HPE Aruba ClearPass Network Access Control Licensing
HPE Aruba ClearPass Network Access Control licensing provides advanced security and policy enforcement for your business network over a 3-year term.
- Access to Advanced Security: Unlock granular control over network access, ensuring only authorized devices and users connect.
- Coverage for Compliance: Meet regulatory requirements by enforcing security policies and maintaining an audit trail of network access.
- Protection Against Threats: Mitigate risks from unauthorized devices and compromised endpoints with automated threat response.
- Entitlement to Network Visibility: Gain deep insights into network activity, device types, and user behavior for better management.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This HPE Aruba ClearPass Network Access Control (NAC) licensing provides a 3-year subscription for 5,000 concurrent users, enabling robust security policy enforcement and device authentication for your business network.
Designed for IT Managers and IT Professionals in SMB and mid-market organizations, this license integrates with your existing network infrastructure to manage user and device access, ensuring compliance and security across wired and wireless environments.
- Centralized Policy Management: Define and enforce consistent security policies across your entire network from a single console.
- Device Authentication: Ensure only trusted and compliant devices can access network resources, reducing the attack surface.
- User Access Control: Authenticate users based on roles and context, providing the right access to the right resources.
- Guest Access Management: Securely onboard and manage guest users with customizable portals and policies.
- Compliance and Auditing: Maintain detailed logs and reports for regulatory compliance and security audits.
Secure your business network with intelligent access control and policy enforcement, simplifying security operations for your IT team.
What This Enables
Enable granular network access control
Enable teams to define and enforce granular access policies based on user roles, device type, and security posture. Streamline the onboarding of new devices and users while ensuring only authorized entities connect to the network.
wired networks, wireless networks, BYOD environments, corporate-owned devices, network segmentation
Automate security policy enforcement
Automate the enforcement of security policies across wired and wireless networks, ensuring compliance with internal standards and external regulations. Reduce manual intervention and the risk of human error in security configurations.
multi-site deployments, hybrid cloud environments, remote workforce support, compliance-driven organizations
Streamline guest and contractor access
Streamline the process of providing secure and controlled access for guests, contractors, and temporary staff. Automate the creation and revocation of temporary network credentials, enhancing security without compromising usability.
public-facing Wi-Fi, shared office spaces, vendor access management, temporary staff onboarding
Key Features
Role-Based Access Control
Ensures users and devices only access the network resources they are authorized for, minimizing the risk of internal data breaches.
Device Profiling and Posture Assessment
Automatically identifies and assesses the security compliance of devices before granting network access, preventing the spread of malware.
Centralized Policy Management
Simplifies network security administration by allowing consistent policy application across all network access points from a single interface.
Guest and Onboarding Portals
Provides a secure and user-friendly way to onboard guests and employees, automating the process of granting temporary network access.
Integration with Security Ecosystem
Works with other security tools to share threat intelligence and automate responses, creating a more resilient security posture.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions require stringent security and compliance to protect sensitive customer data and meet regulatory mandates like PCI DSS and SOX, which ClearPass directly supports through robust access control and auditing.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare organizations must comply with HIPAA and other privacy regulations, necessitating secure access to patient data and medical devices. ClearPass enables granular control and auditing to maintain patient confidentiality and data integrity.
Manufacturing & Industrial
Industrial environments often have a mix of IT and OT devices that require secure network access. ClearPass can segment networks and control access to critical operational technology, protecting against cyber threats and ensuring operational continuity.
Education & Research
Educational institutions manage a large and diverse user base (students, faculty, guests) and numerous devices. ClearPass provides scalable and secure network access, managing BYOD policies and protecting sensitive research data.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is HPE Aruba ClearPass Network Access Control?
HPE Aruba ClearPass is a network access control solution that provides secure authentication, policy enforcement, and device visibility for wired, wireless, and remote access networks. This license enables those capabilities for your business.
What does a 5,000 concurrent user license mean?
This license allows up to 5,000 devices or users to be actively connected to the network and managed by ClearPass at any given moment. It is a subscription for 3 years.
How does this license help with compliance?
ClearPass helps meet compliance requirements by enforcing security policies, authenticating users and devices, and providing detailed audit logs of network access. This ensures you can demonstrate adherence to regulations.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Medium — IT-assisted
Fulfillment
Digital Delivery
License keys / portal provisioning
Support Model
Zent Networks Managed
Renewal, add-license, and lifecycle management included
Subscription Terms
Cancellation
Cancel anytime — no charge on next cycle
You may cancel this subscription at any time. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. You will not be charged for the following billing cycle. Access remains active through the end of the paid term.
Returns
Subscription licenses are non-refundable
Digital software licenses and SaaS subscriptions cannot be returned once activated or provisioned. Contact a Zent Networks account manager if you have questions before purchasing.