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Network Security
TCG's Trusted Network Connect (TNC) network security architecture and open standards enable intelligent policy decisions, dynamic security enforcement, and communication between security systems. TNC provides pervasive security, Network Access Control (NAC) and interoperability in multi-vendor environments.
- With TNC, guests obtain restricted network access, without threatening the host network.
- TNC integrates user authentication with network access to better manage who can use the network and what they are allowed to do.
- TNC performs a health check for devices connecting to the network. Devices out of compliance can be restricted or repaired.
- TNC offers a framework to assess, manage and secure clientless end points connected to the network, such as IP phones, cameras and printers.
- Security systems coordinate and share information via the IF-MAP standard, improving accuracy, and enabling intelligent response.
Cloud Computing and Security - A Natural Match
Cloud computing provides Internet-based services, computing, and storage for users in all markets including financial, healthcare, and government.
Market Overview: Network Access Control (NAC)
“...With pervasive mobility and users that span across geographies, it’s important to provide an accurate picture of your users’ activities."
Trusted Network Connect: Open Standards for Integrity-based Network Access Control
Unlike yesterday’s passive cyber-threats, which depended upon users’ actions for transmission, today’s stealthier tactics infect entire networks without any user involvement.
New Standard Lays the Foundation for Coordinated, Multi-Vendor Security
Developed by Trusted Computing Group and dubbed the Interface for Metadata Access Point (IF-MAP), this new standard allows for the dynamic interchange of data among a wide range of networking and security devices. With IF-MAP, systems can share real-time data about policies, status, and behavior for continuous policy decision-making and enforcement based on an endpoint’s security state.
Stopping Rootkits at the Network Edge
Keeping remote users' laptops healthy is not an easy task these days. Infections are everywhere, and once these PCs leave the shelter of an enterprise network, they can easily get filled with rootkits, trojan horses, spyware, and viruses.
Making NAC Security-Aware with IF-MAP
The IF-MAP protocol creates a structured way to store, correlate, and retrieve identity, access control, and security posture information about users and devices on a network. Products that implement this new protocol can become more network and security-aware, in a standardized and interoperable way. IF-MAP can be used to solve many architectural problems with current NAC solutions, and offers applicability far beyond the world of NAC.
Controlling Network Access and Endpoints
This white paper from the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) will review what options exist, show you what endpoint security does and doesn't do, and how it fits into your existing network security solutions.
Standardizing Network Access Control: TNC and Microsoft NAP to Interoperate
Published Whitepaper by TCG and Microsoft Corporation
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