Juniper Networks has announced Juniper Networks Unified Access Control (UAC) version 2.1 that claims to reduce the cost and complexity of securing access to networks and applications.

According to the release, the solution delivers the access control, visibility and monitoring of applications and users needed to more effectively and efficiently address regulatory compliance while mitigating risk and exposure to today’s rapidly evolving threat landscape.

Juniper’s UAC 2.1 claims to extend access control to network traffic by implementing security policy enforcement broader and deeper into the network’s core and outward to the network’s edge, thereby mitigating the risks associated with exposing corporate assets.

Key features in Juniper’s UAC 2.1 include coordinated threat control, identity-enabled profiler, unmanageable device support, advanced security assessment, heterogenous endpoint support, and simplified deployment. 

“Juniper UAC 2.1 improves security policy enforcement for a dynamic set of users and devices across the extended enterprise, enabling enterprise IT organisations to take a proactive stance to mitigate threats, more efficiently maintain regulatory compliance and reduce administration inefficiencies that increase costs and impact productivity,” said Sanjay Beri, vice president, Access Solutions at Juniper Networks.