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See what the buzz is about! If you haven’t heard of Mist (now a Juniper company) you should join us Tuesday, May 19th for a free half-day bootcamp on the new Mist technology including topics on security, remote access, and more. I’ve highlighted a few of our team’s recommended don’t-miss sessions in bold for you.
Carolina Advanced Digital is a Mist Masters partner. Join us for this half-day bootcamp featuring everything you need to know to break free from the shackles of your legacy network architecture.
- 15 engaging and entertaining workshops
- Jam-packed with FREE GEAR! We’re giving away a free AP + other prizes at every “drill”
- Bonus: Send us your controller config and we’ll send you a Mist Cloud Org with YOUR config replicated, so you can see it in action by the end of the day. You’ll even get a free Mist AP with your newly created Org.* (restrictions apply)
Sessions include
• Transitioning Your Controller Network to cloud? (30min)
• Remote Worker 101 (30min)
• What is the Self-Driving Network? Let’s get real about it! (30min)
• API Automation Customer Examples – Day 0, Day 1, Day 2 (30min)
• Mist Architecture – A behind the scenes look at Mist cloud (30min)
• Marvis Deep Dive & Roadmap (30min)
• How to Measure Wireless Experience w/ Service Levels (30min)
• Wired Experience Service Levels & Roadmap (30min)
• EX ZTP & Configuration with Mist Dashboard (30min)
• Guest Access (15min)
• Policy Configurations and Interoperability with Aruba Clearpass and Cisco ISE (15min)
• Auto provisioning with Mist (15min)
• Bonjour Gateway & Other Exciting Roadmap Elements (15min)
• Wireless IDS / IPS Security (15min)
• AI-Powered Radio Resource Management (15min)
Join us for the first of our Thursday Tech Talk series with the Carolina Advanced Digital crew. In this episode, we have a friend from Mist joining us to talk about returning safely to work with contact and proximity tracing inside the organization, how it’s different than the public-private app partnerships, and then we’ll hop over to a demo of Mist’s AI-based Wi-Fi, show you what’s going on in our office, and offer a sneak peek at some upcoming news.
From the team that’s brought you successful NAC implementations for over 15 years! Join us for the second Tech Talk episode with the Carolina Advanced Digital crew. In this episode, Mark and Jen (and Ron if we can coax him) will cover:
- a vendor-neutral look at planning for NAC
- best and common practices plus “gotchas”
- phased approaches for implementing NAC
- vendor comparisons
- a short intro to FortiNAC including a demo
- updates on the product roadmap (at least whatever we can share that’s not NDA).
In future Tech Talks we’ll be covering Aruba’s ClearPass, and vendor-neutral topics of dynamic segmentation and Zero Trust Network architectures. This first NAC session will lay some groundwork for later.
In our third shorter episode, we’ll take a vendor-neutral look at the Wi-Fi technology and trends shaping today and tomorrow. Join Shital and Jen for the latest trends in WiFi 6 (802.11ax), WiFi 6e, cloud-managed solutions, security integrations, CBRS, and more. We’ll talk about what’s real, what’s hype, and how to start planning for what’s on the horizon. Since it’s a shorter session we’ll try to manage Q&A throughout. Hosted by Jennifer Minella.
- 802.11ax/Wi-Fi 6, features and how/when to upgrade
- Update on wired needs for Wi-Fi
- New security standards, WPA3, Open Enhanced, and SAE
- On the horizon Wi-Fi 6e and what you should know
- Non-Wi-Fi wireless, CBRS and Private LTE moving in
- The real scoop on BLE, Location Services, and Contact/Proximity Tracing
- Today’s hot topic- MAC randomization, impact on guest portals, BYOD, and NAC; what behavior OS’s have, and how to work around it
- COVID and Wi-Fi, supporting expansions, pop-ups and more
- What’s new from our partners- Aruba’s announcements of AOS 10, Fortinet and the future of legacy Meru controllers, what’s cooking at Mist
Join Tech Talk episode 4 with the Carolina Advanced Digital crew. In this episode, Jen along with Dan and Mark (or whoever she can grab) will take a look back at the chaos of COVID-19 as organizations scrambled to work through remote access and the cleanup we need to do afterwards. Hosted by Jennifer Minella.
Aruba ClearPass Fundamentals Hands-on Workshop & Lunch (virtual)
Join Carolina Advanced Digital and Aruba!
OBJECTIVE
Workshop attendees will learn how to set up ClearPass as a AAA server and complete configuration for 802.1X and Guest, integrate with Active Directory, explore Access Tracker and other troubleshooting methods.
CLEARPASS POLICY MANAGEMENT
- Network attached devices
- Authentication Sources
- Enforcement Profiles
- Enforcement Policies
- 802.1x
- MAC Authentication
- Guest Captive Portal
- Guest Self Registration
- Integration
- AOS CX Switching
- AOS8 WLAN Cluster
SUMMARY
Modality: Webinar with remote lab access
Duration: 5 Hours
CLEARPASS OVERVIEW
From IoT to an always-on mobile workforce, organizations are more exposed to attacks than ever before. With Aruba ClearPass, customers get agentless visibility and dynamic role-based access control for seamless security enforcement and response across wired and wireless networks. Identifying who and what connects to the network is the first step to securing an enterprise. Control through the automated application of wired and wireless policy enforcement ensures that only authorized and authenticated users and devices are allowed to connect to the network. At the same time, real-time attack response and threat protection is required to secure and meet internal and external audit and compliance requirements.
With a built-in context-based policy engine, RADIUS, TACACS+, non-RADIUS enforcement using OnConnect, device profiling, posture assessment, onboarding, and guest access options, ClearPass is unrivaled as a foundation to Identify, Enforce and Protect network infrastructure of any size.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Network System Engineers Who Deploy & Manage Customer Networks
Registration
Free
Limited seats- Please email your account manager or sales (at) cadinc.com to request an invite.
Aruba Central & AOS10 Hands-on Workshop (virtual)
Join Carolina Advanced Digital and Aruba! AOS10 represents an exciting turning point in Aruba’s OS lineage with an emphasis on cloud provisioning while providing support throughout the deployment lifecycle from implementation to maintenance in addition to providing robust troubleshooting tools for your network. Using this OS in conjunction with Aruba’s AI-driven Central Network Management platform, a key component of the Edge Services Platform (ESP), organizations have the flexibility to deploy Bridged, Tunneled, or Mixed hybrid models that enable upgrades with zero downtime, regardless of being in a controller-based or controller-less environment. This workshop seeks to demonstrate the ease with which Aruba Central (also simply referred to as “Central” throughout this guide) can be leveraged with the AOS10 release to easily deploy, maintain, and troubleshoot your wireless environment.
In this workshop, you will configure and validate the following:
• Configure an Aruba OS-CX Switch with Aruba Central
• Configure Bridged-Mode for Standalone AP operation
• Configure a Mobility Gateway Cluster within Central
• Configure Mixed-Mode to manage APs with Gateways while bridging clients on the same SSID simultaneously
• Secure the WLAN with Identity-Based Access Controls to implement ZTNA (Zero Trust Network Access)
SUMMARY
Modality: Webinar with remote lab access
Duration: 5 Hours
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Network System Engineers Who Deploy & Manage Customer Networks
Registration
Free
Limited seats- Please email your account manager or sales (at) cadinc.com to request an invite.
Aruba ClearPass Fundamentals Hands-on Workshop (virtual)
Join Carolina Advanced Digital and Aruba! The goal of this workshop is to provide an overview of the Aruba ClearPass interface while demonstrating the ease of use when it comes to managing Roles and Downloadable User Profiles (DUR) in conjunction with enforcement policies/profiles. ClearPass can work hand-in-hand with an AOS8 Mobility Controller environment to streamline and provide secure user management without VLAN sprawl and more traditional segmentation practices.
In this workshop, you will configure and validate the following:
• ClearPass Web-UI
• System Administration and Accounts
• Active Directory Integration
• Enforcement Profile and Policies
• Downloadable User Roles (DUR)
• Authentication Services for 802.1x WLAN
• Aruba AOS8 RADIUS Authentication
• Test Employee vs Contractor Access
SUMMARY
Modality: Webinar with remote lab access
Duration: 5 Hours
CLEARPASS OVERVIEW
From IoT to an always-on mobile workforce, organizations are more exposed to attacks than ever before. With Aruba ClearPass, customers get agentless visibility and dynamic role-based access control for seamless security enforcement and response across wired and wireless networks. Identifying who and what connects to the network is the first step to securing an enterprise. Control through the automated application of wired and wireless policy enforcement ensures that only authorized and authenticated users and devices are allowed to connect to the network. At the same time, real-time attack response and threat protection is required to secure and meet internal and external audit and compliance requirements.
With a built-in context-based policy engine, RADIUS, TACACS+, non-RADIUS enforcement using OnConnect, device profiling, posture assessment, onboarding, and guest access options, ClearPass is unrivaled as a foundation to Identify, Enforce and Protect network infrastructure of any size.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Network System Engineers Who Deploy & Manage Customer Networks
Registration
Free
Limited seats- Please email your account manager or sales (at) cadinc.com to request an invite.
Come see the Carolina Advanced Digital team right here in central North Carolina. We’ll be sponsoring and exhibiting at the 2023 Triangle InfoSeCon, hosted by Raleigh ISSA.
Aruba Central & AOS10 Hands-on Workshop (virtual)
Join Carolina Advanced Digital and Aruba! AOS10 represents an exciting turning point in Aruba’s OS lineage with an emphasis on cloud provisioning while providing support throughout the deployment lifecycle from implementation to maintenance in addition to providing robust troubleshooting tools for your network. Using this OS in conjunction with Aruba’s AI-driven Central Network Management platform, a key component of the Edge Services Platform (ESP), organizations have the flexibility to deploy Bridged, Tunneled, or Mixed hybrid models that enable upgrades with zero downtime, regardless of being in a controller-based or controller-less environment. This workshop seeks to demonstrate the ease with which Aruba Central (also simply referred to as “Central” throughout this guide) can be leveraged with the AOS10 release to easily deploy, maintain, and troubleshoot your wireless environment.
In this workshop, you will configure and validate the following:
• Configure an Aruba OS-CX Switch with Aruba Central
• Configure Bridged-Mode for Standalone AP operation
• Configure a Mobility Gateway Cluster within Central
• Configure Mixed-Mode to manage APs with Gateways while bridging clients on the same SSID simultaneously
• Secure the WLAN with Identity-Based Access Controls to implement ZTNA (Zero Trust Network Access)
SUMMARY
Modality: Webinar with remote lab access
Duration: 5 Hours
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
Network System Engineers Who Deploy & Manage Customer Networks
Registration
Free
Limited seats- Please email your account manager or sales (at) cadinc.com to request an invite.