AirDefense Extends Its Contract with 40,000-Student Round Rock, Texas, School District.AirDefense's Wireless Intrusion Prevention See IPS and IDS. Platform to Secure Round Rock's 40 Schools, Transportation Buildings and Administration Offices 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 it has extended its contract with the Round Rock, Texas, School District to secure more than 350 Access Points (APs) throughout the district. AirDefense Enterprise is being used in all 40 schools and six facilities including the transportation buildings and administrative offices. Today, there are more than 17,000 computers in use with the Round Rock School District with more than 4,500 having wireless functionality. With an increasingly mobile staff in the growing school district, Round Rock school officials identified that wireless connectivity would continue to be pervasive pervasive, adj indicates that a condition permeates the entire development of the individual. . In addition, with the majority of schools located in neighborhoods where other wireless networks were in proximity, it was essential for school IT officials to have real-time 1. real-time - Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example. monitoring available for not only internal wireless activity with school personnel but also for potential external threats as well. In selecting AirDefense Enterprise and AirDefense Mobile products, school IT officials now monitor all internal wireless activity, peer-to-peer connections, external network threats and use of unauthorized access points in real-time. "Round Rock is committed to providing students and faculty with the best resources available in Texas including wireless network access in schools, but with that freedom comes the absolute need to secure and lock down wireless threats," 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. Dan Scott ''This article or section is being rewritten at Daniel "Dan" Robert Scott is a fictional character on the television show One Tree Hill played by Paul Johansson. ''I should apologize. But I won't. , lead systems engineer, Round Rock School District. "Since we installed AirDefense Enterprise and AirDefense Mobile outside access to our network has been eliminated except to those teachers and administrators with proper authorization The right or permission to use a system resource; the process of granting access. See access control. ." AirDefense provides a complete suite of solutions that secure wireless networks and protect the extended mobile enterprise against all threats and attacks. Round Rock School District joins a growing number of blue chip corporations, government agencies, healthcare facilities and financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. companies already relying on AirDefense's enterprise suite of intrusion detection/prevention products. "As one of the larger school districts in Texas we're excited that AirDefense is providing our best of class wireless intrusion prevention products to the Round Rock School District," said Mike Potts, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , AirDefense. "We look forward to working closely with Round Rock in the months and years ahead and with other school districts around the country as prevention and detection are paramount to the integrity of the data being transported wirelessly on a daily basis." 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 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 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 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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