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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.