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, December 5, 2006
2pm ET/11am PT

Tuesday, December 12, 2006
10am ET/ 7am PT

Tuesday, December 19, 2006
2pm ET/11am PT

Knowledge Center



AirDefense is an authorized CWNP Program Learning Partner.  As a CWNP Program partner for over 2 years, AirDefense continues to provide the most sophisticated Wireless LAN training to customers and partners.

 To strengthen the partnership, we have joined forces to offer a full copy of AirDefense Mobile to certified CWNP students for educational and training purposes. For more information on this special program see details.

Please visit the CWNP Program website for the most up to date information on training courses offered.

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This training program is for AirDefense customers and business partners. The intent of this program is to turn engineers from our customers into “field experts” on Wireless LAN security & operational support and also on the capabilities of AirDefense.

Municipal Wi-Fi Risks & Solutions

Proliferation of Municipal Wi-Fi
The promise of pervasive wireless broadband access using license-free spectrum and commodity IEEE 802.11 based Wi-Fi networking gear is indeed enticing. While 802.11 is a local area networking standard, innovative mesh networking solutions using wireless backhauls allow coverage areas to be extended to city-wide deployments. According to an ABI research report published in March 2006, municipal Wi-Fi network coverage worldwide will grow from about 1,500 square miles in 2005, to 126,000 square miles by 2010. More than one million wireless mesh routers will be shipped in 2010 to support municipal Wi-Fi networks and the manufacturing revenues from those shipments will exceed US $1.2 billion.

Threats to Municipal Wi-Fi Providers
Today, over 300 US cities are deploying or considering municipal Wi-Fi. Security is an afterthought in most of these deployments. City officials do not want the headaches and cost associated with supporting heterogeneous clients and security protocols. The City of Philadelphia was one of the first adopters of municipal Wi-Fi. In fact, according to the Wireless Philadelphia Business Plan, "...the more secure the network is, the more complicated the provisioning process can become. Open access in parks and public spaces should limit the provisioning requirement to confirmation of an acceptable use policy and disclaimer."

A Hot Time On Cyber Monday
(Forbes.com - Nov 2006)
Everybody loves to get Christmas shopping done quickly, but how many people
are willing to risk exposing their financial information on the Web to do it?...

Symbol aims to unify RFID and wireless
(IT Week - Nov 2006)
Wireless comms firm Symbol, acquired by Motorola, has been first to bridge the gap between radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology and standard wireless comms such as Wi-Fi...

Will Wi-Fi kill wired Ethernet at the edge?
(Network World - Nov 2006)
The line is blurring between wireless LAN and Ethernet switch gear that connects end users, as vendors such as Cisco...

Managing wireless as if it were wired
(Network World - Oct 2006)
Staff and students at the University of Moncton have a new way of keeping in touch with colleagues when they're roaming around ...

Wireless Nation
What's Right For Your Enterprise?
(Processor.com - Oct 2006)
With a more mobile-minded workforce, it seems that there are new wireless options every day from multifeatured access points to new devices that tap into hotspots to service plans that pack an array of support features into a monthly fee...

Keep Wi-Fi rogues under control
Without shutting down Starbucks hotspots
(Network World - Oct 2006)
It's critical to scan the 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz airwaves across all 802.11a/b/g Wi-Fi channels (both local and international ones) to detect “rogue” devices...