Wi-Fi Security Webinars
Mitigating Wireless Risks with the AirDefense Wireless Intrusion Prevention System
This webinar will cover the systematic approach that organizations can adopt to secure all network components including how to use the AirDefense Enterprise Wireless Intrusion Prevention system to address those risks and secure the airwaves.

Upcoming Webinars:

Tuesday, April 10, 2007
2pm ET/11am PT

Tuesday, April 17, 2007
10am ET/7am PT

Tuesday, April 24, 2007
2pm ET/11am PT

Tuesday, May 1, 2007
10am ET/7am PT

Tuesday, May 10, 2007
2pm ET/11am PT

Tuesday, May 17, 2007
10am ET/7am PT

Events Center

April 9-12, 2007           VA InfoSec
Booth #120
Jacksonville, FL

April 17, 2007              Angelbeat
Tysons Corner, VA

April 23, 2007               Angelbeat
Philadelphia, PA

May 3, 2007                 Angelbeat
Tampa, FL

May 4, 2007                 Angelbeat
Jacksonville, FL

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Knowledge Center

One of the fastest-growing certifications on the market, CWNA is apidly becoming the premier professional wireless certification for network administrators. It is also the foundation-level exam for the complete Certified Wireless Network Professional program. This value-packed book includes in-depth coverage of the exam objectives, as well as hands-on exercises, chapter review questions, a detailed glossary, and a pre-assessment test. Sybex Publishing's "CWNA Study Guide" manages to take a very complicated and vague topic and make it understandable for anyone who is just learning about 802.11/WiFi. The book is also considered to be an excellent reference book for seasoned wireless networking professionals with years of experience.

AirDefense Named 'Market Leader' in Wireless Intrusion Prevention by Frost & Sullivan


AirDefense, the innovator and market leader in anywhere, anytime wireless security, today announced that industry analyst firm Frost & Sullivan recently named the company the 'Market Leader' in an independent report titled Wireless Intrusion Detection and Prevention Systems Market. The report looked at companies in the wireless intrusion detection prevention systems (WIDPS) market and included AirDefense, AirMagnet, AirTight Networks, Network Chemistry and Newbury Networks.

"Excellence in technology has helped AirDefense achieve market leadership in the WIDPS market," said Katie Gotzen of Frost & Sullivan. "In a market where competition from non-traditional WIDPS vendors is emerging, it is increasingly important to build a competitive advantage based on technology leadership. AirDefense is dedicated to state-of-the-art innovation. This factor, combined with powerful business partnerships, has enabled AirDefense to establish a global customer base of enterprise wide deployments."

AirDefense owns three fundamental patents that comprehensively cover all aspects of wireless intrusion prevention and currently has 21 additional patents pending that extend its intellectual property into broader areas such as security for emerging wireless networks, spectrum analysis and interference classification, performance troubleshooting, bandwidth optimization, forensic analysis and end-point wireless security.

Vendor aims to 'cloak' WEP
(Network World - 2 April 2007)
New software from AirDefense is designed to protect a widely used but flawed wireless LAN encryption protocol. The software "cloaks" the encryption key used to scramble WLAN data packets by means of the Wired Equivalent Privacy protocol.

Wireless System a Very Good Listener
(Health Data Management - April 2007)
An intrusion monitoring program has uses beyond looking for hackers.
Utah Health Sciences Center has used the AirDefense technology for more than three years in its clinical departments. The center provides wireless access to an array of clinical systems, including an electronic medical record application, as well as the Internet and e-mail.

AirDefense's Revolutionary New Technology Ensures PCI Compliance by Protecting Devices Using Legacy Encryption
(TMCNet.com - 2 April 2007)
AirDefense, Inc., the innovator that launched the wireless LAN security market, today introduced its patented WEP Cloaking(TM) module, the first and only technology for global retailers and other companies using the Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) security standard to protect wireless networks. By using AirDefense's WEP Cloaking module, retailers can preserve their current investment in legacy handheld devices and avoid the potential cost of tens of millions of dollars for hardware upgrades and training.

App protects flawed WLAN security protocol
(ComputerWorld - 2 April 2007)
AirDefense cloaking technique could save retailers and others from large-scale upgrades of embedded or special-purpose wireless gear.
New software from AirDefense is designed to protect a widely used but flawed wireless LAN encryption protocol.

Seven Steps to Safer WiFi
(Dark Reading - 14 March 2007)
We've all done it: You need quick access to email, so you jump on that free WiFi connection at the local coffee shop, the airport, or a conference hotel. What are the chances you'll get hacked, anyway?

Think again. If you use unsecured WiFi in the clear, without any encryption or security, you're asking for it. Your laptop is routinely broadcasting seemingly innocuous data that when put together, can compromise your system as well as your company's.

Metro-Scale Neworks Seem to Have Security Act Together
(Wi-Fi Net News - 20 March 2007)
Two of three current largest metro-scale Wi-Fi service providers are engaged in safe behavior: Over the last three years, I have heard the bugbear of metro-scale network security raised a number of times. People used to broadband or dial-up connections would fail to take the proper precautions-or be totally unaware of them-and shoot their personal data hither and yon, allowing sniffers and crackers to take advantage of their poor protection.

Of special concern were the link from a user to a nearby Wi-Fi node, and among Wi-Fi nodes that might aggregate hundreds of users' data.

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 Squawk Box: Identity Crisis
 (March 2007)

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