Department of Defense

DoD Directive Outline

The Department of Defense Directive Number 8100.2:

What is the Directive & what does it mean for agencies?

The Department of Defense issued a wireless directive, Number 8100.2 on April 14, 2004. This directive establishes policy and assigns responsibilities for the use of commercial wireless devices, services, and technologies in the DoD Global Information Grid. Recognizing the security threats that unsecured wireless networks pose to interconnected systems, the Directive spells out policies for deploying secure wireless networks, and requires monitoring of those wireless networks for compliance. [more].

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AirDefense makes compliance simple

AirDefense helps your organization meet most of the requirements of Directive 8100.2 by providing 24 x 7 monitoring of all 802.11 wireless protocols, intrusion detection, and auditing to maintain network compliance with DoD policy. Outlined below are the key sections of the directive that AirDefense can help you meet:

Section:	Requirements:	AirDefense
4.1.1	Monitoring for Strong Authentication
4.1.2	Monitoring for Strong Encryption
4.1.4	Mitigation of Denial of Service and other Disruptions
4.2 & 4.3	Banning Wireless Devices in Designated Areas/Monitoring
4.4	Removing Wireless Personal Area networks (WPAN) / Bluetooth Devices
4.5	Active Monitoring of Unauthorized Access of DoD IS

AirDefense solutions assist the U.S. military secure their wireless LANs and protect mission critical information. To learn more about AirDefense solutions for the Department of Defense, click here