Scanning grabs 802.11 spotlight

NETWORK WORLD NEWSLETTER: JOANIE WEXLER ON WIRELESS IN THE
ENTERPRISE
07/18/05
Today's focus: Scanning grabs 802.11 spotlight

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Today's focus: Scanning grabs 802.11 spotlight

By Joanie Wexler

Wireless intrusion prevention has been getting
Brad-and-Angelina-like attention during the past few months.

A number of companies have been joining the market or enhancing
their products that scan the 802.11 airwaves for improved
security or performance, to deploy location-tracking
applications, or to identify sources of interference.

A particularly helpful development: Sensors from AirMagnet,
Network Chemistry, Newbury Networks and possibly others can now
monitor the air for compliance with the wireless requirements of
various legislative mandates, such as the Health Insurance
Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA), Sarbanes-Oxley Act,
Gramm-Leach Bliley Act and Department of Defense Directive
(DoDD) 8100.2 initiatives.

You can customize which mandates apply to your business and
integrate them into reports that these vendors' monitoring
systems generate on the security status of your Wi-Fi system.
For example, depending on your organizational profile, a given
mandate may or may not apply to you and may or may not require
encryption. If encryption is required, it may be required in
different components of the 802.11 system, depending on your
profile.

The reports will spit out the specific clauses that pertain to
wireless in your category, then display what percentage of your
wireless installation is in compliance, as well as,
specifically, which devices are not in compliance. Then the
report will delineate what to do to make everything hunky-dory.

Useful!

Other developments:

* AirMagnet has upgraded its distributed-sensor system to
  Enterprise Version 6.0. The latest release, in addition to the
  compliance reporting, correlates activity from multiple
  locations to discover simultaneous attacks. AirMagnet has also
  integrated its software with Cisco APIs, such that you can use
  Cisco 1230 access points as sensors instead of AirMagnet's own
  sensors.

* Wireless LAN system makers Colubris and Xirrus are reselling
  AirMagnet Enterprise, which combines intrusion prevention and
  wireless performance monitoring.

* Bluesocket is scheduled to begin shipping security sensors as
  part of its new BlueSecure family of Wi-Fi products, including
  access points and controller, this month. The company announced
  the product line in early May.

* AirTight Networks formally jumped into the security side of
  the game in early May when it began shipping SpectraGuard 3.0.
  It touts its advantage as an ability to automatically classify
  devices and threats (rather than requiring IT staff to do so
  manually) and the simultaneous detection and prevention of
  multiple threats from a single sensor.

RELATED EDITORIAL LINKS

Federal agencies need to improve Wi-Fi controls
Network World, 07/06/05
http://www.networkworld.com/nlwir3338

Do you still need a handheld analyzer?
Network World, 03/30/05
http://www.networkworld.com/nlwir3339

Sprint's devotion to wireless raises questions
Network World, 07/18/05
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/071805-sprint.html?rl
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To contact: Joanie Wexler

Joanie Wexler is an independent networking technology
writer/editor in California's Silicon Valley who has spent most
of her career analyzing trends and news in the computer
networking industry. She welcomes your comments on the articles
published in this newsletter, as well as your ideas for future
article topics. Reach her at <mailto:joanie@jwexler.com>.
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