Sophos Network Access Control is an excellent policy based security solution
Pros
- Provides enforcement of security policies for Windows PCs
- As part of the Sophos Security Suite provides outstanding protection from viruses
- Uses a very nice web-based GUI
Cons
- Customer support was basically non-existent during the time we needed it the most. This should be #1 priority for any company.
- Lack of support for Linux servers and Mac OS
- The reporting system relies on information provided by the agents
- Wide scale removal process needs some vast improvements. When using a batch removal script, it wrecks the NIC drivers to the point that they have to be removed and reinstalled.
Return on Investment
- Positive -- We were able to control guest users access
- Positive -- Using the entire Sophos Security Suite I only remember one major virus while I was with the company which saves on downtime, and IT man hours
- Negative -- The time we spent removing this, and reinstalling NIC drivers because the removal process crashed them cost the company in IT man hours.
Other Software Used
Lansweeper, VMware ThinApp, Oracle VM VirtualBox, DameWare Remote Support, Spiceworks, VMware Fusion, VMware vSphere Data Protection Advanced, VMware Workstation, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Office 365