AirDefense's David Thomas Joins the Georgia Tech Information Security Center's Advisory Board; Bryan Harkins Joins Wireless Network Professional Association.ATLANTA -- AirDefense, Inc., the innovator that launched the wireless LAN security One issue with corporate wireless networks in general, and WLANs in particular, involves the need for security. Many early access points could not discern whether or not a particular user had authorization to access the network. market, today announced that David Thomas, the company's vice president of product strategy was appointed to the Georgia Tech Information Security Center's Advisory Board (GTISC GTISC Georgia Tech Information Security Center ) and that Bryan Harkins, the company's training and development manager, was appointed vice chairman and chief technology officer of the Wireless Network Professional Association (WNPA WNPA Western National Parks Association WNPA Washington Newspaper Publishers Association ). "Our faculty and students look forward to interacting with David as he becomes a member of the industry advisory board," said Mustaque Ahamad, director of GTISC. "Wireless security is a key area of research for the Georgia Tech Information Security Center Georgia Tech Information Security Center (GTISC) is a department of Georgia Tech that deals with information security issues such as cryptography, network security, trusted computing, software reliability, privacy, and internet governance. and David's deep understanding of the security challenges we face in this important area will definitely help us develop programs that will have high real-world impact." "Wireless security is a key area of research for the Georgia Tech Information Security Center," said Thomas. "I am thrilled to be joining the Advisory Board and look forward to the opportunity to work with security and technology executives in the IT industry and the global business community." As AirDefense's vice president of product strategy, Thomas is responsible for driving the company's overall product direction. He has successfully helped the company grow from a pre-revenue startup to readily addressing the needs of the largest Fortune 500 customers. Thomas has helped develop security strategies that enable the widespread and safe use of wireless technology to many high profile organizations such as IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , CSC, the Department of Defense and the National Security Agency. "I look forward to working with many other Association members to growing the WNPA in the months ahead as we become stewards to the larger community of wireless LAN professionals in the Atlanta area," said Harkins. "The membership of WNPA is growing and the creation of WNPA comes at a time when wireless providers, wireless integrators and software developers are building the latest innovations that will impact corporations in Atlanta and around the globe in the years ahead." Bryan Harkins is AirDefense's training and development manager charged with creating and delivering technical training for both live and computer based learning for the AirDefense product line. Additionally, he is involved in product development and consulting. Harkins has worked on Wi-Fi projects from single AP SOHO Soho (sōhō`, sə–), district of Westminster, London, England, known for its continental restaurants. Once a fashionable quarter, it became popular among writers and artists in the 19th cent. deployments to vast enterprise deployments with multinational locations. About GTISC The Georgia Tech Information Security Center, a National Security Agency (NSA NSA abbr. National Security Agency Noun 1. NSA - the United States cryptologic organization that coordinates and directs highly specialized activities to protect United States information systems and to produce foreign ) and Department of Homeland Security Noun 1. Department of Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States designated Center of Excellence in Information Assurance Education, is an interdisciplinary center involving faculty from College of Computing, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Tech Research Institute The Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) is the nonprofit applied research arm of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. GTRI employs around 1,300 people, and is involved in approximately $100 million in research annually for more than 200 clients in industry (GTRI GTRI Georgia Tech Research Institute GTRI Global Threat Reduction Initiative ), the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs The School's programs focus on understanding the global context of advances in science and technology and on preparing students to address pressing concerns at the nexus of science, technology, and international affairs. , and the School of Public Policy. About WNPA The Wireless Network Professional Association (WNPA) is a new professional association dedicated to the growing number of wireless professionals and the wireless industry. This is a link to the WNPA site: http://www.vtown.org About AirDefense AirDefense is the market leader in anywhere, anytime wireless security. The company is trusted by more Fortune 500 companies, healthcare organizations and high-security government agencies for enterprise wireless protection than any other company. AirDefense products provide the most advanced solutions for rogue wireless detection, policy enforcement and intrusion prevention, both inside and outside an organization's physical locations and wired networks. Common Criteria-certified, AirDefense enterprise-class products scale to support single offices as well as organizations with hundreds of locations around the globe. Founded in 2001, AirDefense is based in Atlanta, GA and serves nearly 700 government agencies and blue chip corporations. For more information, please visit http://www.airdefense.net or call 770.663.8115. |
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