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Trusted Network Connect
The Trusted Network Connect (TNC) Work Group has defined and released an open architecture and a growing set of standards for endpoint integrity. The TNC architecture enables network operators to enforce policies regarding endpoint integrity at or after network connection. The standards ensure multi-vendor interoperability across a wide variety of endpoints, network technologies, and policies.
This Trusted Network Connect Working Group (TNC) specification provides a standard model for controlling what operations MAP Clients can execute upon the content of a MAP Server.
Comments for TNC MAP Content Authorization
Public review comments received for TNC MAP Content Authorization Specification, Version 1.0, Revision 26
The Trusted Network Connect Work Group (TNC-WG) has defined an open solution architecture that enables network operators to enforce policies regarding the security state of endpoints inorder to determine whether to grant access to a requested network infrastructure. This security assessment of each endpoint is performed using a set of asserted integrity measurements covering aspects of the operational environment of the endpoint.
The Trusted Network Connect Work Group (TNC-WG) has defined an open solution architecture that enables network operators to enforce policies regarding the security state of endpoints in order to determine whether to grant access to a requested network infrastructure. This security assessment of each endpoint is performed using a set of asserted integrity measurements covering aspects of the operational environment of the endpoint.
Part of the TNC architecture is IF-T, a standard protocol used to Transport the TNC assessment exchanges leveraging the existing network connectivity. Because TNC enables assessment to occur during the process of joining a network and after the endpoint has been placed on the network, several bindings of IF-T will exist to address these different scenarios.
TNC IF-MAP Metadata for ICS Security
The purpose of this specification is to facilitate the deployment, management, and protection of large-scale industrial control systems by creating virtual layer 2 and/or layer-3 overlay networks on top of standard shared IP network infrastructure—particularly (though not necessarily) TNC compliant IP network infrastructure.
Comments for TNC IF-MAP Metadata for ICS Security
Public review comments received for TNC IF-MAP Metadata for ICS Security, Version 1.0, Revision 39
This Trusted Network Connect Working Group (TNC) specification defines the SCAP messages carried over IF-M that are used to communicate instructions for SCAP assessments and the corresponding results between the server's IMVs and the client's IMCs.
Comments for TNC SCAP Messages for IF-M
Public review comments received for TNC SCAP Messages for IF-M Specification, Version 1.0, Revision 16.
TNC Architecture for Interoperability Specification
The TNC architecture focuses on interoperability of network access control solutions and on the use of trusted computing as the basis for enhancing security of those solutions. Integrity measurements are used as evidence of the security posture of the endpoint so access control solutions can evaluate the endpoint's suitability for being given access to the network.
