Wi-Fi Show Was Security Battleground
A behind-the-scenes security war raged at a recent Wi-Fi trade show, according to a company that provides wireless LAN security monitoring products. Most attendees and exhibitors didn't know they were the subjects of the often-successful attacks, according to AirDefense, Inc. The company monitored the airwaves at the Wi-Fi Planet Expo held earlier in December in San Jose...

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Ex-Norteler Goes to AirDefense
In recognizing the surging market demand for wireless LAN security and monitoring, telecommunications and network veteran Anil Khatod has joined AirDefense Inc. as President and CEO to lead the company in its next wave of super-charged growth...

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Former Nortel Executive Takes Reigns At AirDefense
AirDefense said Tuesday former senior Nortel Networks executive, Anil Khatod, has taken over as president and CEO of the WLAN security vendor, based in Atlanta...

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Nortel veteran to head AirDefense
A 19-year veteran of network giant Nortel has been named president and CEO of a small WLAN security software company. Anil Khatod will take the helm of AirDefense...

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AirDefense Inc. names CEO
Anil Khatod has joined AirDefense Inc. as president and CEO. Atlanta-based AirDefense's co-founder Jay Chaudhry remains chairman. Khatod was most recently a venture principal with Waltham, Mass.-based Atlas Venture. He is known for his achievements as a senior executive with Nortel Networks...

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How to Protect Your WLAN
In August, engineers with AirDefense, a wireless LAN security software vendor, made war drives in Atlanta, Chicago and San Francisco...

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Wi-Fi Starts Leaping Security Barriers
...So last August, he purchased a wireless intrusion-detection system from AirDefense. The two-year-old Alpharetta (Ga.) startup sells monitoring devices that can help network-security managers spot break-ins that use wireless antennas as well as "rogue hotspots"...

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AirDefense Builds Momentum With Continued Revenue Growth & Customer Acquisitions
AirDefense Inc., the market leader for wireless LAN monitoring, today announced its customer roster has crossed a key milestone with more than 100 enterprise customers. The rapid revenue growth and second consecutive profitable quarter illustrates the growing momentum for AirDefense . .

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Perils of unplugging: 11 steps to successful wireless security
The way to catch such intruders is by network monitoring. Consider this: If nobody is watching the front door of your building, then anyone can come inside. Even if an electric door closer stops them from time to time, they can simply try again. Companies such as AirDefense of Alpharetta, Ga., sell special APs that act as network security guards. . .

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Intrusion-detection service for wireless nets
...AirDefense's technology also supports a wider range of wireless standards than IBM's, including 802.11a, b and g wireless protocols and the Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) encryption standard. IBM's system supports only the common 802.11b standard and WEP encryption...

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More enterprises planning secure WLAN rollouts
IT administrators have pretty much conceded that wireless local area networks are an inevitability for the enterprise...

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Wireless monitor extends to 802.11g networks
Security monitors are scarce for the rapidly proliferating IEEE 801.11b wireless networks, not to mention the newer a and g WiFi flavors. The AirDefense 3.5 security and monitoring system from AirDefense Inc. of Alpharetta, Ga., can simultaneously monitor all three LAN types.

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PC Magazine
September 24, 2003

Welcome to the Wireless World
This year has been a turning point for wireless. It has evolved from a toy for early adopters to a business necessity for mainstream users. .

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Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine
September, 2003

Wireless Outlaws
...AirDefense has a wireless monitoring solution called AirDefense Guard that’s designed to monitor multiple locations 24/7 for wireless devices remotely so you can detect rogues before they do damage to your network.

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eWeek
September 15, 2003

A Safer Wireless World
...AirDefense's AirDefense software uses sensors to communicate what is happening in the air back to an appliance that processes the information.

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Yahoo Finance
September 10, 2003

Geisinger Health System Relies on AirDefense for 24x7 Monitoring...
AirDefense Inc., the leader of 24x7 monitoring of wireless LANs, today announced that Geisinger Health System has deployed AirDefense solutions to support its enterprise wireless LAN and eliminate unauthorized wireless networks with real-time, 24x7 monitoring of the airwaves.

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Wireless Gone Wild: Time to Plan Your WLAN
In response to a recent surge in wireless developments, some companies are starting to issue WLAN guidelines. Alpharetta, Ga-based wireless monitoring vendor AirDefense cites criteria for setting up wireless policies across four categories: usage, security, configuration, and performance.

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Fortress and AirDefense Team on WLAN Security
Fortress Technologies and AirDefense have teamed up to improve wireless security for enterprise and government networks.

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Wi-Fi weaknesses
...A recent test by Wi-Fi security software firm AirDefense Inc. found that Atlanta is far worse than Chicago and San Francisco when it comes to unprotected Wi-Fi access points...

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Securing The Military's PX WLANs
...For real-time monitoring of the airwaves, DeCA has also started to use the AirDefense wireless LAN security and monitoring system. DeCA has AirDefense sensors installed in about 300 locations, monitored by three server appliances in the United States and Europe.

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New WLAN Attacks Identified
AirDefense of Alpharetta, Georgia, says that during monitoring at the DefCon hacker convention in Las Vegas last weekend the company identified new security issues specifically effecting wireless LANs.

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