SecureData, a member of the JSE-listed ERP.com Group and the southern African distributor for AirDefense, today announced the latter's integrated wireless access and intrusion prevention solutions that together will provide the most secure and robust wireless LAN offering available.
Using advanced technology from AirDefense, enhanced Wireless Intrusion Protection System (IPS) will be integrated with Symbol's new Wireless Next Generation (Wi-NG) architecture to enable security on Symbol's RF switch products.
The AirDefense Enterprise Wireless IPS will be integrated with the Symbol Wi-NG architecture, and utilise Symbol access points as sensor devices.
"Symbol's WiFi infrastructure products are deployed in some of the most demanding, business-critical networks in the world," commented Amit Sinha, Chief Technology Officer of AirDefense. "As regulatory requirements strengthen for many of these deployments, AirDefense and Symbol are well positioned to ensure organisations are prepared with a secure wireless network that can demonstrate compliance with regulations and adapt to protect the network from emerging threats."
AirDefense constantly assesses the threat posed by wireless devices by using multiple detection engines and wireless correlation. AirDefense products catch even the most sophisticated attacks while eliminating false positive alarms that waste administrators' time. Using anomalous behaviour detection, AirDefense technology also identifies day-zero threats that otherwise go unseen by signature detection systems.
"As wireless deployments increase in size and complexity, and change environments, security management becomes a critical concern," added Chris McGugan, Senior Director of Symbol Technologies' Wireless Infrastructure Division. "By integrating AirDefense's technology with our new Wi-NG architecture, Symbol will be able to provide advanced wireless network intrusion prevention with enhanced location-based services to mobile users."
Symbol's Wi-NG architecture will enable the consolidation of WiFi, RFID, VoWLAN (voice over wireless LAN), mesh and WiMax networks in the industry's first integrated RF switching platform. AirDefense Enterprise Wireless IPS and Symbol's Wi-NG architecture will provide customers with a centrally managed solution, using Symbol access points and sensors for enhanced security and location-based services.
For further information, please contact Bianca Maritz at telephone (011) 257 8600; fax (011) 257 8699; e-mail biancam@securedata.co.za.
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AirDefense is the market leader in anywhere, anytime wireless security and monitoring and is trusted by more Fortune 500 companies, healthcare organisations and high-security government agencies for enterprise wireless protection. It is ranked among Red Herring's Top 100 Private Companies in North America and its products provide the most advanced solutions for rogue wireless detection, policy enforcement and intrusion prevention, both inside and outside an organisation's physical locations and wired networks. Common Criteria-certified, AirDefense enterprise-class products scale to support single offices as well as organisations with hundreds of locations around the globe. Founded in 2001, AirDefense is based in Alpharetta, Georgia, USA, and serves hundreds of government agencies and blue chip corporations.
SecureData
SecureData, an ERP.com company, is Africa's premier IT security solution provider. SecureData's solutions incorporate anti-virus and content security, endpoint security, network security, intrusion prevention and authentication and identity management. SecureData's comprehensive "Managed Security Services" include design, audit, implementation, vulnerability assessment, outsourcing and hosting. SecureData distributes, sells and supports category leading IT security products to the public, corporate and SME sectors throughout Africa as well as products and services to the SOHO and consumer markets through partnerships with ISPs. As well as being the sole distributor in Sub-Saharan Africa for Trend Micro, SecureData is the Sub-Saharan African distributor for US-based TippingPoint Technologies as well as for AirDefense, Application Security, eEye, Network Engines, Precise Biometrics, Rocket Software, RSA Security, St Bernard and Websense.
For more information, visit SecureData at www.securedata.co.za.
ERP.com
ERP.com is a JSE-listed company focused on the implementation, integration and management of enterprise applications in an e-business environment.
For more information, visit ERP.com at www.erpcom.co.za.
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