Tagged: 802.1X

17 August 2026 Networking Security Port Security 802.1X Cisco Fortinet Juniper Arista

Five Minutes and an Empty Port Part 10: The Closing Checklist and a Vendor Comparison

Closing the series: a practical checklist pulling Parts 7 through 9 together, and a straight comparison of how Cisco, Fortinet, Juniper, and Arista actually implement each control.
17 August 2026 Networking Security 802.1X NAC Cisco ISE Fortinet

Five Minutes and an Empty Port Part 8: 802.1X, MAB, and the NAC Platforms Behind the Curtain

Port security answers whether a device is the one already learned on a port. 802.1X and the NAC platforms behind it answer the harder question: whether this specific identity, on this specific device, should be on the network at all.