NAP

Network Access Protection (NAP) is a Windows Server technology, which is a part of Windows. The technology helps organizations monitor and control the access to one of their most precious resources: the organization's internal network.

Network Access Protection (NAP) is a Windows Server technology, which is a part of Windows. The technology helps organizations monitor and control the access to one of their most precious resources: the organization's internal network. In short, NAP allows defining what a 'healthy machine' is and then grant network access based on machines identity and health state. For instance, the network/security administrator can decide that only machines that have an up-to-date antivirus, enabled firewall and have received all critical OS updates are considered healthy. The administrator can then use NAP to enforce this policy: machines that are evaluated to be healthy are granted full network access. Machines that are non-compliant get limited network access and can be automatically 'remediated', i.e. brought back to a healthy condition. To achieve these goals NAP acts as a Windows Server role, and also includes Windows client components making it an interesting, versatile project. NAP also integrates with other access technologies by Microsoft such as Direct Access. NAP has been out there since Windows Server 2008. It has customers worldwide, ranging from small-medium organizations to large corporates.

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