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AirTight Neworks Releases Wi-Fi Firewall
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2004-11-30
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AirTight Networks announced the availability of SpectraGuard 2.0, the first Wi-Fi firewall to accurately, reliably and automatically protect enterprise networks from wireless security threats.
AirTight recently changed its name from Wibhu Technologies, and announced that it received $10.25 million in venture funding to support its sales and marketing efforts. Its patent-pending technology is the first to accurately and reliably detect and protect against Wi-Fi security threats, including rogue access points (APs), misconfigured APs, client mis-association (clients connecting to a neighbor's Wi-Fi network), and ad-hoc networks (clients connecting to other clients on the network to create an unsecured Wi-Fi bridge). With SpectraGuard, enterprise users have the same level of network security that currently exists in wired networks.
Companies such as Ketera Technologies are using AirTight to ensure their Wi-Fi deployments are secure. "We required a wireless security solution to protect us from the threat of rogue AP's and from client machines connecting to neighboring wireless networks, Ron Leedy, Director of Managed Services, Ketera. "SpectraGuard 2.0's accurate auto-classification and reliable intrusion protection provides us with real air cover for both our wired and wireless network security."
"Effective methods must be adopted to identify and shut off unauthorized wireless entry to enterprise networks," said Howard Schmidt, former White House cybersecurity advisor. "AirTight's RF mapping software provides companies with the ability to understand, manage and protect the true "RF perimeter" of their wireless network, and SpectraGuard's auto-classification eliminates the false positive and false negative problem traditionally associated with Wi-Fi protection. The ability to deliver these benefits is a huge step forward in protecting networks against the rapidly increasing number wireless security threats."
A recent Gartner Group report predicted that WLANs will be the largest security problem for enterprises through 2008, with 60 per cent of enterprises currently having some form of WLAN access. SpectraGuard, developed to address the challenges enterprises face in maintaining network security from new wireless threats, is built around the SpectraGuard Policy Management Server and uses sensors distributed throughout the enterprise for 24x7 radio frequency (RF) monitoring. Device locations are displayed on a floor plan and modeled by site-specific parameters such as RF propagation and Wi-Fi equipment characteristics. SpectraGuard's complete coverage ensures there are no wireless security "blind spots" within the enterprise, allows for redundancy planning and provides visual confirmation of wireless access points.
"As wireless LANs become the default network connection for so many mobile users, there's an increasing emphasis on the security aspects of both the fixed and wireless components of an enterprise network," said Craig J. Mathias, a Principal with the wireless and mobile advisory firm Farpoint Group. "AirTight's SpectraGuard product has a great combination of features to address both of these elements, and will appeal equally to enterprises using wireless LANs as well as those simply seeking a greater level of security for their wired infrastructures."
"AirTight's goal is to enable enterprises to deploy WLANs that are as secure and reliable as their wireline counterparts," said David C. King, AirTight Networks' CEO. "With SpectraGuard, CIOs and CSOs gain control of their "enterprise air" and know that only authorized Wi-Fi users are connected to the trusted enterprise network."
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