Replies to post #216285 on Wave Systems Corp. (fka WAVXQ)

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aleajactaest / you ask

Do you know how Wave's pricing works if a single individual is assigned two pieces of trusted equipment. Are there ERAS discounts in those circumstances? Or is it based on equipment seats only.

Really?

TC is all about endpoint identification and measurement, not enduser. The user identifies themself to the digital devices, but then the devices and the network do their security dance using the methods of TC. So each device needs to be seated. Not the person.

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alea, I think I've been stuck in some paradigm mud on this point at times ... counting DoD people is barely valuable. Its all about DoD devices with network access. A drone recently fed data to a network, an infected network, supposedly via USB. The drone is a sink and a source, as is the network. If one thinks strictly in terms of network devices with sink and source authority, that number dwarfs any sort of body count. Obviously, while supposedly the preponderance of DoD PCs have TPMs (and I'm inclined to think there is a lot of wiggle room in the word "most"), it is probably safe to say that essenially none of these more unconventional endpoints are so equippped. They obviously have unique identifiers just like commercial planes and such. In any event these endpoints are future markets I would think. The 2bn likely seeks to just target the more conventional endpoint as a first step. First lost laptops, later one can worry about lost tanks.