RSA - Plan now for NAC
Many businesses using NAC today were forced into it by dire security implications, but that's not the best way to go, implementers of the technology told attendees at RSA Conference 2007.
Many businesses using NAC today were forced into it by dire security implications, but that's not the best way to go, implementers of the technology told attendees at RSA Conference 2007.
Kaspersky Lab next week will announce new software to protect smart phones from viruses, as well as new bundles of its security software to protect devices on business networks.
Digium has named a new CEO to replace the open source PBX maker's founder, Mark Spencer, who will now become the company's chairman and CTO. Spencer wrote the code for the PBX, known as Asterisk.
The way network access control is on everybody's lips these days, you might think you have to do something about it right now -- but you don't.
Businesses with fewer than 500 employees are more suspicious of voice-over-IP security than they are of the traditional phone network and even more suspicious than they are of Wi-Fi, according to an IDC study sponsored by the Computing Technology Industry Association.
Code Green Networks is introducing an appliance that can help customers protect trade secrets and meet regulations that govern the way corporations protect sensitive data.
Network Access Control technologies may be waning as a priority for businesses because decision makers worry that the technology isn't quite baked yet, according to an upcoming study by TheInfoPro.
WatchGuard is adding high-end security features to its low-end protection devices to make it more affordable for customers to put advanced network defenses at their sites.
Juniper this week plans to introduce hardware and software that can speed remote-site and data center traffic while helping customers reduce hardware and save money.
Network access control (NAC) stands out as one of the most promising security technologies, but it is also one of the most misunderstood.
Network access control stands out as one of the most promising security technologies, but it also is one of the most misunderstood. That's in part because vendors want in on the NAC buzz and are clamoring for attention, despite selling products that are only peripheral. This raises problems for companies that want to consider NAC but don't have a solid sense of what it is, what it might do for them and what kind of investment it requires.
ConSentry plans to release software this week that can require both user and device authentication to determine whether a device gains network access, and if so, how much.
Check Point plans to introduce a software client that makes it possible to access non-Web applications via handheld devices over Internet-based SSL VPNs.
During the next 18 months, Juniper Networks plans to roll out branch-office devices that integrate MPLS routing, VOIP and WAN acceleration capabilities - a combination designed to streamline architecture and reduce administrative costs.
Citrix this week is introducing a streamlined edition of its NetScaler Web front-end appliance for customers who don't need or can't afford the full-blown version.