Question

1. How does NAC play a role in centralized PC security management?

2. What is the role of restoration order in recovering data from backups?

Answer 1

1. NAC or network access control is a networking solution. It is a set of protocols that work with a policy of securing access to the nodes in a network. It offers enterprise policies and their implementation so that device control and access control can be achieved.

• The policies are related to resources, devices, roles, locations, etc.
• It plays an important role in centralized security management. In centralized management, there are a number of terminals connected with the center node.
• NAC offers security checks for these terminals.
• Whenever a terminal tries to access the network, a safety check is run on it and if anything suspicious is detected, the access is denied.

The best thing about this solution is that it provides flexibility in terms of rules.

• The enterprise administrators are allowed to define the rules and security policies as per their understanding of the company intranet.

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2. The role of restoration order in recovering data from backups:

• Data restoration helps in making copies of data to replace the damaged or lost data. It ensures that the backup data is consistent with the actual database at any moment. The data can be retrieved in a few minutes and viewed on the system.
• Apart from providing relief in case data is lost or damaged, it helps in dealing with human error as well. If a user erases a file unknowingly, it might be very difficult to recover that file again. However, the restoration of data provides this utility of getting that file back.
• Restoration is not only about backup. It helps in returning data to its initial condition.
• Malicious attacks can expose sensitive data to hackers and everything in the organization can go wrong once the data is tampered with. Restoration helps in retrieving the files in multiple samples and making sure that no data is tampered with.