Network protocols are formal standards and policies consisting of rules, procedures, and formats that define how data is exchanged over networks. They ensure that devices can communicate effectively, ...

Physical access and logical access have historically been two separate (and likely unequal) silos within an organization. IT has their password access mechanisms; with some modern improvements.

Chances are you’ve heard about network protocol in the past but likely have little idea of what it is all about. For sure right now, we can say that there are different types of network protocols ...

Networks function and flourish because they deliver reliable and fast communication over large distances. And while people often marvel at the speed, it's the reliability -- made possible through the ...

Our life is surrounded by internet services and it’s hard to imagine not being connected to the web one way or another. It’s also worth thinking about technologies such as Wi-Fi and Ethernet, which ...

What is a network protocol? Most textbook writers state something like this: A network protocol is a set of guidelines or standards for the operation of network devices, the methods of operation, and ...

The industry appears deeply fractured over the best approach to data center networks, with some vendors backing the IETF’s TRILL, some backing the IEEE’s SPB, others offering proprietary protocols and ...

The Trusted Computing Group’s Trusted Network Connect (TNC) is an industry-supported working group developing NAC architecture documents and standards. The first public documents came out of TCG’s TNC ...

Some of the world's most visible IT companies on Wednesday announced the formation of the Unified Communications Interoperability Forum (UCIF), a non-profit organization that, according to its ...

The slow move to IPv6 has crept past another milestone, with the Internet Architecture Board (IAB) stating on Monday that the pool of unassigned IPv4 addresses have been allocated. "As a result, we ...

Appendix A: Server Security Compliance Checklist (Login required: IT Staff only) Appendix B: Security and Configuration Management Tools (Login required: IT Staff only) All university owned devices, ...

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