What is a typical use case for using HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Onboard to provision devices?

HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Onboard is a solution designed specifically for Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) scenarios. Its primary function is to automate the secure provisioning of personal, unmanaged devices (such as smartphones, tablets, and laptops) for network access. It provides a self-service portal where users can configure their devices, which involves installing a unique device certificate and network profile. This enables these unmanaged devices to authenticate securely to the network using certificate-based 802.1X (EAP-TLS), which is far more secure than credential-based or MAC-based authentication methods.

B. Enabling managed Windows domain computers to succeed at certificate-based 802.1X: This is typically handled by Active Directory Certificate Services and Group Policy Objects (GPO), which is the native and more efficient method for corporate-managed devices.
C. Enhancing security for loT devices that need to authenticate with MAC-Auth: ClearPass Onboard is for provisioning devices that support 802.1X. IoT devices that rely on MAC-Auth are handled by ClearPass Policy Manager, often in conjunction with ClearPass Device Insight for profiling.
D. Enforcing posture-based assessment on managed Windows domain computers: This is the function of HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass OnGuard, which performs health checks and posture assessments, not ClearPass Onboard.

1. Aruba ClearPass 6.11 User Guide: In the "About ClearPass Onboard" section

the guide states

"ClearPass Onboard lets you automatically configure and provision personally-owned mobile devices (tablets

smartphones

laptops)

letting you securely connect them to your network... Onboard ensures that during the provisioning process

each device is properly configured with unique credentials to access the secure network." This directly supports the use case of provisioning unmanaged

personal devices. (See Chapter: "ClearPass Onboard"

Section: "About ClearPass Onboard").

2. Aruba ClearPass Onboard Deployment Guide: This guide details the process of setting up Onboard for BYOD. It states

"ClearPass Onboard provides a simple and intuitive process for end-users to get their personal devices connected to the secure network... The end result is a device that is configured with a unique device certificate and connection profile for secure 802.1X EAP-TLS authentication." (See Introduction section).

3. Aruba ClearPass Essentials

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Student Guide: In Module 6

"Onboarding

" the guide explains that Onboard is the Aruba solution for BYOD and that it automates the process of configuring supplicants on client devices for 802.1X authentication. It contrasts this with managed devices

which would typically use other methods like GPO for configuration.