If you're among the nearly two-thirds of organizations planning to deploy NAC, now is the time to write policy requirements specifying those details. But once you determine how to handle managed computers, the job is only 10 percent done. The rest of the work surrounds unknown computers, and they can ruin your day.
A lot of marketing hype focuses on the guest-user problem--handling the unmanaged mobile computer. But in a recent NWC Reader Poll, guest access was the least of your concerns, especially compared with granting access to data center resources and securing the branch office.
However, guest-user access does highlight an important problem your organization must answer: How are unmanaged computers controlled?
Verizon is demoing crowd analytics technology that uses 5G along with AI and mobile edge computing to give stadium operators insights into the flow of fans throughout a venue.
As we move closer to fully realizing the potential of Wi-Fi 7, it becomes evident that the RF, signaling, and throughput tests are not merely procedural checkpoints but the pillars of excellence in wireless communication.
With low earth orbit (LEO) satellites fast becoming the norm and 3GPP unifying telecom standards around the globe, the satellite IoT and machine-to-machine (M2M) sector ought to be looking at a bright horizon. But is this the case?
