Around the Blogosphere… Since this Wednesday, Amazon’s new cloud service—Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC)—has been the center of media attention. It connects a company’s existing IT infrastructure to the Amazon Web Service (AWS) cloud, enabling enterprises to connect existing infrastructure to a set of isolated AWS compute resources through a VPN connection, and extending [...]
Archive for August, 2009
Secure remote access on an enterprise scale often means supporting two-factor authentication (2F), meaning identifying both the device and the person. With NCP engineering’s VPN client, enterprises can maintain any combination for 2F they want – OTPs (one-time passwords), biometrics, PKI certificates, etc. Specifically, the NCP Secure Enterprise Client integrates fully with: Any hardware OTP [...]
National Cyber Security… Online Traveler: Safe surfing while on the road During these summer months, writer Fritz Faerber shares with some security tips for surfing the Internet while on vacation. Beginning the article with an unfortunate story about an indivdual’s identity theft, Fritz stresses that VPNs are the best way to protect one’s self from [...]
Notes from the Road: VPN in Action (Day 4)
Posted: August 18, 2009 by vpnhaus in Posts, Rethink Remote AccessGreetings from Spokane, WA. After completing an introductory training session in CA, René and Jens traveled north to WA, to give another VAR partner solution training and a NCP Secure Management System demonstration. Overall, the partner was quite impressed with NCP’s technology. Here are some of the highlights and lasting impressions from WA: Administrative overhead [...]
SearchSecurity.com… Network access control technology: Over-hyped or underused? In his recent article, Mike Chapple explains NAC technology and its current market. Mike is confident that NAC will undergo significant growth, and even provides a helpful checklist for IT managers, as to whether or not it’s worth deploying solutions. This article is a great resource if [...]
