Abstract: The method comprises installing an agent software on the device; detecting a boot-up of the device; providing the device with a temporary IP address upon boot-up, the temporary IP address being within a compliancy network, logically separate from the corporate network; providing a list of compliance rules to be verified for the device; sending the agent the list of compliance rules; verifying a state of the device for each rule; transmitting a result of the state obtained for each compliance rule; deciding on compliance of the device using the result; instructing a switch port at OSI layer 2 to connect the device to the corporate network if the decision determines compliance; instructing a switch port at OSI layer 2 to connect the device to a network logically separate from the corporate network in case of non-compliance.