AirDefense Enterprise

SENSOR-LESS ROGUE DETECTION

Sensor-less Rogue Detection allows the administrators to detect and eliminate rogue wireless devices without deploying wireless sensors. Wireless LAN devices are now found in laptops, printers, barcode scanners and hundreds of other devices; they are ubiquitous in enterprise networks. The proliferation of these devices easily outpaces large organizations’ ability to deploy wireless sensors at every corporate and remote office. One rogue device can expose the entire internal network to access by attackers or passers-by. Since rogues are most commonly connected directly to the internal network, anyone that attaches bypasses typical perimeter security solutions such as firewalls. Identifying and eliminating these devices is a top priority for all organizations and a requirement for those governed by Payment Card Industry (PCI) standards, HIPAA and Sarbanes-Oxley.

Sensor-less Rogue Detection from AirDefense is the solution to this daunting task. In the past, administrators have had no way to know if rogue devices are connected to their network unless they deploy wireless sensors at all remote locations. With Sensor-less Rogue Detection, AirDefense customers can find and terminate rogue devices without deploying wireless sensors. AirDefense uses a centralized server to constantly scan the wired network for wireless devices. AirDefense uses a proprietary database of known wireless devices to identify wireless devices connected to the wired network. When a wireless device is found, administrators have the option to shut down the switch port to which it is connected. This disables the rogue wireless device and ensures that no one can use it to breach the network.

By leveraging information from the wired network and AirDefense’s database of wireless devices, administrators can deploy Sensor-less Rogue Detection without deploying sensors at remote locations. As wireless security demands increase, AirDefense is easily upgradeable to full protection. Using the knowledge gained from Sensor-less Rogue Detection, administrators can quickly determine the remote sites that are most in need of more stringent wireless security. AirDefense’s Sensor-less Rogue Detection is the most cost-effective and easily deployed solution to identify rogue wireless devices on a large scale.

BENEFITS

• Monitor hundreds of locations without deploying wireless sensors
• Protection from rogue devices immediately
• Assess entire network’s exposure to rogue devices
• Prioritize sites in need of additional wireless protection

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