The ITS Department is in the process of deploying the Network Access Control (NAC) project across campus. The NAC system is a security measure designed to authenticate and confirm identities for network users at UNM, and will require all students, faculty and staff to authenticate by signing in with their NetID and password each time they access the network.
NAC implementation will change the face of wired and wireless access for all users across UNM, since all users will need to enter their NetID and password to access any network or network-based applications, such as Lobo WiFi, the Internet, Banner, Groupwise, Communigate, and the myUNM Portal, as well as for iPhones and SmartPhones. Currently, such across-the-board authentication doesn’t exist on campus.
Campus-wide deployment in the dormitories, the SUB, the ITS Computer Pods LoboWiFi, limited deployment in library is planned for the last week of July and through the second week of August. More details and information will be disseminated over the next few months as the project continues. Visit: ITS Network Access Control for more information on the NAC and its progress throughout the summer.
Media Contact: Vanessa Baca, (505) 277-0987; e-mail: vjbaca1@unm.edu