AirDefense Receives Allowance of 4th and 5th Patent for Wireless Intrusion Prevention.AirDefense is the Only Company to Own Comprehensive Intellectual Property for 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 Prevention See IPS and IDS. and Wireless Troubleshooting 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 that it has received allowances from the United States Patent and Trademark Office The United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO or USPTO) is an agency in the United States Department of Commerce that provides patent protection to inventors and businesses for their inventions, and trademark registration for product and intellectual property (USPTO USPTO abbr. United States Patent and Trademark Office ) for the company's fourth and fifth patents. These patents further strengthen AirDefense's seminal seminal /sem·i·nal/ (sem´i-n'l) pertaining to semen or to a seed. sem·i·nal adj. Of, relating to, containing, or conveying semen or seed. intellectual property portfolio. With three fundamental patents granted earlier, AirDefense now owns the earliest and broadest patents in the area of wireless intrusion prevention and wireless troubleshooting. AirDefense's fourth patent titled "System and Method for Sensing Wireless LAN Activity" (US Patent No. 7,277,404), covers the hybrid architecture of a wireless IPS (1) (Inches Per Second) The measurement of the speed of tape passing by a read/write head or paper passing through a pen plotter. (2) (IPS) (Intrusion Prevention S , and specifically, the shared processing between sensors and a server for scalable, collaborative and distributed monitoring of WLAN See wireless LAN. WLAN - wireless local area network traffic. AirDefense's fifth patent titled "Systems and Methods for Dynamic Sensor Discovery and Selection" (US Patent Application No. 10/773,915), filed over three years ago, covers management and architectural aspects of a wireless, distributed, multiple-sensor network for dynamic discovery, redundancy and spatial coverage in wireless monitoring. "The patents granted to AirDefense describe fundamental systems and methods that are required for any wireless security and monitoring solution," said Dr. Amit Sinha, chief technology officer, AirDefense. "As the pioneer in the wireless intrusion prevention industry, AirDefense takes great pride in offering patented solutions that are relied upon by more Fortune 500 companies, healthcare organizations, high-security government agencies and other blue chip corporations than any of our competitors." AirDefense has an additional 23 patents pending at the USPTO. These patents extend AirDefense's intellectual property into broader areas such as security for emerging wireless networks, interference classification, remote performance troubleshooting, bandwidth optimization, forensic analysis, endpoint wireless security, legacy encryption The reversible transformation of data from the original (the plaintext) to a difficult-to-interpret format (the ciphertext) as a mechanism for protecting its confidentiality, integrity and sometimes its authenticity. Encryption uses an encryption algorithm and one or more encryption keys. protection and alarm management. 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 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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