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AirDefense to Address Dangers of Wireless Networks At Wi-Fi Planet; Monitoring for Insecurities, AirDefense Will Report on RF Space at Convention.


ATLANTA -- AirDefense, the leader in anywhere, anytime 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.  monitoring, today announced that the company's CSO (Chief Security Officer) The person in charge of all staff members who are responsible for promulgating, enforcing and administering security policies for all systems within an enterprise or division. , Richard Rushing, will speak at the Wi-Fi Planet Fall 2004 Conference & Expo at the San Jose San Jose, city, United States
San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850.
 McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, CA. AirDefense will also be monitoring the show for wireless insecurities and demonstrating the AirDefense product suite, including AirDefense Enterprise, AirDefense Mobile, AirDefense Personal and AirDefense BlueWatch at booth number 614.

Rushing's presentation takes place on Thursday, December 2, 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., as part of the "Securing the WLAN See wireless LAN.

WLAN - wireless local area network
" track. Rushing will take an in depth look at the latest hacker initiatives providing an understanding of attack methodologies and demonstrations of current available countermeasures That form of military science that, by the employment of devices and/or techniques, has as its objective the impairment of the operational effectiveness of enemy activity. See also electronic warfare. . A recognized IT security expert with 20 years experience setting security standards and policies for entire organizations, Rushing was most recently Chief Technical Officer of VeriSign's Network Security Services Network Security Services (NSS) is a set of libraries designed to support cross-platform development of security-enabled client and server applications. NSS provides a complete open-source implementation of crypto libraries supporting SSL and S/MIME.  division and previously served as a founder of SecureIT, an IT security services Security services are state institutions for the provision of intelligence, primarily of a strategic nature, but also including protective security intelligence. Examples include the Security Service (MI5) and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) in the United Kingdom, and the  provider that was acquired by VeriSign in 1998.

For the fourth consecutive Wi-Fi Planet, AirDefense will be monitoring and reporting the RF space at the convention. At previous Wi-Fi Planet conventions AirDefense was the first to detect malicious attacks and exploits. The company will also be demonstrating it's recently announced Self-Managing Wireless Protection System with Cisco Aironet 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  Infrastructure at AirDefense booth number 614.

To arrange a meeting with AirDefense on the dangers of wireless LANs and what companies can do to protect their assets, please contact Annelise Armstrong of Schwartz Communications at 781-684-0770 or airdefense@schwartz-pr.com. A one-on-one demonstration of the new Cisco integrated product is also available.

About AirDefense, Inc.

AirDefense is the market leader in anywhere, anytime wireless security and monitoring. The company's products provide the most advanced solutions for rogue wireless detection, policy enforcement and intrusion protection both inside and outside an organization's four walls. AirDefense's enterprise-class products scale to support everything from single offices to organizations with hundreds of locations. Founded in 2001, AirDefense is based in Alpharetta, GA and services 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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