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What is Aruba ClearPass?
Aruba ClearPass is network access control (NAC) technology from HPE company Aruba Networks. Aruba acquired Avenda and its eTips NAC in 2011.
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Aruba Clearpass - Employee Device OnGuard Demo
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Aruba ClearPass is network access control (NAC) technology from HPE company Aruba Networks. Aruba acquired Avenda and its eTips NAC in 2011.
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This product is a versatile network access control system that is used in wired and wireless networks for information security purposes. It offers features such as NAC, RADIUS, and TACACS to ensure the security of network connections. With its ability to dynamically assign devices with certificates to VLAN groups in wired networks and restrict their authority with DACL, it provides a robust solution for controlling network access.
One key use case of this product is user authentication. It can be utilized for authenticating users in connection to various network and security products through the TACACS feature. This not only enhances the overall security of the network but also simplifies the authentication process for users. Additionally, it serves as a primary authentication platform for organizations, like universities, providing TACACS for management and RADIUS services for 802.1X authentication.
Another important use case is guest and BYOD network security in wireless networks. By authenticating wireless devices and assigning users to appropriate VLANs based on their membership in AD security groups, this product ensures the security of guest and BYOD networks. Moreover, it creates guest accounts for visitors, granting them access to the internet while restricting access to internal systems.
In addition to these use cases, the product also addresses wireless authentication problems in a reliable and scalable manner. By managing devices on wireless networks and providing a registration portal page for guest users, it simplifies the process of managing network access for both employees and visitors. Furthermore, it reduces management overhead for IT staff while enhancing convenience for users.
Overall, this product serves as an essential network access control system that addresses various security needs in both wired and wireless networks. Its user-friendly features and robust functionality make it a valuable tool for organizations seeking to enhance their information security measures while simplifying network management tasks.
Wide range of compatible devices: Many users have found the wide range of compatible devices in ClearPass to be helpful, as it allows for easy integration with various systems. This flexibility enables users to seamlessly connect and manage their network infrastructure without any compatibility issues.
Easy-to-understand rule-writing structure: The hierarchical and easy-to-understand rule-writing structure in ClearPass has been appreciated by several users. This feature simplifies the process of configuring access for different devices and purposes, making it convenient for users to set up and manage user authentication rules.
Seamless integration with Microsoft Active Directory: Users have praised the seamless integration of ClearPass with Microsoft Active Directory. This functionality allows for efficient user authentication and eliminates the need for multiple SSIDs, streamlining the user experience while ensuring secure network access.
Difficult Rule Editing: Users have found it challenging to edit and save rules in ClearPass, particularly when navigating to the end of the page. They have expressed difficulty in making rule modifications and successfully saving them.
Limited OR Operations: Reviewers have mentioned that ClearPass does not allow performing an OR operation within a rule. As a result, they are required to write multiple rules instead, which can be time-consuming and cumbersome.
Complex License Structure: Users have reported confusion and difficulty understanding the license structure of ClearPass. The complex nature of the licensing system makes it hard for users to grasp and manage effectively.
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September 06, 2022
Best NAC server out there at the moment, but needs improvement in training materials and support
ClearPass is used as a NAC and access server for wireless connectivity, and we are planning to use it for wired NAC in the future. It is used for wireless employee authentication with EAP-TLS, as well as wireless guest access with self-registration. It addresses wireless authentication problem in a reliable and scalable manner.
- Wireless authentication with EAP-TLS.
- Wireless guest access with self-registration.
- Interfacing with Aruba wireless controllers.
- Very good logging/troubleshooting.
- Wired NAC with non-Aruba switches is clunky and hard.
- Configuration is not intuitive.
- Training materials online are practically nonexistent.
- Even when given on official training courses, training materials are terrible.
- ClearPass helps self-registration for guests and BYOD, which a large organization needs.
- Is very reliable and scalable, so could be a good investment.
- However, configuration requires expensive training and/or consultant use.
- Training materials are lacking and low-quality.
- FortiNAC, Cisco NAC Manager and Server and Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)
From my experience, ClearPass has been the best NAC server of all I've seen. Even though configuration is somewhat hard and it's hard to get training, once you learn how to configure it it works very well. The policies are very granular and scalable and the interface is a well-done web GUI that does not need any extra plugins installed, as some of Cisco's product require. There are many more options than with FortiNAC, and many more integration options. Also, troubleshooting and logging is good.
September 08, 2020
Aruba Clearpass
This is the network access control system used for the organization. This system allows several different types of devices to easily connect to the network and get the proper access required for that individual or appliance. This solves a security issue that many organizations may face, properly restricting users or devices to only the resources they need.
- Network access control
- Guest network access
- Network segmentation
- More intuitive upgrade process.
- Add in-service software upgrades.
- Use common syntax across the various systems within Clearpass. For instance, monitoring view and guest view use different syntax's.
- Positive ROI based on stronger network security
- Initial upfront large expense, but lower yearly expense.
- Lower hours required long term for administrative network tasks.
Personally. I haven't used other NAC solutions. There are a few I've researched, but have stayed with Clearpass as my solution based on the features and use case for my organization. One large reason for staying with Clearpass is being an Aruba wireless network customer. Having one vendor end to end makes solving issues easier, especially if an Aruba TAC call is required.
June 07, 2020
ClearPass Integration in a University Environment
Clearpass is being used as our primary authentication platform for our university of around 4000 students and 1000 staff. It provides TACACS for management and radius services for 802.1X authentication for wireless and wired infrastructure. Additionally, we use the product for registering and managing guest wireless users and whitelisting IoT devices via a self-service portal that has Azure AD integration. These self-service options help reduce management overhead for IT staff and make the experience much more convenient for students.
- Heavily extensible logic that can solve a myriad of authentication and authorization scenarios.
- Extensive logging for troubleshooting services and device connections
- Standards based and compatible with nearly any device capable of 802.1X.
- Good user base for support and solutions.
- Policy manager and guest sections of ClearPass are disjointed, and where they overlap isn't readily apparent.
- Some changes require a full service restart which can take 5 to 10 minutes.
- Documentation is a bit dense and hard to navigate.
- Less time troubleshooting issues increasing employee efficiency.
- Faster customer issue resolution.
ClearPass is being used company-wide. Every person's device is authenticated through ClearPass and depending on what department they are they are put into a VLAN that gives them access to the systems they need. I love that ClearPass can grant or deny access to certain systems based on the user because it saves time not having to build that manually. We also use ClearPass to create guest accounts for visitors that come to our campus. These guest accounts grant access to the internet but not to our internal systems. ClearPass solves the problem of having multiple departments with different needs and being able to grant them access to what they need while keeping the network secure. ClearPass allows us to use 802.1x so we can put a base config on our network devices and not have to configure each port specific to each person or device.
- You can use ClearPass authenticate using wired and wireless network devices. This is helpful that you don't have to have multiple systems to accomplish this.
- Because devices can have different purposes Clearpass can configure groups that will specify what access they have. You can use parameters such as vendor or mac address so clearpass know what group to push them to.
- It is very easy to view device logs. This is really helpful to troubleshoot auth issues. Once you find the device Clearpass provides more than enough info to know what the issue is and to fix it.
- Getting data out of ClearPass is difficult. You can get some with SNMP but he API is lacking. There is only a limited amount of info that you can get from it. Even some data that shows up in ClearPass Insight is not available to import into a 3rd party application.
- In the past, if you have hardware/software issues you could troubleshoot them yourself through the CLI in a Linux type interface but now they have locked everything down and it makes troubleshooting difficult. You have to rely on them for everything. As a person who likes to understand the ins and outs of the systems I manage it is somewhat frustrating.
- Steep learning curve, although support can assist and their forums like airheads can be helpful. This is a complex system and can take a while to grasp how everything works and integrates.
- ClearPass has streamlined everything so we don't have to have as many people managing our device auth systems.
- Our Security team loves that ClearPass can deny unauthorized users and devices from the network. This alone has probably saved us a lot of money and headaches.
- Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE)
ClearPass by far is a more versatile system it seems that it has more features and can configure how you want it. Cisco ISE is extremely complicated to deploy where I felt that ClearPass was more straight forward and user-friendly. Clearpass does what Cisco ISE can do and more. ClearPass hands down has a better ability to create policies to create your own process for each type of device or for a specific function.