December 2nd, 2010 at 04:58pm Under TNC
Lisa Lorenzin from Juniper Networks posted to the official Trusted Computing Group blog regarding the recent TNC PlugFest focusing on TNC IF-MAP Binding for SOAP. I’ve heard about these bi-annual events before, and they do seem like a lot of hard work but fun! It mentions that Open Source projects also participated, but it didn’t [...]
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October 2nd, 2010 at 02:06pm Under TNC
There’s been an update to the Trusted Network Connect workgroup’s IF-MAP (Interface for Metadata Access Points) protocol to add a new notify feature, according to a post on the official Trusted Computing Group blog. Some of the things being done with the specification are integrating network authentication with physical presence, tracking IT assets, and integrating [...]
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September 27th, 2010 at 03:42pm Under TCG+ TNC+ Virtualisation
Sorry I’m a bit slow with the news, but the Trusted Computing Group’s Trusted Multi-Tenant Infrastructure Work Group (that’s longhand for Cloud Security, basically) has now publically launched! The TCG has also published a white paper on Cloud Computing and Security – A Natural Match, that discusses why you want a TPM in the cloud, [...]
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August 1st, 2010 at 03:51pm Under TNC
An interesting article on the Trusted Computing Group’s (TCG) Infrastructure-Metadata Access Point (IF-MAP) specification has the curious quote that I have used as the title for this article: "IF-Map is Facebook for endpoint devices," said Matt Webster, product management director at Lumeta and cochair of TCG’s Trusted Network Connect (TNC) workgroup, which developed the IF-MAP [...]
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Tags: george lawton, if-map
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May 30th, 2010 at 03:55pm Under TCG
There’s been a lot of news recently regarding NAC, Network Access Control, and the Trusted Computing Group’s Trusted Network Connect, so rather than look at each in detail, here is a roundup of the news: NAC: What went wrong? ComputerWorld looks at why NAC devices don’t play together very well. What’s Right with NAC The [...]
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March 24th, 2010 at 03:58pm Under General
The TCG blog has announced the TCG, and the Trusted Network Connect workgroup in particular, will be appearing at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas for Interop. They’ll be at booth #1063 showing stuff around the theme of "TNC Everywhere: Pervasive Security", including physical access-linked controls and SCADA system defences. I’ve seen early versions of [...]
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October 8th, 2009 at 03:01pm Under TNC
Processor magazine recently published an interesting editorial on Protecting the Network, which described many of the common methods, but also had a section on the Trusted Computing Group’s IF-MAP protocol. "Intruders look for holes," says Rob Enderle, principal analyst at Enderle Group. "The most common are the gaps between physical and electronic security tools. If [...]
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December 3rd, 2008 at 12:29pm Under Advocacy+ TNC
In reply to Chris Hoff’s recent post, covered on this blog here, Steve Hanna of Juniper talked about The Adoption Curve for IF-MAP, the Trusted Computing Group’s standard protocol for connected security. He talks about how adoption follows classic adoption cycles: first the innovators get going, followed by early adopters, early majority, late majority, and [...]
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November 27th, 2008 at 09:36am Under Advocacy+ TNC
I recently read a rather interesting post (both the contents and the writing style!) on how the Trusted Computing Group’s (TCG) Interface For Metadata Access Protocol (IF-MAP) should spread to the cloud, in a post by Chris Hoff on his Rational Survivability blog, entitled I Can Haz TCG IF-MAP Support In Your Security Product, Please…. [...]
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October 2nd, 2008 at 05:38pm Under TNC
This question, what is the Interface for Metadata Access Point (IF-MAP) standard from the Trusted Computing Group’s Trusted Network Connect workgroup? A recent article on Computer Technology Review tried to answer this question. After providing a fictional scenario where IF-MAP can help diagnose network anomalies, the article discusses why the existing Network Access (or Admission, [...]
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