The One TNC

Three Consoles for the Network Devices under the cloud,
Seven for the Firewalls with their walls of stone,
Nine for IDSes Gartner said were doomed to die,
One for the SIEM on his dark throne
In the Land of Networks where the Hackers lie.
One TNC to rule them all, One TNC to find them,
One TNC to bring them all and in the darkness bind them
In the Land of Networks where the Hackers lie.

(with apologies to J. R. R. Tolkien)

Trusted Computing Group announced at Interop the Interface for Metadata Access Point (IF-MAP) specification for the Trusted Network Connect (TNC) architecture.

This is a multi-vendor standards track protocol for interoperation of security products. It should allow for tearing down of the silos between products.

In my opinion, this has the possibility of being revolutionary in the security industry if enough vendors sign on to support it. Hopefully the vendors will begin implimenting support, and purchasers will insist on TNC/IF-MAP support in products.