How intrusion prevention costs compare

Full-time threat mitigation costs for 200- to 250-AP installations hover around $100K Wireless Alert NetworkWorld.com | Wireless & Mobile Research Center | Update Your Profile Sponsored by Avaya Accelerating Unified Communications This Yankee Group report defines unified communications, the business drivers, raises awareness of the challenges associated with deployment, and then defines what a new architecture should look like. Yankee Group also provides insight into choosing a solutions vendor and pursuing the next steps in deployment. Spotlight Story How intrusion prevention costs compare By Joanie Wexler With all the security talk in the air at last week's RSA Conference in San Francisco, it seemed fitting to return to our ongoing discussion of wireless intrusion detection/prevention systems. As you likely know, WIPSs work to keep unauthorized devices from connecting to your wired and wireless networks and to prevent your internal authorized wireless client devices from associating with unauthorized access points. Read full story Joanie Wexler is an independent networking technology writer/editor in Silicon Valley. Related News: Editor's note: We will be changing how we send out Network World newsletters over the next few weeks. To ensure future delivery of your newsletters, please add nww_newsletters@newsletters.networkworld.com to your e-mail address book or 66.186.127.216 to your white-list file. Thank you. Intrusion prevention strategies for 11n There are several ways to scan your 802.11n air environment for nasty goings-on. At a glance, the options seem pretty straightforward. However, you need to look carefully under the hood to draw a true apples-to-apples comparison of the accuracy and cost of the various offerings. Cisco helps avoid security scrimping in cash-tight times Many Wi-Fi vendors have integrated dedicated wireless intrusion prevention systems (WIPS) directly into their 802.11n systems. Cisco, for example, recently released an application called Adaptive Wireless IPS integrated with a multifaceted attack correlation system in its Wireless Control System (WCS) network management and security policy platform. 802.11n support added to wireless intrusion defense Existing wireless-LAN intrusion-prevention systems have a blind spot: Until they're upgraded, they can't detect radio signals from 802.11n WLAN gear. Companies pair PoE with wireless IPS PowerDsine partnered with AirTight Networks this week to bring together PowerDsine's equipment for supporting Power over Ethernet and AirTight's wireless intrusion-prevention systems. 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