Device Access Control
Zenarmor offers a powerful Device Access Control feature that allows you to categorize detected devices as trusted or untrusted and restrict untrusted devices from accessing the network through your Zenarmor policies.
Device Access Control feature essentially empowers IT teams with more granular control over the devices attached to the network, enhancing overall network security and preventing potential data breaches by blocking unauthorized device access In addition to this, this feature also simplifies IT asset management (ITAM) by enabling IT teams to centrally control devices through a single pane of glass. This feature allows IT teams to perform the following tasks easily:
- Set Access Rules: These inform devices what resources they can reach and how they can connect to the network.
- Prevent Unauthorized Access: Zenarmor can prevent devices that aren't trusted from connecting to the network. This stops users from gaining access without permission and plays a part in your zero-trust strategy, ultimately lowering your risk.
- Enforce Device Compliance: IT teams can ensure that all devices meet certain security standards before they can connect to the network by enforcing device compliance rules.
The Device Access Control feature is only available for the Zenarmor Paid Editions. To gain the benefit of the Device Access Control feature and for more information, see the plans & pricing.
Benefits of Zenarmor Device Access Control
The following are the primary advantages of the Zenarmor Device Access Control function:
- Enhanced Network Security: Zenarmor's device access control capabilities help organizations prevent unauthorized access, enforce device compliance, and mitigate security risks associated with untrusted devices enhancing network security.
- Reduced Risk of Data Breaches: Zenarmor's capability to impede access to untrusted devices and enforce device compliance enables organizations to safeguard sensitive information against potential data breaches and unauthorized entry.
- Streamlined IT Operations: Zenarmor facilitates streamlined IT operations through its capability to centrally regulate device access and enforce security policies throughout the network, thereby streamlining device management.
By leveraging these device identification and access control features, IT teams can effectively manage their IT assets, ensuring network security, compliance, and efficient asset utilization. By offering comprehensive control over device access and real-time device visibility, Zenarmor enhances the functionality of current ITAM tools. This empowers IT teams to make well-informed decisions and ensure the maintenance of a secure and compliant IT environment.
How to Enable Device Access Control?
You can easily enable Device Access Control by clicking on the Block Untrusted Devices toggle button on the policy configuration page.
Figure 1. Block Untrusted Devices in Default Policy
Once Zenarmor has been installed on your firewall, proceed to examine devices on your network by navigating to the Zenarmor Devices page. Before enabling device access control on your policies, validate the devices as trusted. Zenarmor defines all newly detected devices as Untrusted by default. Suspicious or unknown devices should be left untrusted.
When you enable Device Access Control, these devices cannot connect to the network until you manually verify and acknowledge them as Trusted.
To keep unknown devices from getting into your network without your permission, you should turn on Block Untrusted Devices on rules that match a lot of different endpoints, like networks and VLANs.
Here is the hands on video for Zenarmor Device Identification and Access Control: