Redefining Enterprise Security - Access Control
Information security has never been more complicated than it is today, nor has it ever been more critical. Security products often have been quite tactical in nature, solving specific problems very well, but missing the “big picture.” As a result, IT professionals are caught between a rock and a hard place—between an increasingly virtual business environment that requires specific solutions and escalating security problems that affect the entire enterprise. 

These conflicting demands can’t be met with current security solutions, which were conceived to protect traditional LANs accessed by well-defined users sitting at fixed workstations. Industry experts have estimated that more than half of employees now work outside company headquarters, and a significant percentage are mobile. For instance the incident reported in the US in December that resulted in a hacker gaining access to a water supply company network. Malware inadvertently picked up during casual Web surfing or shopping, and then carried through the enterprise door upon the employee’s return to the office, can suddenly find itself on a 1000-Mbps connection, where it can spread like wildfire. 

Access control was born out of an urgent need to a get a grip on both malicious and accidental or careless breaches and IT professionals are redefining enterprise security as access control, and turning it into one of the hottest new topics since SSL VPNs. Forrester Research reports that more than one-third of enterprises are actively deploying access control solutions, or will be by the end of the year, and Infonetics Research expects the market for such products to grow more than tenfold between 2005 and 2008. 

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Juniper Networks Secure Access SSL VPN now supports IE7 with the release of IVE 5.3R8, which was made available on 11/22
The new IVE 5.4 release for Juniper Networks Secure Access SSL VPN, available now, includes new support for Win Mobile 5, Mac on Intel platforms, and more, along with support for IE7.

End-of-Life Notification for Juniper Networks IDP 3.0 Release
Juniper Networks is reiterating the End-of-Life (EOL) notification for the attack object update service for Juniper IDP 3.0 details are available here.

To continue to receive regular and emergency updates, Juniper recommends IDP 3.0 customers to upgrade to IDP 3.2, which provides a suite of new features that increase accuracy and usability. Further, to minimize future management upgrade disruptions, Juniper highly recommends IDP 3.0 customers to upgrade to the latest IDP 4.0, which supports Juniper's definitive NetScreen-Security Manager NSM 2006.1 and introduces significant administrative control, policy management and investigative tool enhancements for IDP customers for the first time. For more information on IDP 4.0 and NSM, please click here.

These upgrades are available to existing customers free of charge.
For questions or comments, please contact Juniper TAC via our Customer Support Center, please click here.

 

Product End-of-Service (EOS) Announcements
Please visit the Juniper Support End of Life page for specific product milestones and dates, please click here.

Announcing Unified Access Control v2.0!
Juniper has delivered the promise that it made when it acquired Funk Software less than a year ago - to combine UAC 1.X capabilities which used Juniper's best-selling firewalls as enforcement points - with functionality from Funk's market-leading 802.1X components, including the OAC client-side supplicant and Steel-Belted Radius. The result is an access control solution that can work in a wide variety of deployment scenarios, including those with 802.1X wired or wireless infrastructure, those with Juniper firewalls, or those with both. You can decide what deployment works best, regardless of your switching infrastructure or whether you have Juniper firewalls or not. You can decide what additional security that you want to deploy using TNC-compliant solutions, and rest assured that UAC 2.0 will interoperate seamlessly.

Unified Access Control is:

• Standards-based, non-proprietary solution
• Adaptable - can change as the enterprise network changes
• A way to avoid single vendor lock in
• The most complete solution on the market, addressing the most relevant access control needs and user cases

Juniper IDP 4.0 with NSM 2006.1 Receives Common Criteria Certification
Juniper Networks is pleased to announce the completion of the Common Criteria EAL2 certification for Juniper Networks IDP 4.0 with NSM 2006.1
The products included in the certification are the Juniper Networks IDP50, IDP200, IDP600, IDP600F, IDP1100C and IDP1100F.

The Common Criteria certification serves as an independent and impartial security evaluation that verifies the functional reliability and security of products and is recognized worldwide as an impartial verification of the secure nature of IT products. More than 22 countries have adopted the Common Criteria certification. Most government agencies in these and other countries are required to purchase CC certified products while many enterprises are quickly adopting the same standard.

Juniper Networks IDP 4.0 and NSM 2006.1 were released in June of this year. The product solution includes several new features for increased network visibility and bolsters the already superior security coverage. In addition to the support of new protocols, the ability for NSM to now manage IDP appliances along with Juniper Networks firewall/VPN and integrated security products offers significant benefits.

The details of the certification are available at the CCEVS website, click here.

Updated WAN Optimization RFP Guide Now Available
An updated WAN Optimization Request for Proposal (RFP) guide that incorporates features from the recent data center launch is now available.

The document, titled "An Essential IT Guide: Defining Requirements for WAN Optimization RFP," is intended to define and prioritize the criteria for selecting a supplier of WAN optimization products for pervasive deployment in a distributed enterprise or wide-area network (WAN). The technical specifications, which ensure that the selected product will bring the greatest acceleration impact to the broadest set of applications running over the WAN, are designed to highlight the strengths of the WX/WXC application acceleration platforms while calling out the shortcomings of competitive solutions.

The guide has been updated to include details specific to the WXC 590 platform, announced Oct. 16 as part of the larger data center initiative.

SSL Hardware Migration Program Extended Through February 28, 2007
Juniper Networks is pleased to announce the extension of this program. If you have purchased the SA 1000, 3000/3000 FIPS, or 5000/5000 FIPS, this is the perfect opportunity to purchase the newest hardware, the SA2000, 4000/4000 FIPS, 6000/6000 FIPS (no special discount) and get the licenses you had with the old hardware transferred to the new hardware at no charge. The "SSL Hardware Migration Program" is valid through February 28, 2007. Old units cannot be used and will not be supported. You are required to submit a Certificate of Destruction. Please contact your local Juniper representative or reseller for more information.

Juniper-to-Juniper Trade-Up Program Now Running!

The Juniper Trade-In program is a great opportunity to upgrade to Juniper's leading security and acceleration solutions. The program runs through December 31, 2007, so now is the time to take advantage of this great opportunity.

To find out how you can increase your enterprise security and application performance, click here and click on "View a complete list of products."

Juniper Networks Appoints Stephen Elop as Chief Operating Officer.
New Executive to Focus on Execution and Operational Excellence.

Juniper Networks Named Overall SSL VPN Market Leader by Independent Research Firm.
Company Recognized for its Client Access, Endpoint.