Why It’s Time to Invest in a Cloud NAC Service

Tired of bleeding waterfalls of money with your old on-premises NAC solution (Network Access Control)? At the end of the quarter, it is hard to ignore that the indirect and hidden fees that some companies charge make up a big chunk of change in the expenditure associated with old legacy solutions.

When was the last time you bought an on-prem (on-premises) application for your organization? Most CIOs and CISOs have seen their share of large-scale on-prem technology implementations, maintenance and software upgrades with (typically) a high overhead for the enterprise. Most will testify that the strategy of using technologies delivered from the Cloud has had significant cost-savings and operational efficiencies. So now that you have decided that your company should apply a NAC solution ASAP (always a responsible idea), you should consider the cost savings with NAC delivered from the Cloud and as-a-Service Vs. the higher expenses with most older on-prem NACs.

When reviewing the total cost of ownership required for on-prem NAC technologies (based on published methods of calculating them), one finds that with on-prem NAC there are typically large capital outlays to:

• Purchase servers
• Data-centers
• Hardware
• Software
• Appliances
• Implementation fees
• Training fees
• Labor (you need an IT staff to be able to manage an on-prem solution)
• Customer support
• Software updates and upgrades

This unfortunately places a strain on company finances and cash-flow, as well as taking away from other more mission critical initiatives. In a Cloud environment the cost is typically an OPEX (Operating Expense) amount paid and expensed monthly. This category of business expense is easier on the company’s pocket book and allows cash reserves to be used for more critical business initiatives and investments, while at the same time there is not a long term commitment required to get started.

Using NAC as-a-Service Cloud solution eliminates many CAPEX costs (Capital Expenditures) as well as substantially reducing the monthly operational costs. The NAC as-a-Service option will also shorten the lead-time required to roll out the technology, providing yet another avenue of cost savings as your time and your team’s time is worth money. Additionally, your team members will be focused on more value-added projects thus increasing the company’s efficiency and bottom line profits. Altogether avoidance of the costs attributed to the hardware, the floor space, heating and cooling, the equipment and the staff required to support and maintain on-prem NAC could be enough right there to decide to use NAC as-a-Service from the Cloud.

And the best part? Your CIO and/or CISO does not have to spend a lot of time and effort on due diligence or planning a strategy. He/she can pick a small pilot and go. There is nothing to lose and everything to gain. Did we mention that the company can cancel and walk away at any time?

Don’t take anybody’s word for it – check the cost-savings out for yourself via this easy to use cost- savings calculator. The benefits are tremendous, and in the end, your easy step forward into NAC as-a-Service from the Cloud will be well worth it.