CSA ISO/IEC/IEEE 8802-1X:22

1.1 Scope For the purpose of providing compatible authentication, authorization, and cryptographic key agreement mechanisms to support secure communication between devices connected by IEEE 802® Local Area Networks (LANs), this standard a) Specifies a general method for provision of port-based network access control. b) Specifies protocols that establish secure associations for IEEE Std 802.1AE™ MAC Security. c) Facilitates the use of industry standard authentication and authorization protocols.