Connected ≠ Trusted: Hands-On Device Posture

Connected ≠ Trusted: Hands-On Device Posture

Connected ≠ Trusted: Hands-On Device Posture

Authentication proves a device belongs on your tailnet. Device posture decides whether it should be there by checking that a device meets your baseline requirements before it gets access to what matters.

This session is a practical tour of Tailscale's native device posture: what it can check out of the box, how you express those checks in your policy file, and just how little it takes to go from "any authenticated device is good enough" to real, conditional access.

You'll see postures built on attributes like operating system, client version, and the network a device connects from, watch access get granted and revoked as a device moves in and out of compliance, and come away knowing how to design rules that are strict enough to matter without locking out the people who need in. We'll close with a quick look at how third-party EDR and MDM tools plug in when you're ready to take posture further.