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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Alert reader Mike Davis points out that in last week’s look at R2, the Windows Server 2003 update that’s due out next year, I neglected to mention one new feature that he’s especially looking forward ...

Encryption, VPN, and secure internet connection. How they change internet usage, increase online security and privacy, and protect user data.

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 ...

Artificial intelligence was on the menu once again at Black Hat USA today, as Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. rolled out a new, AI-powered copilot for its Aruba Networking platform that’s designed to ...

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 ...

Cloud networking company Cato Networks Ltd. today unveiled two major innovations for the Cato SASE Platform that are designed ...

There’s a new kid on the network security block, and it seems to have a lot of names. Cisco Systems Inc. can’t decide what to call it, sometimes using Network Admission Control and sometimes referring ...