left you stranded?

Cisco ACS was first introduced to support a growing dial-up market, Bill Clinton was in office, eBay was a venture backed start-up, and David Letterman had just started Top 10 lists. Since then, enterprise networks have dramatically changed and identity based network access security has become a best practice for many that are managing users and malicious malware threats.

Cisco's NAC is a patchwork of products that rely primarily on Cisco ACS. The overall solution thus lacks key administrator and operational features, and suffers from scalability and interoperability issues stemming from the lack of a cohesive approach. Emerging 802.1X network authentication, combined with NAC enforcement for a large variety of endpoints, has outstripped the capabilities of the current-generation Cisco ACS RADIUS server.

Avenda Systems addresses these growing concerns by supporting features and capabilities that exceed those of the Cisco ACS and NAC solution. Ease of deployment and scalability features easily support up to tens of thousands of users.

The Top 10 Reasons to consider migrating from Cisco ACS and NAC solution to Avenda eTIPS

10.  Managing devices from multiple Cisco product groups is becoming a burden

 9.  Multiple configuration and user interfaces

 8.  Performance requirements that exceed the scalability of ACS and Cisco NAC

 7.  Cisco-only vendor and protocol support

 6.  Policy model with little or no flexibility

 5.  Lack of support for today's advanced usage scenarios

 4.  Simulation and monitoring that does not work across entire solution

 3.  Lack of effective helpdesk and troubleshooting tools

 2.  Limited extensibility and future-proofing

 1.  Escalating cost and insignificant ROI is a concern

If interested in learning more about how we solve those 10 issues, please visit our website to review our whitepaper entitled Simplifying A Complex Cisco Access Control Solution . Our Cisco migration program provides a generous trade-in value for legacy ACS devices and a Migration Assistance Service which includes training, orientation, and policy conversion. Contact us at sales@avendasys.com to bring your network access security up to today's standards.