AirDefense Announces Allowance of Two Patents Fundamental for All Wireless Security Solutions; Seminal patents comprehensively cover enterprise-class wireless intrusion protection systems.ATLANTA -- AirDefense, 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 the allowance of two fundamental and earliest dated patents that comprehensively cover the field of wireless intrusion protection - "Actively defending a wireless LAN A local area network that transmits over the air typically in the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz unlicensed frequency band. It does not require line of sight between sender and receiver. Wireless base stations (access points) are wired to an Ethernet network and transmit a radio frequency over an area against attacks" (US 20030233567) and "Wireless LAN dynamic channel change with honeypot A server that is configured to detect an intruder by mirroring a real production system. It appears as an ordinary server doing work, but all the data and transactions are phony. Located either in or outside the firewall, the honeypot is used to learn about an intruder's techniques as trap" (US 20030219008). The first two of AirDefense's 18 pending patents to be allowed describe the core principles for all wireless intrusion protection systems including: --Multi-dimensional wireless intrusion detection See IDS and IPS. using signature, protocol, policy and anomalous a·nom·a·lous adj. 1. Deviating from the normal or common order, form, or rule. 2. Equivocal, as in classification or nature. behavior analysis for minimal false positives and day zero attack detection --Intelligent classification of authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: , unauthorized and rogue Rogue, river, c.200 mi (320 km) long, rising in SW Oreg., in the Cascade Range N of Crater Lake. It flows southwest and west through a fertile valley (noted for its orchard fruits) and then across the Coast Range to the Pacific Ocean at Gold Beach. wireless devices --Automatic, FCC-compliant AirTermination(TM) using all existing forms of wireless session containment --Real-time attack avoidance using wireless honeypots and chaf frames --Mapping the physical and logical location of wireless devices --Wireless policy and compliance management --Proactive wireless vulnerability assessment A Department of Defense, command, or unit-level evaluation (assessment) to determine the vulnerability of a terrorist attack against an installation, unit, exercise, port, ship, residence, facility, or other site. --Forensic data storage and incident analysis --Threat index-based techniques for enhanced manageability AirDefense, which has an installed base of more than 500 enterprise customers, is currently shipping its seventh generation wireless intrusion protection system, AirDefense Enterprise 7.0. The system leverages the methods described in the two allowed patents to provide the most comprehensive, scalable and accurate wireless LAN monitoring and security solution available on the market today. Unlike any other solution on the market, AirDefense Enterprise analyzes existing and day zero threats in real time against historical data to more accurately detect attacks and anomalous behavior originating inside or outside the organization. With the industry's most extensive event library, including more than 200 performance and security events - 50 percent more than that of the next leading competitor - AirDefense Enterprise stores and manages more than 270 statistics per minute for every wireless device. The system inherently mines this data to more accurately detect security and performance threats, thereby reducing productivity-draining false positives. The net result is more accurate detection with highly targeted incident response. "AirDefense is proud of its industry-driving innovation, and we work hard to maintain our market and innovation lead," said Dr. Amit Sinha, chief technology officer of AirDefense. "As the first to market in the rapidly growing wireless security industry, AirDefense continues to focus on developing state-of-the-art detection and prevention solutions that allow our enterprise, healthcare and government clients to safely take advantage of the business efficiencies and enhanced productivity wireless technologies afford." AirDefense has an additional 16 patents pending in the areas of wireless LAN security system architecture, detection & tracking, and proactive protection, which according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. U.S. Patent and Trademark Office records is more than twice that published by any other wireless security provider. About AirDefense AirDefense, the market leader in anywhere, anytime wireless security and monitoring, is trusted by more Fortune 500 companies, healthcare organizations and high-security government agencies for enterprise wireless protection than any other wireless security provider. Ranked among Red Herring's Top 100 Private Companies in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , AirDefense products provide the most advanced solutions for rogue wireless detection, policy enforcement and intrusion prevention See IPS and IDS. , 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 Alpharetta, GA, and serves hundreds of government agencies and blue chip corporations. For more information, please visit http://www.airdefense.net or call 770.663.8115. |
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