Network access control solutions have been around since the early 2000s, serving the important purpose of authenticating and authorizing access to the corporate network. These legacy solutions excelled at making access decisions based on authentication credentials and endpoint compliance, but were largely limited in the scope of devices they could see and control.
Thus, with the onset of digital transformation, Bring-Your-Own-Device (BYOD) and the Internet of Things (IoT), a new era of NAC was ushered in, which is why the sector has seen consistent growth in recent years (about 20% YoY, according to most estimates)…
