Cisco Secure ACS Benefits

Ease of use

A web-based user interface simplifies and distributes configuration for user profiles, group profiles, and ACS configuration.

Product flexibility

AAA support is integrated in the Cisco IOS Software, allowing Cisco Secure ACS to be implemented across virtually any Cisco NAS.

Scalability

Built to support large networks with support for redundant servers, remote databases, and backup user database services.

Extensibility

LDAP authentication forwarding supports user authentication using profiles stored in directories or databases from leading vendors, such as Microsoft, Netscape, and Novell.

Administration

The capability to assign different access levels to each Cisco Secure administrator, plus the option to group network devices, facilitates easier control, flexibility, and granularity in defining, changing, and enforcing security policy administration.

Management

Shares Windows user name/password management by using Windows 2000 Active Directory and NT database support, as well as using the Windows Performance Monitor for real-time statistics viewing.

Protocol flexibility

Simultaneous TACACS+ and RADIUS support allows flexible implementation of VPN or dial support at both ends of Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) and Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) tunnels.

Token server support

Token server support for RSA SecurID, Passgo, Secure Computing, ActiveCard, Vasco, and CryptoCard.

Control

Supports dynamic quotas for time-of-day, network usage, number of logged sessions, and day-of-week access restrictions.