In The News 2008

AirDefense receives NIAP certification

ATLANTA, June 11 (UPI) -- Georgia-based AirDefense announced its wireless security technology has received a new certification from the National Information Assurance Partnership...

Georgia Business - Episode # 334

Wireless networks. They’re everywhere, in Georgia businesses, in homes, at the airport and the coffee house. And you use them without thinking. Therein lies a business: among the players...Georgia-based Air Defense, and its President and CEO, Mike Potts...

Wi-Fi security for road warriors: AirDefense style

For the past few months, I’ve been working on an informal series about the trials and tribulations of using public Wi-Fi networks. From the positive responses, it appears that the security tips have been helpful. With TechRepublic road warriors now savvy about Wi-Fi security I should be happy. Well almost, there’s one essential element left to take care of...

AirDefense releases Wi-Fi security data

During Interop last week, wireless security vendor released the results of their annual wireless survey. The company took a sampling of wireless access points in the Las Vegas area, and discovered some interesting facts...

Study: What Happens in Vegas Might Not Stay in Vegas Wireless penetration test shows hotels, casinos don't adequately protect their WiFi networks

Interop 2008 -- Inside the casinos here, there's so much security that you can't move your hand without being seen. But outside, Air Defense says, the security isn't so hot...

Wireless Security Improving, but Much Work Remains

It appears that spotty progress is being made. This release describes surveys done by AirDefense in San Francisco and, timed for the Interop show where the results were released, in Las Vegas...

RSA 2008 Conference

Wireless security vendors used last week's conference here to showcase both the problems and solutions in controlling access to wireless voice and data...

Wireless at BU not encrypted

Every day, thousands of students on Binghamton University’s campus access the Internet, sending e-mails, posting papers and even buying products from online stores. But with the prevalence of information privacy issues at BU today, should students be worried about the safety of such actions?...

WLAN Branches Out

AirDefense and MetaGeek aim analysis tools at wider audiences...

Wireless Security Report Card Gives San Francisco a "D"

Government wireless networks in San Francisco need a security upgrade, according to AirDefense, an Atlanta-based network security company...

Firms fail to secure wireless networks

Wireless security vendor AirDefense has released new research which suggests that even the most cautious organisations are leaving their networks unprotected...

Cybersecurity trade show starts Monday

About 17,000 security professionals are expected to converge on Moscone Center in San Francisco today for this year's RSA Conference, one of the biggest cybersecurity trade shows in the world...

Cybersecurity trade show starts Monday

About 17,000 security professionals are expected to converge on Moscone Center in San Francisco today for this year's RSA Conference, one of the biggest cybersecurity trade shows in the world...

Government Scores Lowest on Wireless Security Practices 'Report Card' for Various San Francisco Industries

AirDefense today unveiled results from its comprehensive "San Francisco Wireless Security Vulnerability Survey." Conducted in March 2008 at more than 1,000 Bay Area corporations and government agencies, AirDefense assessed wireless security practices in four key industries...

Firms fail to secure wireless networks

Wireless security vendor AirDefense has released new research which suggests that even the most cautious organisations are leaving their networks unprotected...

Worth the upgrade

Million of retail customers are no doubt still troubled by the massive 2005 data breach at TJX Companies and the cost of monitoring their accounts...

INSECURE RETAIL

When wireless security vendor AirDefense conducted a survey of retail outlets prior to January's National Retail Federation Convention and Expo in New York, the supplier found that an alarming 81 percent of 887 devices in all five boroughs could be compromised...

Fall in line

If Darren Sitter could offer one piece of advice on passing a compliance audit for the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), it would be simply this: start sooner...

WWi-Fi Predators Attack Hot Spots Businesses Don`t Know They Have

That was one point raised by Amit Sinha, chief technology officer of wireless security vendor AirDefense, in his March 26 presentation, "War of the Airwaves: Next-Generation Risks and Defenses—What Hackers Know That You Don't" at the SecureWorld Expo here. ...

AirDefense adds spectrum analysis to wireless LAN security system

AirDefense has released a new version of its wireless intrusion-prevention software for enterprise wireless LANs that adds an optional software application for analyzing and troubleshooting the physical layer of enterprises' wireless environments...

AirDefense adds spectrum analysis to wireless LAN security system

AirDefense has released a new version of its wireless intrusion-prevention software for enterprise wireless LANs that adds an optional software application for analyzing and troubleshooting the...

Paying Heed to 802.11n Security

Customers are clamoring for the improved throughput and coverage area, but they also need to keep security in mind...

Wireless Security (2008)

Back in January 2005, Dell’Oro Group predicted that the wireless LAN market would grow to $4.3 billion (£2.2 billion) by 2009...

Still Insecure After All These Years

In a bit of cognitive dissonance, it seems that laziness is as much a mobile security problem as ever. It doesn’t seem like this should be so, but it is. In a perverse way, security forces and corporate lawyers should be happy: They apparently always will have jobs cleaning up after messy corporate incidents and accidents...

Wi-fi users, beware

Next time you are sitting in a hotel lobby checking e-mail on your laptop, be careful: The “businessman” in the next lounge chair may be tracking your every move....

Retailers Need to Shore Up Defenses

According to the "2008 New York City Retail Wireless Security Survey" published by AirDefense last week...

Wi-Fi Users, Beware: Hot Spots Are Weak Spots

Next time you are sitting in a hotel lobby checking email on your laptop, be careful: The "businessman" in the next lounge chair may...

Fast tech leaves mark at retail show

It wasn’t the speed of sound that made noise at last week’s National Retail Federation’s trade show, but the fact that rapidity is driving retail technology...

Fast tech leaves mark at retail show

It wasn’t the speed of sound that made noise at last week’s National Retail Federation’s trade show, but the fact that rapidity is driving retail technology...

Wi-Fi Users, Beware: Hot Spots Are Weak Spots

Next time you are sitting in a hotel lobby checking email on your laptop, be careful: The "businessman" in the next lounge chair may...

Network World: Scan Finds Security Holes in NYC Retailers' Wireless Nets

There’s bad news for some retailers at this week’s National Retail Federation trade show in New York City, where WLAN security company AirDefense...

AirDefense: weak wireless security on display at NRF convention

Wireless LAN vendor AirDefense disparaged vendors at the National Retail Federation (NRF) Convention and Expo, which took place this week in New York...

Security Holes in NYC Retailers' Wireless Nets WLAN security company AirDefense disclosed the findings of its four-day scan of New York City retailers' wireless nets. The results: Not good.

There's bad news for some retailers at this week's National Retail Federation trade show in New York City, where WLAN security company AirDefense disclosed the findings of its four-day scan of local retailers' wireless nets...

Show survey uncovers Wi-Fi security chaos

A probe of Wi-Fi access points at a large US trade show uncovered abysmal security, widespread signal jamming, and evidence that hacking tools were routinely being used to probe access points...

INTERNET LAW - Study Reveals Large Holes in NYC Retailer Wireless Security

The recent National Retail Federation trade show in New York City had a surprise that shocked many small business owners when WLAN wireless defense company AirDefense announced...

Wi-Fi Users, Beware: Hot Spots Are Weak Spots

Next time you are sitting in a hotel lobby checking email on your laptop, be careful: The "businessman" in the next lounge chair may be tracking your every move...

Wireless Networks: When Merchants Bleed Data

Wireless-network connections at brick-and-mortar stores are the latest focus of payment-security angst...

Wireless LAN scan finds big security holes in NYC retailers’ wireless nets

Just one-third of nearly 800 NYC retailers have “bulletproof” WLAN security, according to AirDefense...

Study: NYC Retailers Not Protecting Wireless Networks

Security company AirDefense recently surveyed the retail scene in all five NYC boroughs and determined that wireless security...

AirDefense Walks the WLAN Wire

While the wireless LAN industry is gearing up for the wide adoption of the next generation of equipment...

Wi-Fi Planet Guide to Hotspot Safety

Many consumers realize that hotspots can be risky, but fail to take even the most basic precautions...

Wi-Fi Networks Face Virus Threat?

Researchers at Indiana University are raising alarms about the potential vulnerability of Wi-Fi networks to malware attacks...

Wi-Fi Networks Face Virus Threat?

Researchers at Indiana University are raising alarms about the potential vulnerability of Wi-Fi networks to malware attacks. In their report, the researchers said they were able to simulate the vulnerability of Wi-Fi networks...