AirDefense Named 2007 Award Finalist by SC Magazine.AirDefense Enterprise 7.0 Chosen in "Best Wireless Security Solution" Category ATLANTA -- AirDefense, the innovator and market leader in anywhere, anytime wireless security, today announced that its 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 7.0 has been chosen as a finalist in the SC Magazine Awards competition for the third straight year. With more Fortune 500 companies using AirDefense Enterprise 7.0 than any other company in the industry, it comes as no surprise that AirDefense is once again a finalist in the Wireless Security category. The 2007 SC Magazine Awards winners will be announced on Tuesday, February 6, 2007, during the RSA Conference The RSA Conference is a Cryptography-related conference held annually in the San Francisco Bay Area. The RSA Conference started in 1991 as a forum for cryptographers to gather and share the latest knowledge and advancements in the area of Internet security. . This year's awards competition has 350 companies competing for 29 titles, making it the world's leading awards program for the information security industry. "Innovations like what we've seen from AirDefense demonstrate the vibrancy and vitality of the IT security industry," says SC Magazine Editor-in-Chief Illena Armstrong. "They represent breakthroughs that will benefit our readers and, in turn, corporate users of technology." AirDefense Enterprise has won several industry awards over the years and in a recent review of wireless IDS/IPS solutions appearing in Network Computing Storing and/or running applications in servers in a network. See cloud computing and network computer. magazine, AirDefense Enterprise 7.0 outperformed all competitors in overall functionality. Among the key AirDefense Enterprise 7.0 features receiving top marks in the review were its location tracking capabilities, superior sensor design and implementation and its extensive forensic information, with minute-by-minute device detail. "SC Magazine naming AirDefense an award finalist for the third year in a row is validation See validate. validation - The stage in the software life-cycle at the end of the development process where software is evaluated to ensure that it complies with the requirements. of the superiority of AirDefense's 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. platform, and illustrates why Enterprise 7.0 is the security solution of choice for more than 600 enterprises across the globe," said David Thomas, vice president - product strategy at AirDefense. AirDefense Enterprise 7.0, the most comprehensive 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 intrusion detection/prevention solution in the security industry, automatically responds to 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. appropriate business process and compliance requirements Compliance requirements are a series of directives established by United States Federal government agencies that summarize hundreds of Federal laws and regulations applicable to Federal assistance (also known as Federal aid or Federal funds). on wireless and wired networks. AirDefense also launched AirDefense Mobile 4.0 in August 2006, with an analysis engine built on the award-winning, patented technology used in AirDefense Enterprise 7.0, and that provides network administrators with more than 100 security and performance-based alarms. For more information on AirDefense Enterprise 7.0, log onto: http://www.airdefense.net/newsandpress/12_12_05.php 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 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 Atlanta, GA, and serves more than 600 government agencies and blue chip corporations. For more information, please visit http://www.airdefense.net or call 770.663.8115. |
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