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 ...

Now that Microsoft’s network access protection has arrived, a startup is trying to make a business out of simplifying NAP setup for SMBs. Napera made its first public appearance last week at RSA ...

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, ...

When two of the industry's most dominant players get together and decide on a way to handle security, most IT managers don't ask whether they're going to do it. They just want to know how and /when.

Microsoft’s Network Access Protection (NAP) serves as a good foundation for securing Windows network infrastructure. Nevertheless, you can usefully expand NAP’s capabilities with applications that ...

Broadband access led to VPNs. Wireless networking led to the need for 802.1X device authentication. Worm storms in 2004 led to a flurry of activity around Cisco’s Network Admission Control (NAC) and ...

Security vendors are clamoring to announce their products’ compatibility with Microsoft’s network access protection, a key security feature of Windows Server 2008. Foundry Networks, McAfee, Symantec, ...

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 ...

The release of Microsoft's Network Access Protection (NAP) technology has been pushed back two years to coincide with the Longhorn server release, said Samm DiStasio, group product manager for ...