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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April 14th, 2010 at 03:57pm Under TNC
Network World recently published an article by Andreas M. Antonopoulos looking at how security works (or doesn’t) in the cloud. The basis will be NAC, Network Access Control, as: With NAC you have endpoints (laptops, smartphones, desktops, printers) connecting to switches ad-hoc and in a transient fashion. Security must be coordinated between the stuff that [...]
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Tags: cloud computing, nac, network world
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August 25th, 2009 at 09:20am Under TNC
SC Magazine recently published a piece from Jon Green of Aruba Networks on how Wi-Fi and NAC (Network Access Control) fit together. His opinion is that the two together make a whole lot of sense for maintaining security in the enterprise, especially as Wi-Fi is becoming more cost-effective than traditional wired solutions in the office. [...]
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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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Tags: computer technology review, if-map, nac
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October 1st, 2008 at 02:27pm Under TNC
Steve Hanna on his Got the NAC blog recently posted about his experience on the NAC Panel at Interop on the 23rd of September. As mentioned in an earlier post, standards, or more specifically the slow take-up of standards by certain parties (Cisco is apparently a key offender in this respect), is a source of [...]
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Tags: cisco, interop, juniper, nac, steve hanna
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September 25th, 2008 at 11:26am Under TNC
Mike Fratto of InformationWeek attended the recent NAC Day at Interop, moderating a panel made up of employees of the sponsors. The key message seems to be standardisation, as NAC, Network Access Control, is not a single-product single-vendor solution. The three competing solutions seem to be Cisco’s Network Access Control, Microsoft’s Network Access Protection, and [...]
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September 17th, 2008 at 02:23pm Under TNC
This is the rather corny, if not downright dreadful, title for a panel that was presented at NAC (Network Access Control) Day 2008 yesterday Tuesday 16th. Sorry for being behind the times, but the title was too terrible to pass over the story! Mike Fratto sat in on a panel with the above NAC, NAC [...]
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Tags: informationweek, interop, nac
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August 19th, 2008 at 01:17pm Under TNC
Mark Mayne published an interesting look at NAC (Network Access Control) growning pains on the SC Magazine UK blog. It’s rather a lengthy article, but well-balanced and with quite a bit of information about the Trusted Computing Group’s Trusted Network Connect protocol. It’s difficult for me to summarise consisly, so just visit the site and [...]
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June 9th, 2008 at 08:47am Under TNC
The SearchNetworking magazine recently published a long detailed look at new ways to secure networks, including a short look at the Trusted Computing Group’s (TCG) Trusted Network Connect (TNC) workgroup’s proposals. Although there is little specifically relating to the TCG in the article, it’s a good backgrounder nonetheless. First, the article highlights that security needs [...]
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May 8th, 2008 at 04:37pm Under TNC
The highlight for the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) from the Interop Las Vegas conference must surely be the Trusted Network Connect’s (TNC) new protocol IF-MAP (Interface for Metadata Access Point). This time it was Sean Michael Kerner writing for InternetNews.com waxing lyrical on its merits. With backing from both Cisco and all the members of [...]
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Tags: cisco, if-map, interop, microsoft, nac
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