Burton Group VP and Network World columnist Dan Blum seems to agree with me that Vista belongs on your desktops. Not immediately, he thinks, but following your normal deployment schedule of new ...

Viruses and malware are often stopped by software defenses that run on the desktop; in fact, the antivirus, antispyware and other security suite software business has rapidly become a very lucrative ...

SEATTLE -- Leading SSL VPN product company Aventail Corporation announced it has joined Microsoft's newly launched Network Access Protection (NAP) program. Network Access Protection is a policy ...

One of the first things Microsoft says it will do with its recently announced Network Access Protection, or NAP, is to protect remote access VPNs. It is good to protect the remote end of VPN ...

At its Worldwide Partner Conference in Toronto, Microsoft said it plans to establish NAP as an industry standard. The technology, previously described by some executives as Active Defense technology, ...

Network access control technology was the darling of the security industry in 2006, as vendors spent much of their time squawking about how their NAC offerings could do just about everything but cure ...

Microsoft NAP is an effective network gatekeeper for Windows endpoints, but initial configuration is complex, policies are basic, and reporting is absent. NAP is best used as a core technology ...

Network Access Control (NAC) sounds like something of a panacea: technology that can not only authenticate who is using your company’s network, but also ensure that users’ methods of access are ...

Microsoft and the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) have joined forces to create better interoperability between network access control solutions with the announcement of a new specification which ensures ...

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Sierra Central Credit Union in Yuma City, Calif., prides itself on being an open institution, allowing customers to pay bills online and transfer funds by phone. Daniel Diadiw’s job is to make sure it ...