Re: NAC RFI/RFP

[Isabelle Graham <graham () AMERICAN EDU>]

We're looking at starting an RFP for a new NAC solution with that same 
pool of candidates (plus Juniper). Would you be willing to share what 
product you ended up going with and why?

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Isabelle Graham
Information Security
American University



From:   Terence Ma <Terence.Ma () TUN TOURO EDU>
To:     SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Date:   2010-06-22 22:46
Subject:        Re: [SECURITY] NAC RFI/RFP
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I generally use RFPs for products that are over $25,000 or something that 
we really don’t know much about (in that case, we usually issue a RFI 
first). We generally select a series of potential vendors and examine 
their products in detail prior to selecting a product.
 
When we were looking at NACs, I looked at a bunch of higher education 
mailing lists (including Educause) and came up with a list of four 
products – Bradford, Cisco, Impulse, and Mirage (now Trustwave) – as 
having the most positive reviews and had the most users. We had already 
decided not to go with Cisco as we had the demonstration of the product 
and it did not seem to fit our budget in the first round of discussions we 
had with the manufacturers. We then examined the remaining products in 
detail.
 
We are a smaller institution and I am not required to go to a RFP process 
for everything.
 
Best,
 
Terence P. Ma, PhD
Chief Information Officer
Touro University Nevada
874 American Pacific Drive
Henderson, NV 89014, USA
P:  702-777-1805
M: 702-469-1770
F:   702-777-1736
E:   terence.ma () tun touro edu
 
 
 
From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [
mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Bob Brown
Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 10:12 AM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: Re: [SECURITY] NAC RFI/RFP
 
Interesting to see that the replies to Lori’s inquiry are all “No RFP” so 
far. Is it becoming more common not to use RFPs for security or IT 
projects these days for some reason or another?
 
Bob Brown, Network World
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/713
 
From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [
mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of Baker, Lori
Sent: Monday, June 21, 2010 6:41 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] NAC RFI/RFP
 
Hello EDUCAUSE Colleagues –
 
Does anyone have a NAC (Network Access Control) RFP/RFI they’re willing to 
share?   We’re just starting to define our requirements and investigate 
vendors, and would greatly appreciate input from other institutions.  Our 
NAC solution would be for both our administrative (staff/faculty) and 
academic networks/users.
 
Thanks in advance!
 
Lori
 
 
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Lori D. Baker
Sr Manager, Network & Telephony
Information Technology
 
DeVry Inc.
814 Commerce Drive
Oak Brook, IL 60523-8822
phone: 630.572.8015
internal: 1988015
cell: 773.255.4335
fax: 630.382.2941
email: lobaker () devry com
 
www.devryinc.com
 

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