AirDefense Announces Mobile 4.0 Product; The Pioneer of Wireless LAN Intrusion Prevention Continues to Offer The Most Powerful Laptop-based 802.11 Wireless Analysis Tool on the Market.ATLANTA -- AirDefense, the leader in anywhere, anytime wireless protection, today announced the release of AirDefense Mobile 4.0, the newest version of the company's security and wireless network assessment tool. Mobile 4.0 includes a new analysis engine, which is built on the award-winning, patented technology used in the company's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , AirDefense Enterprise. The analysis engine provides network administrators with more than 100 security and performance-based alarms, along with other new features such as alarm notification via email or Syslog messaging. Organizations use AirDefense Mobile to locate rogue access points (1) A wireless access point (AP) installed by an employee without the consent of the IT department. Without the proper security configuration, users have exposed their company's network to the outside world. and stations, and to take proactive steps to close any security holes as part of a WLAN See wireless LAN. WLAN - wireless local area network policy compliance program. Mobile synchronizes with AirDefense Enterprise, enabling organizations to conduct quick and accurate scans of nearby wireless activities and devices. AirDefense Mobile uses the list of all devices and alarms seen by Enterprise to instantly know which devices are authorized and to enable a network administrator to easily locate rogue devices. This integration sets the AirDefense security solution apart from other solutions that simply inundate in·un·date tr.v. in·un·dat·ed, in·un·dat·ing, in·un·dates 1. To cover with water, especially floodwaters. 2. the user with a flood of information alerts. The graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to redesign of AirDefense Mobile includes separate wireless operations and security views of the WLAN environment, so users can quickly identify security threats or performance related issues and overall health of the 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 . The analyzer also provides invaluable assistance in local troubleshooting, using diagnostics tools such as Connection Analysis, Authentication (1) Verifying the integrity of a transmitted message. See message integrity, e-mail authentication and MAC. (2) Verifying the identity of a user logging into a network. Support, Trace Route and Live View for traffic and packet analysis. AirDefense Mobile 4.0 now includes enhanced location tracking, allowing the user to track a device by collecting signal strength measurements from at least three different locations on the same floor map. "AirDefense Mobile is the most powerful laptop-based wireless analysis tool on the market today and nothing else comes close to offering this broad set of features at a similar price," said Spencer Parker, product line manager at AirDefense. "Customers are amazed a·maze v. a·mazed, a·maz·ing, a·maz·es v.tr. 1. To affect with great wonder; astonish. See Synonyms at surprise. 2. Obsolete To bewilder; perplex. v.intr. at what they detect in their air when they first start using the tool. They find using Mobile really proves that most freeware Software that is distributed without charge and which may be redistributed without charge by its users. However, ownership is retained by the developer who may change future releases from freeware to a paid product (feeware). See shareware, free software and public domain software. tools, such as NetStumbler, only show the basic broadcasting networks and can't be relied on for true operational support." With Mobile 4.0, AirDefense is also launching availability of a hardware kit that includes a high power 802.11a/b/g wireless card with external antenna capability. Included in the hardware kit are an omni-directional antenna and two directional patch antennas A patch antenna is a popular antenna type, which gains its name from the fact that it basically consists of a metal patch suspended over a ground plane. The assembly is usually contained in a plastic radome, which protects the structure from damage (as well as concealing its , one for 2.4GHz and one for 5GHz spectrum. The omni-directional antenna provides 3dBi gain at 2.4GHz and 5dBi gain at 5GHz and is designed to mount on laptop or notebook computers, extending range of their wireless card. The two directional antennas are high gain patch antennas with ~7dBi gain at 2.4GHz and ~7dBi gain at 5GHz, in a very compact and lightweight form. The hardware kit bundled with Mobile 4.0 will be available mid-August and retails for $1695. AirDefense Mobile runs on any Windows 2000 or XP platform, and installs on any laptop with an Atheros-based 802.11 a/b/g wireless card, such as Netgear (WAG511) or Cisco (CB21AG). A complete list of supported adapters is available from AirDefense. A 14-day fully-featured demonstration version is available for download from http://www.airdefense.net. 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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