Introducing Device Posture Checks

🛡️ Strengthen Your Zero-Trust Defense: Introducing Device Posture Checks

We are excited to announce the launch of Device Posture Checks in Netmaker version 1.4. This powerful new security layer enables organizations to enforce device-level compliance, ensuring every endpoint meets your strict security standards before gaining network access.

🙋What are Posture Checks?

In a modern zero-trust architecture, you can no longer assume a device is safe just because it has the right credentials. Posture Checks evaluate the actual security condition of a device at the moment access is requested. Based on the results, access can be granted or denied automatically.

📲Granular Control for Administrators

Netmaker’s new Posture Checks panel gives you complete control to create and manage compliance rules:

• OS Verification: Ensure devices are running approved operating systems, such as specific Linux Debian distributions.
• Geofencing: Restrict access based on Source Location, allowing connections only from approved countries like Germany or the UK.
• Custom Attributes: Define your own checks for various client settings and overall configuration health.
• Targeted Enforcement: Apply specific checks to particular User Groups or Resource Tags.

📊Real-Time Monitoring

Administrators can easily track compliance through dedicated tabs for Non-compliant Nodes and Non-compliant Users. When a violation occurs, you’ll see the exact reason—such as "Client location United States not allowed"—allowing for rapid troubleshooting.

This applies to any existing connections, which have fallen into non-compliance.

📵User Connection Restrictions

On the client side, users are notified on connection attempt if their device fails to meet security requirements, and they are blocked from accessing the network, ensuring a transparent and secure user experience.

📖 TL;DR

Posture Checks are an important part of any zero trust implementation, and Netmaker now integrates this from the start, giving administrators automated device compliance that ensures specific OS, location, and configuration before accessing network resources. Along with Netmaker’s other zero trust features, our platform gives administrators a unified approach to managing the security of their networks.

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