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AirDefense Gets Patent
AirDefense announced that the USPTO awarded US Patent No. 7,086,089 titled 'Systems and Methods for Network Security' to AirDefense
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ATLANTA -- AirDefense, the innovator that launched the wireless LAN security market, today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) awarded US Patent No. 7,086,089 titled “Systems and Methods for Network Security” to AirDefense. Filed on June 3, 2002, this is the third patent awarded to AirDefense in the wireless LAN intrusion protection space. It encompasses core technology fundamental to all wireless intrusion detection and prevention solutions. AirDefense is the only company to own all the intellectual property for wireless LAN intrusion prevention.
AirDefense, which has an installed base of more than 500 enterprise customers, is currently shipping its seventh generation system, AirDefense Enterprise 7.0. The system leverages the methods described in the awarded patent to provide the most comprehensive, scalable and accurate wireless LAN monitoring and security solution available in the market today. The patented claims describe the core principles behind AirDefense’s solution:
Use of wireless sensors and centralized server for detecting and preventing rogue wireless devices, wireless attacks, anomalies and policy violations
Multiple detection techniques such as signature, protocol, policy and anomalous behavior analysis for minimal false positives and day zero attack detection
Intelligent classification of authorized, unauthorized and rogue wireless devices
Automatic, regulatory compliant, AirTerminationTM using over the air session containment
Mapping the physical and logical location of wireless devices
Wireless policy and compliance management
Proactive wireless vulnerability assessment
Forensic data storage and incident analysis
Threat index-based techniques for enhanced manageability
“The lack of physical perimeter protection and enforceable wireless access policies result in both inbound and outbound vulnerabilities. Wireless IPS provides unparalleled protection for your WLAN. After extensive testing, we concluded that AirDefense's solution has all the class and sophistication that any Fortune 500 company could ever hope for from a wireless IPS,” said Frank Bulk of Network Computing.
“AirDefense invented wireless IPS and we ensure that our products are backed by solid intellectual property protection,” said Dr. Amit Sinha, chief technology officer of AirDefense. “AirDefense's granted patents are broad and describe in detail the systems and methods that are necessary for any wireless IPS. All wireless IPS products available today use the patented techniques.”
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