ProCurve Networking by HP has announced that ProCurve Identity Driven Manager (IDM) policy management tool is now interoperable with Microsoft's Network Access Protection (NAP) technology.

"Having ProCurve switches, access points and IDM complement Microsoft's NAP architecture provides customers with robust network security," said Mauricio Sanchez, chief security architect, ProCurve Networking by HP. "Through this integration, ProCurve continues to deliver on its ProActive Defense strategy, which combines access control and network immunity with trusted architecture to defend against potential security threats."

In addition, ProCurve is the global technology partner for Microsoft Technology Centres (MTCs).