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Department of Housing and Community Development Looks to Control Unauthorized
Devices
AUSTIN, Texas—May 16, 2007—Mirage Networks®, Inc., developer of award-winning
Network Access Control (NAC) technology, announced today the Department of
Housing and Community Development of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
(DHCD) has chosen Mirage Endpoint Control to protect its network from threats and
policy violations which can negatively impact operational cost and productivity.
“We needed a NAC solution, but after months of reading and researching I learned
that most solutions are too difficult to implement, require too many resources
and cost more than I could afford,” said John Kupchaunis, Director of Information
Technology for the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community
Development. “Then I was introduced to Mirage Networks. They had an easy to
implement, easy to manage, agentless solution that was at a price point within my
budget.”
The Mirage Endpoint Control solution monitors all network devices both before and
after users attempt to log onto the network, combining pre-admission authentication
and compliance checks with post-admission behavioral monitoring. The process
delivers a comprehensive, full-cycle NAC solution.
“We have always prided ourselves in running a clean and compliant network. We
were wrong. After plugging the Mirage NAC device into the network, it immediately
found numerous policy violations. This included rogue Web servers, unauthorized
access points, and unknown devices,” continued Kupchaunis. “For the next few
weeks, we remedied the policy violations and let the Mirage device learn our
network. We then put the device into compliance mode. Now any time a rogue
device is plugged in, the administrator is immediately notified and the device is
segregated to a restricted Web server. The Mirage Networks device is as easy and
secure as I hoped, improving our network uptime and giving us a true sense of
network security.”
"Mirage offers government and public institutions like DHCD a new level of network
security and the easiest NAC deployment in the industry,” said Greg Stock, president
and CEO, Mirage Networks. “We’re excited to be working with DHCD to realize their
high standards of policy compliance and threat deterrence.”
About the Department of Housing and Community Development,
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
DHCD makes state and federal funds and technical assistance available to strengthen
communities and help them plan new developments, encourage economic
development, revitalize older areas, improve local government management, build
and manage public housing, stimulate affordable housing through the private sector
and respond to the needs of low-income people. The Office administers the state's
public housing programs, coordinates its anti-poverty efforts, allocates federal
community development programs and provides a variety of services to local
government officials.
About Mirage Networks
Mirage Networks, Inc. is the leading provider of Network Access Control (NAC)
solutions, including both pre- and post-admission security. The Austin, Texas-based
company's patented technology gives organizations control over unknown, out-of-
policy, and infected devices resulting in increased network uptime, policy compliance
and reduced operational costs. Mirage's NAC appliances work in all network
environments, deploy out-of-band and require neither signatures nor agents to
enforce policies and terminate zero-day threats. Mirage Networks' Endpoint Control
is a consistent winner of industry awards and recognition. Learn more at
http://www.miragenetworks.com.
Contacts
Mirage Networks
Alison Guzzio, 610-925-2761
alison@inktankstrategic.com
© 2007, Mirage Networks, Inc. All rights reserved worldwide. Mirage Networks, its product and program names and design marks are trademarks of Mirage Networks, Inc.
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