Loyola Law School Clean Access Agent

Nearly all network outages or brown-outs experienced are the result of virus-infected or severely compromised student PCs accessing the network. As a result, it has become necessary for the Law School to implement a network security system in order to minimize the risk posed by students who connect infected PCs to the campus network.

What is Clean Access?

Clean access is a solution provided by Cisco, Inc. that performs network validation. The software performs the following functions:

• Require authentication to the network
• Validate whether the system connecting to the network meets the minimum security standards.
• Quarantines the system until it meets the minimum security standards.
• Provides access to the remediation sites.
• Once the system is validated as "clean," allows access to the network.

Key Terms

• Network Access Procedure: The process of authentication and validation of your computer required for LLS network access.
• Authentication: The process of verifying your access to the network by confirming your username and password and associating it with your computer.
• Validation: The process of confirming that certain security measures are in place on your computer.