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AirDefense and Trapeze Networks to Host Free Nationwide City Seminar Series on Wireless Intrusion Prevention
Next-Generation Wireless LAN Attacks and Defenses Demonstrated;
Latest Security Measures for WLAN Protection Unveiled
Atlanta, Georgia - September 08, 2006 - AirDefense, the innovator that launched the wireless LAN security market, and Trapeze Networks™, the award-winning provider of the wireless LAN (WLAN) Mobility System™, today announced they will jointly host a series of free nationwide city seminars beginning Tuesday, September 12 in Washington, DC. The first seminar will be held at the Grand Hyatt Washington with registration beginning at 8:00 AM on September 12. Experts, including Dr. Amit Sinha, chief technology officer of AirDefense; Richard Rushing, chief security officer of AirDefense; David Thomas, vice president of product management at AirDefense; and Roy Gignac, director of product management at Trapeze Networks, will explore with participants the next generation of wireless security vulnerabilities and ways enterprises can protect their networks in this increasingly wireless world.
“As more companies deploy wireless LANs to increase employee productivity and mobility, hackers are keeping pace and finding new ways to break into corporate networks in order to seize sensitive proprietary information,” according to Sinha. “Our nationwide seminar series is a must for anyone responsible for securing a wireless LAN or those organizations currently in the design and development phase with a rollout coming soon.”
Seminar Agenda
- Wireless Networks – The New Attack Frontier
- Next-Generation Vulnerabilities and Risks – Edition 2006
- Municipal Wi-Fi networks, wireless phishing & other mobile worker security threats
- Stamp out Rogue Wireless LANs
- Five approaches to detecting rogue WLAN devices
- Analyze, locate and terminate rogue WLANs
- Integrated Approach to Wireless Security
- Best-of-breed infrastructure + best-of-breed IPS = Complete ‘Peace of Mind’
- Defining and enforcing WLAN security & regulatory policy
- Extending wireless protection to mobile workers
- Live Hack & Attack Demonstrations
- Station MAC Address Spoofing; WEP Demo; Denial of Service attacks; Evil Twin Attack; AP MAC Address Spoofing, Convert your laptop into a Soft AP; Configure a laptop in ad hoc mode, What NetStumbler can detect and what it can't; How Kismet detects more APs than NetStumbler; Is your organization a hot spot?
- Question and Answer Session
Seminar series dates and cities:
- Tuesday, September 12 Washington, DC
- Wednesday, September 13 New York, NY
- Tuesday, September 19 Minneapolis, MN
- Wednesday, September 20 Charlotte, NC
- Thursday, September 21 Miami, FL
- Tuesday, September 26 Chicago, IL
- Wednesday, September 27 Detroit, MI
- Thursday, September 28 Dallas, TX
- Tuesday, November 7 Phoenix, AZ
- Thursday, November 9 Seattle, WA
For more information and to register for this free seminar series, visit http://www.airdefense.net/seminars/index.php.
About AirDefense
AirDefense, the market leader in anywhere, anytime wireless security and monitoring, is trusted by more Fortune 500 companies, healthcare organizations and high-security government agencies for enterprise wireless protection. AirDefense products provide the most advanced solutions for rogue wireless detection, policy enforcement and intrusion prevention, both inside and outside an organization’s physical locations and wired networks. Common Criteria-certified, AirDefense enterprise-class products scale to support single offices as well as organizations with hundreds of locations around the globe. Founded in 2001, AirDefense is based in Alpharetta, GA, and serves hundreds of government agencies and blue chip corporations. For more information, please visit http://www.airdefense.net or call 770.663.8115.
AirDefense Contact:
Bill Keeler/Liz Serotte
Schwartz Communications for AirDefense
781 684-0770
airdefense@schwartz-pr.com