Product Section

摘要

Access control is the order of the day for this issue. All of our reviews focus on aspects of access control and management. This, of course, is a key aspect of enforcing the security of the enterprise. We address the topic with two First Looks and two Group Test reviews. Our First Looks explore a card management system and a NAC product. Network Access Control, or NAC, is a hot topic. At the RSA Conference a few months back, it was NAC everywhere you looked. I think, however, that we've found a very cool product in that very hot market. Our Group Tests were an interesting bunch this month. Justin Peltier dug into SSL VPN products and Mike Stephenson's lab was cluttered with almost every kind of biometric device imaginable. Even though we were focused on access management, the variety and depth of products that fit that broad category is most interesting. Biometrics have come a long way since 2000 when I installed hand geometry readers in my lab. In fact, Timber and Akira, the lab dogs, beat a hasty retreat from the flashing lights of facial recognition tools in the biometric tests.