They call it a ‘port’ for a very good reason.  Even though this one is only a little hole in the wall, it is just like its big brothers the 'sea port' and the 'air port'.  The Port is the access point to the heart and soul of your business.  As it is with the big ports here too, if left unprotected anyone can get in and out of your network. Once they’ve gained access and entered, they can bring with them whatever they wish and carry out with them whatever they see fit.

As it is potentially hazardous for a country, it is potentially hazardous to your business having
this access to your network unmonitored, unreported, unregulated, unsupervised and uncontrolled.   The lurking consequence if your network ports are left naked and unprotected is that your network and your business information with it, are exposed and vulnerable from the inside to any access of unauthorized devices.  

Most of the assaults take place at the network level, far below the radar screen of the current ordinary security products which are concerned with perimeter security, concentrating on protecting only from intrusions originating outside of your corporate network. Thus, leaving your port like many of them in your company – naked and exposed to undesirable access from the inside.

You should know that once the offender, be it your or a staffer’s child, a member of the cleaning crew, an invited or uninvited guest, or an occasional visitor or . . . who knows,  plugs his IP device into your network port anywhere in your offices, they are inside your network.  No matter how advanced and sophisticated your security systems is, they’ve bypassed them all by plugging into the ‘naked port’ in your office.

Now, portnox provides your network with the mandatory extra layer of protection for your existing security policies. It allows your Administrator to configure access parameters for the physical network ports and determine which devices are allowed LAN access.