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Wave Systems to Demonstrate TNC Network Integrity Access Control With Juniper Networks

Posted on: Friday, 10 February 2006, 09:00 CST

Wave Systems Corp. (Nasdaq: WAVX, www.wave.com) announced that it will demonstrate network integrity access control capabilities using the industry standard Trusted Network Connect (TNC) architecture. TNC architecture is designed to deliver significantly strengthened network integrity. This demonstration, featuring Wave's Embassy(R) Trust Suite software products working with Juniper Networks L2 access control solution, will be conducted at the RSA Conference 2006, Booth 1407, Monday, Feb. 13 through Friday, Feb. 17 at the McEnery Convention Center, San Jose, CA.

TNC is a security architecture standard promoted by the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) designed to help improve the security and compliance integrity of clients during the network connection process. The TNC establishes a level of network access based on the configuration and integrity of the client. Network administrators implementing the TNC expect to have fewer security problems, lower support costs and less downtime caused by poorly configured or infected client systems.

The TNC standard was developed by a TCG subgroup of more than 60 networking and technology industry companies representing client and network security; switches, routers, and hubs; systems and systems management; and operating systems.

At RSA, Wave is demonstrating its Embassy secure software technology by delivering platform integrity services on a PC equipped with a Trusted Platform Module (TPM). The Embassy technology platform is designed to support hardware security features provided by TPM security chips currently shipping in millions of personal computers.

In the case of platform trust services, Embassy technology, using a TPM, enforces a set of policies to collect integrity information from the PC, such as the state of anti-virus software, whether the operating system has been tampered with, or whether all appropriate patches have been downloaded to the client. The Embassy platform provides these client functions in concert with IT department policies which can be set through network equipment and software from Juniper Networks. Clients not meeting the pre-determined policies, such as those for patch levels, can be quarantined for remediation, repaired, and then allowed access to the network.

"The TNC standard leverages existing network infrastructure to deliver secure and cost-effective, best-in-class access control solutions. Adding TPM support to the client component of the system is a natural extension of the solutions' ability to control use and protect enterprises from non-compliant or malware-infected machines," said Andrew Harding, director of product management at Juniper Networks, Inc. "Juniper Networks is showing the interaction between Wave's Embassy Trust Suite software products and Juniper Networks' Layer 2 access control technology, demonstrating how standards-based systems can provide complete, seamless trusted computing and access control."

"It is exciting to see Wave Systems releasing an implementation of the Platform Trust Services (PTS) standard from the TCG, since PTS is an essential piece of the trusted computing ecosystem," said Dr. Thomas Hardjono, co-chair of the TCG Infrastructure Working Group. "The PTS is designed to work on a broad range of platforms, including the PC-Client platform, Server platform, Mobile Phone platform, and the Network platform. Wave has clearly shown their leadership in the trusted computing technology space."

"The platform integrity feature available with Wave's Embassy technology is one of the industry's first solutions designed to provide TNC products with the strong authentication capabilities of a TPM," said Brian Berger, Wave's executive vice president, marketing and sales. "Embassy delivers key identity capabilities for the network authentication of users and machines as well as important integrity capabilities for the collection of data necessary to determine the health of a particular PC prior to network access."

The Embassy Trust Suite and the Embassy Enterprise Authentication Server deliver improved trusted computing features for enterprise and government markets. These features include network policy management, data protection, biometric authentication, smart card authentication, password authentication and machine authentication of a user's personal computer to a server.

For more information about Wave's products and services, please go to www.wave.com.

About Wave Systems

Consumers and businesses are demanding a computing environment that is more trusted, private, safe and secure. Wave is the leader in delivering trusted computing applications and services with advanced products, infrastructure and solutions across multiple trusted platforms from a variety of vendors. Wave holds a portfolio of significant fundamental patents in security and e-commerce applications and employs some of the world's leading security systems architects and engineers. For more information about Wave, visit http://www.wave.com.

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Source: Business Wire

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