Network Security
9 January, 2012
New TNC Guide Tackles Mobile Device Security, or How Not to Compromise Your Network in Today's Fluid Enterprise Work Environment
It's not unusual these days for workers to work from...pretty much anywhere: coffee shops, airports, hotels, home, you name it...and people want to connect and get something done. The problem with this, as we all know, is security. How do you really know that Jane B is really Jane B with your company, and that her laptop is the one you assigned her, and that she has not downloaded some nasty virus or malware since the last time you checked? What do you do about the plethora of contractors who need stuff via your network, but whose computers or tablets or smartphones are not managed?
Trusted Network Connect , or TNC, TCG's network security standards, were developed with just these issues in mind. These standards have been published now for some time, and even as they continue to evolve and add new capabilities, you out there in network security land CAN use them. Now. TCG has published a brand new guide that will you see exactly how these standards can be implemented.
The brand-new "Architect's Guide: Mobile Security Using TNC Technology" is now available. This guide notes critical strategies including a unified approach, minimizing special cases, pushing access control enforcement to the end user when possible and incorporating a "trust, but verify" approach.
The guide outlines general principles of TNC but quickly jumps into solutions: how real enterprise IT and network security staff can beef up their defenses. The guide notes specific approaches of dealing with various types of users and key design checkpoints. Scenarios including a campus situation are explored with recommendations and results of implementing TNC.
Learn more in this illustrated guide, available here.
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