Aventail will add SOAP-based interfaces to its SSL VPN gateways that will support cooperative policy enforcement. The idea is to use existing standard interfaces — XML and OASIS SOAP standards — through which devices share their policy information. Some industry analysts consider cooperative policy a natural progression. Security analysts say VPN vendors have a lot lose if they don’t adapt to this model. The real policy headache may be more of a people problem than a technology problem, says StillSecure’s Alan Shimmel.”]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/analytics/security-enforcement-the-cooperative-way