The Mogull's secret life

Rich Mogull was evidently inspired listening to me rant on the podcast about NAC the other day. So much so, that he imagined a place a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away where it is said the secret origins of NAC occurred.  Of course I guess Rich knows about the dark secret life of many things about security and analysts and such.  Anyway, Rich actually agrees with me on the dilution of the term NAC.  Rich also goes against some of the prevailing wisdom and actually seems to come out supporting NAC as a valuable tool and one that Cisco and Microsoft may not have right. He also, I think correctly, points out that NAC being truly built into the network fabric is probably too far off to wait for right now.

So do I agree with all of Rich's secrets? Of course not, what fun would that be.  Besides how could Mike Fratto accuse of me having it both ways. I think that NAC can add a lot of value without actually quarantining anything or anyone. I think just finding out who, what and where is on your network is valuable in a lot of scenarios. I also think that alot of the other bells and whistles as Rich calls them will wind up adding a lot of value to NAC when they are better integrated and understood as part of the greater mission NAC can play. 

But all in all, I would say Rich seems to understand the secret world of NAC a lot better than some other analysts do.