Network access security starts with a yes or a no Every zero-trust architecture rests on a yes/no admission decision that it assumes is working correctly. Alan DeKok, CEO, InkBridge Networks The Financial Post ran a feature about me , under the headl... Industry Insights and Trends Network Security Best Practices Network Security Protocols
Is cybersecurity a good career? 30 years in the field Jana Sedivy has spent 30 years working on technology that most people never think about. She has some thoughts on whether women should go into the field that builds it. QA with Jana Sedivy, VP Custome... Industry Insights and Trends Network Security Best Practices
At IETF 126, AI emerged as the standards community’s spam problem Vienna was quiet on the RADIUS front. The AI problem was anything but. Alan DeKok, CEO and Founder, InkBridge Networks I was in Vienna for IETF 126 in July, and I came back thinking about spam. Starti... IETF and RADIUS Standards Industry Insights and Trends
Wi-Fi offload and OpenRoaming: What the track record tells us about seamless authentication Wi-Fi offload sounds simple – push mobile traffic onto cheap Wi-Fi. OpenRoaming and eduroam show exactly where it gets complicated. Alan DeKok, CEO and Founder, InkBridge Networks Wi-Fi offload (somet... Industry Insights and Trends Internet Service Providers Network Architecture
The authentication foundation: How federation standards enable network convergence The promise of network convergence is one network for everything. Delivering it comes down to authentication: a single identity that works the same across Wi-Fi, broadband, and cellular. Alan DeKok, C... IETF and RADIUS Standards Industry Insights and Trends Internet Service Providers
Why there are no real RADIUS alternatives Every few years, someone announces that RADIUS is dead. They are still wrong. Alan DeKok, CEO and Founder, InkBridge Networks The specifics vary. Sometimes the argument is that RADIUS is too old, rely... IETF and RADIUS Standards Industry Insights and Trends Network Security Protocols
Network security architecture lessons from a ten-year breach A ten-year intrusion that replaced the authentication stack entirely, and what it tells you about the shortfalls in network security architecture. By Alan DeKok, CEO, InkBridge Networks When forensic ... Network Architecture Network Security Best Practices Security Threats and Vulnerabilities
Why RADIUS failover fails and what’s being done about it A single misbehaving device can take an entire institution offline. At the RADIUS Conference Workshop 2026, the people who build and operate RADIUS spent a day working through why, and what to do abou... IETF and RADIUS Standards Internet Service Providers Network Architecture
Good engineering doesn’t need AI to fix it AI can optimise a poorly engineered network, but it can’t replace the engineering that should have been there in the first place. At Mobile World Congress this year, JSA TV sat down with Jana Sedivy, ... Industry Insights and Trends Internet Service Providers Network Architecture
RadSec secures RADIUS over TLS for the next 30 years RADIUS has outlasted every replacement. RadSec (RADIUS over TLS) is the most practical way to secure it in transit, and it is available today. Alan DeKok, CEO and Founder, InkBridge Networks RADIUS is... IETF and RADIUS Standards Network Security Best Practices Network Security Protocols
The real cost of free: What are the risks of open-source software? Open-source software is free to download - but that’s where the economics get interesting. Alan DeKok, CEO and Founder, InkBridge Networks The internet runs on open source. Google is built on it. Micr... Enterprises Industry Insights and Trends
Why high availability architecture matters more than your SLA An SLA tells you how fast someone will pick up the phone. Good architecture means the phone never rings. Alan DeKok, CEO, InkBridge Networks What is high availability architecture? High availability a... Enterprises Internet Service Providers Network Architecture