1. A method comprising: establishing a secure communication channel over a communication link between the policy decision point and a policy enforcement point; establishing a secure communication channel over an other communication link, the other communication link between at least the policy enforcement point and a manageability engine; and forwarding the posture information to the policy decision point via the secure communication channel between the policy enforcement point and the policy decision point, the policy decision point to indicate what access the access requester can obtain to the network based on a comparison of the posture information to one or more network administrative policies.