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 ...

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, ...

Windows’ built-in network protection is like a front door that is locked from the outside, but through which any resident can ...

Review: Network Access Protection (NAP) is the term Microsoft uses for a suite of enforcement mechanisms closely tied to endpoint security compliance. Related: NAC: What went wrong? NAP is based on a ...

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 ...

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 ...