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 ...

One of the first things Microsoft says it will do with its recently announced Network Access Protection, or NAP, is to protect remote access VPNs. It is good to protect the remote end of VPN ...

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, ...

Key NAC hardware market opportunities include rising demand due to increased connected devices and regulatory compliance.

An upgrade to Juniper Networks’ network access-control software makes it possible for customers to block network access via any switch, not just by Juniper firewalls. When Juniper’s Unified Access ...

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 ...