Wireless Protection Anywhere – Policy Enforcement for the Mobile User

An industry first, AirDefense Personal™ enforces corporate polices for all types of wireless networks, including Wi-Fi, EVDO, 3G, GPRS and many more. AirDefense Personal protects the mobile workforce from the wireless-specific risks that could expose private data and confidential transactions. Many cities across the world are now in the process of creating a wireless access blanket in city areas; every desktop could potentially connect to this network if they have a wireless adapter. AirDefense Personal is a software agent that runs on Windows PCs and monitors for malicious or accidental wireless activity, as well as wireless device misconfigurations that may cause security exposures or policy violations. This solution complements personal firewalls and host-based IDS systems that don’t protect the client against wireless attacks.

AirDefense Personal offers protection from a broad and growing set of new risks that directly target vulnerable wireless users, unobtrusively notifies the user when risky activity occurs or mitigate the risk entirely by proactively disabling the wireless connection. The data collected from AirDefense Personal can also be used by the network administrator to gain knowledge of the network usage patterns of mobile employees. Historical and current threat assessment can then be used for setting custom wireless policies that can automatically mitigate the risks of wireless vulnerabilities of mobile stations at the edge of the network. AirDefense Personal can also be deployed in enterprises to stop ad-hoc usage, bridging and probing stations. This powerful tool allows end users to solve complex policy enforcement situations. AirDefense Personal does this through integrated rules and policies within the product. By empowering administrators to create profiles that fit corporate business needs the mobile user is protected from common issues that using Wi-Fi technology.

AirDefense Personal Agents                                                   AirDefense Enterprise Appliance

AirDefense Personal Integrated Into AirDefense Enterprise

Multiple AirDefense Personal agents can be managed centrally using the AirDefense Personal Central Manager. Policy profiles that are defined centrally can be automatically downloaded to each mobile user or group of users. If threats are discovered, AirDefense Personal notifies the user and sends the logs to the Central Manager for centralized reporting & notification, enforcement of corporate policies and complete protection for the mobile worker, regardless of location. The AirDefense Personal Central Manager is fully integrated into AirDefense Enterprise.

BENEFITS

• Extends the wireless security perimeter to mobile users: 24x7 protection inside the enterprise & on the road
• Comprehensive detection of wireless misconfigurations for mobile users
• Pro-active protection against all wireless threats
• Threat assessment of wireless network usage of mobile employees
• Ability to define and enforce wireless security policy (corporate or regulatory) on laptops
• Stop probing stations and modem use in a “no wireless” environment
• Supports all known wireless network adapters including 802.11, EVDO, 3G, GPRS, HSPDA, and Wi-Max
• Detection and enforcement of Windows Zero Configuration Client settings