http://www.airtightnetworks.com AirTight© Networks en-us © 2008 AirTight Networks, Inc. press@airtightnetworks.com (Della Lowe ) press@airtightnetworks.com (Della Lowe ) Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/overview.html http://www.airtightnetworks.com/fileadmin/templates/aritightnew/img/logo.gif http://www.airtightnetworks.com 82 82 http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/article/123/airtight-rated-strong-positive-in-marketscope-on-wireless-lan-intrusion-prevention-systems-issued.html Mountain View, CA., July 15, 2011 - AirTight Networks, the global leader for wireless intrusion prevention (WIPS) products and services announced today that Gartner has rated AirTight "Strong Positive" in its 2011 Marketscope Report for Wireless LAN Intrusion Prevention Systems. A "Strong Positive" is the highest possible rating in a Gartner Marketscope. Gartner, Inc. is the leading provider of research and analysis on the global information technology industry The July 2011 report was authored by John Girard, VP, Distinguished Analyst, John Pescatore, VP, Distinguished Analyst and Tim Zimmerman, Research Director at Gartner. Full copies of the report are available from AirTight. Fri, 15 July 2011 00:00:00 IST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/article/123/citing-significant-contributions-to-wips-technology-and-cloud-services-innovation-and-revenue-growth.html Mountain View, Calif. - June 8, 2010 - AirTight Networks, the leading provider of wireless intrusion prevention systems (WIPS) and Wi-Fi Cloud Services for compliance and access, today announced the promotion of four executives who have contributed significantly to the Company's rapid revenue growth and continued technology innovation in wireless intrusion prevention. Tue, 8 Jun 2011 00:00:00 IST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/article/123/airtight-sponsors-aberdeens-wireless-lan-2011-report-tracks-impact-of-smart-devices-on-wlan.html Mountain View, CA - May 18, 2011 - AirTight Networks, the leading provider of wireless intrusion prevention (WIPS) products, cloud wireless security, and Wi-Fi access services today announced its sponsorship of a special Aberdeen Group report titled, "Wireless LAN 2011: Readying the Invisible Network for the Smart Revolution." It is the first industry study to track the impact of the rapid rise of smart devices on the WLAN, and is available immediately at no cost, courtesy of AirTight. Wed, 18 May 2011 00:00:00 IST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/article/123/airtight-extends-international-coverage-of-its-ip-for-wips-in-japan-now-holds-23-patents-granted-or.html Mountain View, CA - May 16, 2011 - AirTight Networks, the leading provider of wireless intrusion prevention (WIPS) products and cloud wireless security and Wi-Fi access services today announced that it has been granted a patent in Japan, number 4639195. This patent is based on AirTight's seminal WIPS patent in the U.S., number 7,002,943, titled "Method and System for Monitoring a Selected Region of an Airspace Associated with Local Area Networks of Computing Devices." Earlier, AirTight received UK patent, number 2410154, and Australian patent, number 200429804, based on this original U.S. patent. Mon, 16 May 2011 00:00:00 IST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/article/123/pci-compliance-enhanced-atc-omega-adds-wireless-intrusion-detection-prevention.html Ellisville, MO - February 28, 2011 - With the PCI Security Standards Council placing more emphasis on wireless intrusion detection and prevention, the industry-leading solution, Omega by American Technology Corporation, is ahead of the pack. The company has partnered with AirTight Networks, a global leader in wireless intrusion prevention (WIPS) products and services, to provide its customers with enhanced network security. Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:00:00 IST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/article/123/airtight-inks-distributor-agreement-with-comguard-a-leading-value-added-distributor-of-it-security.html Mountain View, CA and Dubai, UAE - February 28, 2011 - AirTight Networks, the global leader in wireless security and compliance solutions, and ComGuard, FZ, LLC announced today that the companies have signed a distributor agreement for ComGuard to bring AirTight's SpectraGuard wireless intrusion prevention (WIPS) and mobile end point protection products and services across the Middle East and North Africa. ComGuard helps organizations to conform networks to international compliance standards such as SOX, BASEL 2, HIPAA, and PCI, which makes AirTight's wireless security products and reporting a good fit for the ComGuard portfolio. Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:00:00 IST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/select_category/32/article/123/airtight-study-reveals-extent-of-wireless-vulnerabilities-present-in-the-enterprise-results-present.html San Francisco, CA - February 15, 2011 - AirTight Networks, the global leader in wireless intrusion prevention (WIPS) and compliance products and services, announced today that Gopinath K. N., Director of Engineering at AirTight, will present the results of a study conducted by AirTight on wireless vulnerabilities present in enterprise environments at the RSA 2011 in San Francisco this week. Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:00:00 IST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/select_category/32/article/123/modells-scores-a-home-run-with-airtight-pci-wireless-security-solutions-live-demos-at-nrf-booth-31.html New York, NY - January 10, 2011 - AirTight Networks, the leading provider of wireless intrusion prevention (WIPS) and compliance products and services, announced today that Modell's Sporting Goods has chosen AirTight SpectraGuard WIPS to meet the PCI DSS wireless scanning requirements and to protect both its Motorola WLAN infrastructure and its wireless POS system from wireless threats..Modell's is the nation's oldest family-owned and operated retailer of sporting goods, sporting apparel, menswear and brand name athletic footwear with 147 retail stores distributed throughout the Northeast United States. AirTight will be presenting live demos of its products this week in booth 3120 at the National Retail Federation event in New York. Mon, 10 Jan 2011 00:00:00 IST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/select_category/32/article/123/airtight-adds-wi-fi-access-to-its-cloud-based-pci-wireless-scanning-solutions-launches-airtight-sec.html New York, NY - January 9, 2011 - At the opening of NRF2011, AirTight Networks, the leading provider of wireless intrusion prevention systems (WIPS) and services, announced the launch of AirTight Cloud ServicesTM - a new suite of managed services which adds Wi-Fi access, branded as AirTight Secure Wi-FiTM, to its unique portfolio of on-demand wireless security and compliance solutions. With today's launch, the company is the first to offer hosted, cloud-based, secure Wi-Fi access, PCI scanning, and network security in a single device. For enterprises such as retail, hospitality or quick serve restaurants, AirTight Cloud Services provide a secure, single cell WLAN network with minimum cost and complexity while satisfying all PCI DSS wireless security requirements at no additional expense. Sun, 09 Jan 2011 00:00:00 IST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/select_category/30/article/123/study-of-pci-dss-and-wireless-data-security-in-retail-at-pci-europe-presented-by-airtight.html Mountain View, CA. - November 22, 2010 - AirTight Networks announced today it is presenting its study on wireless data security in retail environments covered by the PCI DSS at the PCI Europe conference. The Conference takes place on November 25th at The Hotel Okura, Amsterdam, Netherlands. The presentation titled, "PCI still misses the mark on wireless data security: a study of over 200 retail credit card data environments," will be given by AirTight experts, Dr. Kaustubh Phanse, Principle Wireless Architect at AirTight, and Kiran Deshpande, President of Airtight International. Tue, 22 Nov 2010 00:00:00 IST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/select_category/30/article/123/the-smartphone-as-attacker-airtight-demos-smartpotstm-at-csi-2010-the-next-generation-wi-fi-atta.html Washington National Harbor, MD. - October 26, 2010 - AirTight Networks announced today it is hosting two sessions on wireless security at the CSI 2010 Conference held this week at Washington National Harbor, MD. CSI is the leading IT security management conference and the largest security event on the East Coast. The first presentation, "Wireless Tsunami: How to Hold onto Your Enterprise Security Perimeter," discusses research done by Gopinath KN, Director of Engineering and Prabhash Dhyani, Sr. Wireless Security Researcher at AirTight and deals with the smartphone as attacker - an attack AirTight calls SmartPotsTM, a mobile Honeypot - a very real threat to a Wi-Fi network. The session takes place on October 29th at 10:00 AM, ET. This session is presented by Pravin Bhagwat, CTO of AirTight, and Gopinath K N. Wed, 26 Oct 2010 00:00:00 IST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/select_category/30/article/123/airtight-executive-joins-prestigious-panel-of-mobile-security-experts-at-interop-new-york-2010.html New York, NY - October 18, 2010 - AirTight Networks, the global leader in wireless intrusion prevention (WIPS) and compliance products and services, announced today that Gopinath K N, Director of Engineering at AirTight, will join a prestigious panel of mobile and wireless security experts at the Interop Conference taking place in New York, October 18 through 22. The panel will be moderated by Lisa Phifer, President of Core Competence, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in advising companies on leading-edge network technology. Tue, 18 Oct 2010 00:00:00 IST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/article/123/airtight-receives-16th-us-patent-technology-to-enforce-wi-fi-security-policy-on-wired-segments-of.html New York, NY. - October 12, 2010 - AirTight Networks, the global leader in wireless intrusion prevention (WIPS) and compliance products and services, announced today that its customer, the Electricity Supply Board of Ireland, will present an in depth case study at RSA Europe this week. The session will discuss the processes, choices and the lessons learnt in implementing a corporate-wide wireless security policy. Tue, 12 Oct 2010 00:00:00 IST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/article/123/airtight-receives-16th-us-patent-technology-to-enforce-wi-fi-security-policy-on-wired-segments-of.html Mountain View, CA - September 28, 2010 - AirTight Networks, the global leader in wireless security and compliance solutions, today announced it has been granted U.S. patent number 7,804,808 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for its proprietary technology which enforces Wi-Fi security policy on the wired network segments of enterprise networks. The technology, trademarked by AirTight as VLAN Policy MappingTM, enables network and security administrators to define and enforce how they want their authorized Wi-Fi traffic to map on the wired network segments. Wed, 28 Sep 2010 00:00:00 IST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/article/123/wi-fi-vulnerabilities-still-present-in-violation-of-pci-dss-wireless-guideline-airtight-data-reveal.html Orlando, FL. - September 21, 2010 - According to recent analysis by AirTight Networks, which provides wireless intrusion prevention and vulnerability scanning products and services, there appears to be a very high incidence of wireless vulnerabilities and poor wireless security practices among organizations which are subject to the PCI DSS. The wireless vulnerability scanning data, released today as the PCI SSC 2010 U.S. Community Meeting began in Orlando, was collected by AirTight, using its SpectraGuard Online PCI wireless compliance scanning service during a six month period in over 200 cardholder data environments (CDEs) and suggests that many enterprises are still exposed to vulnerabilities that violate multiple PCI DSS wireless requirements. The wireless scanning requirements were outlined in the PCI DSS Wireless Guideline issued in July 2009. Wed, 12 Sep 2010 00:00:00 IST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/article/123/airtight-demonstrates-wips-detection-and-location-methodology-for-wpa2-hole196-exploit-presented-a.html Mountain View, Calif. - August 5, 2010 - AirTight Networks, the leading provider of wireless intrusion prevention systems and services (WIPS), demonstrated the first detection and location methodology against the WPA2 'Hole196'. The exploit was detailed by senior wireless security researcher, Md Sohail Ahmad, last week at Black Hat and DEFCON. Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:00:00 IST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/article/123/international-speedway-corporation-isc-keeps-race-fans-data-safe-at-track-with-airtight.html Mountain View, Ca - August 2, 2010 - International Speedway Corporation (ISC) is a leading promoter of motorsports entertainment in North America, owning or operating 13 major motorsports facilities including Daytona International Speedway. The Company has chosen SpectraGuard Enterprise from AirTight Networks to provide its merchandising partners with the anywhere, anytime Wi-Fi connectivity at the speedway while maintaining wireless security and PCI compliance to ensure customer data is protected. Mon, 02 Aug 2010 00:00:00 IST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/article/123/airtight-appoints-steve-choi-managing-director-asia-pacific-sales.html Mountain View, Calif. - August 2, 2010 - AirTight Networks, the leading provider of wireless intrusion prevention systems (WIPS) and services, today announced that Steve Choi has joined AirTight as Managing Director Asia-Pacific Sales. Choi joins AirTight from Kwise, the leading provider of WIPS products and services in South Korea. He brings a strong track record of success in opening and expanding the AsiaPac WIPS market. As Director of Business Development at Kwise, he was instrumental in growing its WIPS marketshare using AirTight's SpectraGuard to 70%, making it the unrivalled market leader in South Korea. Mon, 02 Aug 2010 00:00:00 IST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/article/123/airtight-rated-positive-in-leading-industry-analyst-firms.html Mountain View, CA., July 28, 2010 - AirTight Networks, the global leader for wireless intrusion prevention (WIPS) products and services announced today that Gartner, Inc., the leading provider of research and analysis on the global information technology industry, has rated AirTight "Positive" in Gartner's 2010 Marketscope Report for Wireless LAN Intrusion Prevention Systems. The July 2010 report was authored by John Girard, VP, Distinguished Analyst, John Pescatore, VP, Distinguished Analyst and Tim Zimmerman, Principle Research Analyst at Gartner. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 00:00:00 IST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/article/123/sean-stanton-joins-airtight-as-director-of-business-development-and-strategic-alliances.html Mountain View, Calif. - July 26, 2010 - AirTight Networks, the leading provider of wireless intrusion prevention systems (WIPS) and services, today announced that Sean Stanton has joined AirTight as Director of Business Development and Strategic Alliances. Stanton brings extensive experience in both wireless and security to the position, as well as a long track record of successful strategic alliances. Most recently, Stanton spent more than four years at AirMagnet (acquired by Fluke Networks) with the majority of his tenure as the Director of Strategic Alliances and Business Development Mon, 26 Jul 2010 00:00:00 IST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/article/123/airtight-wireless-security-product-achieves-mcafee-compatible-status-spectraguard-now-integrates.html Mountain View, Calif. - July 13, 2010 - AirTight Networks, a global leader in wireless intrusion prevention systems (WIPS), today announced that it has achieved "McAfee Compatible" status for its SpectraGuard Enterprise WIPS. The integrated joint solution allows wireless security-related incidents to be reported from AirTight's SpectraGuard Enterprise server to the McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePOTM) software. Mutual customers can now utilize McAfee ePO dashboards to view a range of wireless security events, which helps prevent disruptions, identify vulnerabilities, and monitor and manage emerging wireless threats. Mon, 13 Jul 2010 00:00:00 IST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/article/123/airtight-named-a-finalist-for-the-2010-red-herring-100-north-america-award-positioned-to-grow-at-ex.html Mountain View, CA - June 14, 2010 - AirTight Networks, the global leader in wireless security solutions, announced today it has been selected as a Finalist for the Red Herring 100 North America Award, a prestigious list honoring the year's most promising private technology ventures from the North American business region and those the judges expect to grow at an explosive rate. The Red Herring editorial team selected the most innovative companies as Finalists for the Award from a pool of hundreds from across North America. The nominees are evaluated on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as financial performance, technology innovation, quality of management, execution of strategy, and integration into their respective industries. Mon, 14 Jun 2010 00:00:00 IST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/article/123/airtight-receives-us-patent-for-automated-wi-fi-client-classification-unburdens-it-from-manual-in.html Mountain View, CA - May 18, 2010 - AirTight Networks, the global leader in wireless security and compliance solutions, today announced it has been granted US patent number 7,710,933 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for automated Wi-Fi client classification techniques. AirTight's automated Wi-Fi client classification, available in its SpectraGuard Wireless Intrusion Prevention System (WIPS), simplifies wireless security policy enforcement for the network administrator by eliminating the manual effort involved in keeping an up-to-date inventory of wireless devices and chasing a huge volume of alarms. By way of behavioral analysis, the AirTight system automatically classifies wireless devices into appropriate user categories to ensure that authorized users do not wander to neighboring wireless networks (WLAN) and unauthorized users do not access the enterprise wireless network. Tue, 18 May 2010 00:00:00 IST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/article/123/airtight-appoints-vice-president-of-north-american-sales-managing-director-for-government-sales-als.html Mountain View, Calif. - April 20, 2010 - AirTight Networks, the leading provider of wireless intrusion prevention systems (WIPS) and services, today announced that Jack Torgow has been named Vice President, North American Sales. Mr. Torgow has been with AirTight for four years serving in several sales positions, most recently as Director of Sales, North America. He has been in the data communications and networking industry for more than 20 years. In his new position, Torgow assumes responsibility for all North American field sales and support and corporate sales and operations, as well as developing and marketing Enterprise Wireless LAN Security solutions using AirTight SpectraGuard WIPS products. Tue, 20 April 2010 00:00:00 IST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/article/123/secure-technology-hawaii-chooses-airtight-for-wi-fi-security-and-regulatory-and-pci-compliance.html Mountain View, CA - April 07, 2010 - Secure Technology Hawaii, Inc. (STHI) has been focusing on security and disaster recovery solutions since 1997. With a current customer list of over 500 clients, STHI is Hawaii's leading network security firm, providing comprehensive solutions and managed services to many of Hawaii's top 250 corporations. When STHI wanted to provide more than just manual wireless scanning for regulatory and PCI compliance for its customers, it turned to AirTight's SpectraGuard Enterprise product. Wed, 07 April 2010 00:00:00 IST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/article/123/airtight-helps-us-oil-co-inc-find-a-better-way-to-achieve-pci-wireless-compliance-and-wi-fi-secu.html Mountain View, Ca - March 30, 2010 - U. S. Oil prides itself on looking to the future for better ways to compete in categories shaped by global trends and transformational technologies. This led the company to choose SpectraGuard Enterprise from AirTight Networks to automate its PCI DSS compliance scanning efforts to meet the Wireless Guideline issued last year by the PCI SSC and strengthen its wireless security. Tue, 30 March 2010 00:00:00 IST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/article/123/airtight-spectraguard-wips-named-a-hot-security-product-for-healthcare-by-channelweb.html Mountain View, CA - March 10, 2010 - AirTight Networks' SpectraGuard Enterprise, the industry leading wireless intrusion prevention system (WIPS), was named one of the "10 Hot Security Products for Health Care" by the editors of ChannelWeb at the HIMSS Conference in Atlanta last week. According to ChannelWeb, "While most of this week's security attention is focused on RSA, our coverage of products seen at HIMSS, health-care IT's biggest annual confab, continues with commanding security products for the vertical. AirTight's game is wireless security, and the most recent update to its SpectraGuard line, 6.0, came in January." Tue, 10 March 2010 00:00:00 IST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/article/123/airtight-wins-nasscom-new-technology-innovation-award-for-wireless-intrusion-prevention.html Pune, India - Feb 3, 2010 - AirTight Networks, the global leader in wireless intrusion prevention (WIPS) products and services, today announced that it is the winner of the 2009 NASSCOM Innovation Award in the New Technology Advancement category. The award was given to AirTight for the introduction of SpectraGuard Online, the first wireless intrusion prevention product to be delivered as SaaS. NASSCOM is the premier trade body of the IT-BPO companies that have a presence in India and the awards "recognize organizations that have made innovation a part of their DNA and developed extraordinary and pioneering products and services." Tue, 3 Febuary 2010 00:00:00 IST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/article/123/airtight-enhances-wlan-performance-and-forensics-for-risk-management-and-security.html Mountain View, CA - January 5, 2010 - AirTight Networks, the leading provider of wireless security and compliance solutions, announced today the availability of SpectraGuard 6.0. The release applies AirTight's approach of simplicity and ease of use for wireless LAN security to WLAN performance management and forensics, adding what the company calls Smart Forensics and Predictive Performance. Tue, 5 January 2010 00:00:00 PST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/article/123/airtight-wireless-dos-attack-prevention-named-top-security-innovation-for-2009.html Mountain View, Calif. - December 10, 2009 - AirTight Networks, the leader in wireless intrusion prevention systems (WIPS) and services, today announced that Infosecurity Magazine (India) has named AirTight's unique technology to counter wireless denial of service attacks one of the Top 10 Security Innovation in 2009. Thu, 10 December 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/article/123/wlan-security-with-no-compromise-airtight-and-trapeze-announce-strategic-partnership.html Mountain View, Calif. - November 18, 2009 - AirTight Networks the leader in wireless intrusion prevention systems (WIPS) and services, today announced a strategic integration partnership with Trapeze Networks, a Belden brand (NYSE: BDC), to provide customers of both companies with the best WLAN performance coupled with the highest levels of WLAN security. Wed, 18 November 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/article/123/airtight-networks-brings-comprehensive-wireless-intrusion-prevention-to-mcafee-security-innovation-a.html Mountain View, Calif. - October 6, 2009 - AirTight Networks, a leader in wireless intrusion prevention systems (WIPS), today announced that it has joined the McAfee Security Innovation Alliance^TM to provide customers of both companies with a robust wireless security solution which mitigates against current and emerging threats, regardless of where attacks are launched, including at the endpoint. Tue, 06 October 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/article/123/airtights-wireless-vulnerability-management-service-now-integrates-into-qualysguard-pci-connect-sec.html Mountain View, CA - September 23, 2009 - AirTight Networks, the global leader in wireless security and compliance solutions and services, announced that its unique SaaS wireless intrusion prevention system (WIPS) is now fully integrated into the QualysGuard PCI Connect launched earlier this year. PCI Connect provides an on demand platform bringing together multiple security solutions into one unified end-to-end business application for PCI DSS compliance and validation. AirTight is the first and only wireless security vendor to provide an automated, cost effective means to meet the PCI DSS wireless scanning requirement with lower operational costs and no capital investment. Wed, 23 September 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/article/123/latest-reported-cisco-wlan-access-point-vulnerability-underscores-need-for-strong-wips-protection-a.html Mountain View, Calif. - August 31, 2009 - AirTight Networks, the leader in wireless intrusion prevention systems (WIPS), today announced that customers using AirTight's SpectraGuard are best protected from the recently discovered flaw in the Cisco WLAN operation which allows a hacker to "skyjack", or take control of, a Cisco lightweight access point. SpectraGuard Enterprise is the only proactive wireless intrusion prevention system available today with strong zero-day protection to guard against such vulnerabilities because of AirTight's patented marker packet technology and VLAN Policy MonitoringTM architecture. Mon, 31 August 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/article/123/airtight-rated-positive-in-leading-industry-analyst-firms-marketscope-on-wireless-lan-intrusion-p.html Mountain View, CA., August 4, 2009 - AirTight Networks, the global leader for wireless intrusion prevention products and services today announced that Gartner, Inc., the leading provider of research and analysis on the global information technology industry has rated AirTight "Positive" in Gartner's 2009 Marketscope for Wireless LAN Intrusion Prevention Systems report. The July 2009 report was authored by John Girard, VP, Distinguished Analyst and John Pescatore, VP, Distinguished Analyst at Gartner. Tue, 04 August 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/article/123/airtight-launches-new-low-cost-wireless-pci-scanning-services-new-offerings-satisfy-pci-dss-require.html Mountain View, CA - July 22, 2009 - AirTight Networks, the leading provider of wireless intrusion prevention systems (WIPS) and the first and only company to offer a hosted wireless security and vulnerability management service, today announced the addition of two new entry level PCI compliance scanning services to its SpectraGuard Online portfolio. The new services provide merchants of all sizes with a simple, cost effective and automated way to meet or exceed the PCI DSS wireless requirement which mandates quarterly scanning of ALL locations for wireless threats with no capital outlay or additional administrative resources. Wed, 22 July 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/article/123/airtight-receives-us-patent-for-router-ap-rogue-detection.html Mountain View, CA - June 30, 2009 - AirTight Networks, the global leader in wireless security and compliance solutions, today announced it has been granted US patent number 7,536,723 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for router AP rogue detection techniques. Rogue APs can get connected to enterprise wired networks accidentally or by malicious actions without the knowledge of the network administrator. Intruders can access enterprise wired network from RF coverage of rogue APs bypassing traditional wired and wireless security controls. As a result, it is important for any wireless intrusion prevention system (WIPS) to continuously track APs visible in the enterprise airspace to determine if any of them is connected into the enterprise wired network and thus poses a security threat. Tue, 30 June 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/article/123/airtight-networks-launches-blog-on-wlan-and-wireless-security.html Mountain View, CA. - June 29, 2009 - As the leading provider of wireless intrusion prevention (WIPS) products and services, AirTight Networks has launched a new Blog to help organizations garner insights and exchange information about WLAN security and emerging wireless technologies and threats. The blog will feature commentary and podcasts from AirTight experts to help educate IT departments and security professionals on subjects including: Mon, 29 June 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/article/123/studies-of-airport-and-financial-district-wifi-risks-reveal-continuing-pattern-of-poor-wireless-secu.html Mountain View, CA. - May 29, 2009 - Over the past 14 months, AirTight Networks issued the findings from its studies of wireless security vulnerabilities at 26 airports worldwide and seven financial districts which indicate that many organizations have WLANs that are poorly protected against the risks posed by the proliferation of WiFi enabled devices and appear to lack visibility into wireless threats which would allow them to enforce wireless security and compliance policies. Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/article/123/airtight-spectraguard-enterprise-now-provides-triple-redundancy-for-five-9s-wireless-security-uptime.html Las Vegas, NV - May 19, 2009 - AirTight Networks, the leading provider of wireless security and compliance solutions, announced today at Interop 2009 the availability of new appliances and additional functionality for its SpectraGuard Enterprise WIPS product. SpectraGuard Enterprise now supports SA-250 and SA-350 appliances providing fail over redundancy in one appliance. With the new appliances, SpectraGuard Enterprise provides three levels of redundancy. Tue, 19 May 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/article/123/airtight-receives-us-patent-for-its-unique-technology-to-counter-wireless-dos-attacks.html Mountain View, CA - May 18, 2009 - AirTight Networks, the global leader in wireless security and compliance solutions, today announced that it has been granted a U.S. patent number 7,496,094 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for its unique technology to counter wireless denial of service (DoS) attacks. Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/article/123/airtight-study-of-financial-districts-airspace-reveals-wi-fi-security-risks.html Mountain View, CA. - May 13, 2009 - There appears to be a very high incidence of wireless vulnerabilities and poor wireless security practices in the financial districts of seven cities according to the results of a survey released today by AirTight Networks, the industry leader for wireless security and compliance solutions. AirTight issued the findings of its Financial Districts Scanning Report for wireless security vulnerabilities in the financial districts of New York, Chicago, Boston, Wilmington (DE), Philadelphia, San Francisco and London. Wed, 13 May 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/select_category/28/article/123/airtight-joins-hp-procurve-one-alliance-partner-program.html Mountain View, CA - April 20, 2009 - AirTight Networks, the global leader in wireless security and compliance solutions, announced it has joined the QualysGuard PCI Connect Ecosystem launched today at the RSA Conference 2009 by Qualys. AirTight is integrating its unique SpectraGuard Online service to provide automated data feeds for wireless vulnerability management into QualysGuard PCI Connect. Mon, 20 April 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/select_category/28/article/123/airtight-joins-hp-procurve-one-alliance-partner-program.html Mountain View, CA - January 26, 2009 - To provide customers with a reliable and cost-effective wireless intrusion prevention solution for 802.11abg and 802.11n environments, AirTight Networks today announced it has joined the HP ProCurve Open Network Ecosystem (HP ProCurve ONE) partner alliance. AirTight, the leading provider of wireless intrusion prevention systems (WIPS), is partnering with HP ProCurve to provide a seamless integration of wireless security into any network infrastructure using AirTight's SpectraGuard Enterprise product. Mon, 26 Jan 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/article/123/national-center-for-missing-exploited-children-locks-down-its-airspace-with-airtight.html Mountain View, CA - December 1, 2008 - AirTight Networks, the leading provider of wireless intrusion prevention products and services, today announced the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) will use AirTight SpectraGuard Enterprise to monitor and protect its WLAN airspace. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/article/123/maidpro-cleans-the-air-with-airtights-spectraguard-online-saas-solution.html Mountain View, CA - November 24, 2008 - AirTight Networks, the global leader for wireless intrusion prevention (WIPS) and wireless vulnerability management (WVM), today announced MaidPro, one of the fastest growing franchise cleaning companies in the nation, has implemented AirTight's unique wireless vulnerability management solution, SpectraGuard Online - the world's first wireless vulnerability management solution offered as software-as-a-service (SaaS). Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/article/123/airtight-extends-international-coverage-of-its-ip-with-uk-patent-for-wips-now-holds-11-patents.html Mountain View, CA - November 12 ,2008 - AirTight Networks, the leading provider of wireless intrusion prevention products and services today announced that it has been granted a UK patent, number 2410154, by the UK Intellectual Property Office. This patent is based on AirTight's seminal WIPS patent in the U.S., number 7,002,943, titled "Method and System for Monitoring a Selected Region of an Airspace Associated with Local Area Networks of Computing Devices." Earlier, AirTight received Australian patent, number 200429804, based on this U.S. patent. Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/article/123/airtight-adds-upgrade-to-spectraguard-to-protect-against-newly-discovered-tkip-wpa-hack.html Mountain View, Calif.- November 10 2008 - AirTight Networks, the leading provider of wireless intrusion prevention systems (WIPS) and wireless vulnerability management, today announced an upgrade will be added to its SpectraGuard Enterprise product to provide WPAGuardTM - the ability to detect, prevent and locate an attacker using the newly discovered Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP) vulnerability on Access Points (AP) using Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) encryption protocol. Two researchers, Erik Tews and Martin Beck have partially broken the TKIP in less than 15 minutes and will demonstrate this attack at PacSec 2008 in Tokyo this week. Mon, 10 Nov 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/article/123/industrys-first-fully-supported-always-on-80211n-wips-solution-now-available-from-airtight.html Mountain View, Calif. - September 23, 2008 - AirTight Networks, the leading provider of wireless intrusion prevention systems (WIPS) and wireless vulnerability management, today announced the general availability of its SpectraGuard 802.11n Solution Tue, 23 Sep 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/article/123/airtight-demonstrates-its-market-leading-wireless-intrusion-prevention-technology-at-two-prestigious.html Mountain View, Calif. - September 18, 2008 - AirTight Networks, the leading provider of wireless intrusion prevention systems (WIPS) and wireless vulnerability management (WVM), will demonstrate its market-leading WIPS technology next week at both the OWASP NYC AppSec 2008 Conference in New York City and the PCI Security Standards Council Community Meeting in Orlando, Florida. In addition to providing attendees at both events an opportunity to learn about the best practices for deploying and defending their WLAN infrastructure, AirTight is pleased to provide free WiFi Internet access and wireless security monitoring for the attendees at the OWASP meeting. AirTight is the only WIPS vendor to offer a fully supported 802.11n WIPS solution including the first MIMO security sensor Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/article/123/airtight-launches-80211n-wlan-coverage-estimator-free-tool-to-estimate-coverage-security-and-bill.html?referrer=rss Mountain View, CA. AirTight Networks, the global leader for wireless vulnerability management, announced today that David Taylor, Research Director of the PCI Knowledge Base will reveal additional findings and answer questions about the recent PCI Compliance Study conducted by the Knowledge Base, a research program designed to help merchants, assessors, banks, processors and vendors anonymously share PCI knowledge and experience. Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/article/123/airtight-awarded-patent-on-robust-location-tracking-technology.html?referrer=rss Mountain View, CA. AirTight Networks, the leading provider of wireless intrusion prevention systems (WIPS) and wireless vulnerability management, announced today that it has been awarded another U.S. patent, number 7,406,320, by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The patent covers robust location tracking technology for applications such as wireless intrusion prevention systems and asset tracking for WiFi networks. AirTight now has a total of seven U.S. patents and one Australian patent. It has more than 25 U.S. and international patents pending, many of which are undergoing active examination at patent offices of various countries and are expected to be granted this year. Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/article/123/airtight-launches-industrys-first-fully-supported-80211n-wips-solution.html?referrer=rss Mountain View, CA. AirTight Networks, the leading provider of wireless intrusion prevention systems (WIPS) and wireless vulnerability management, today announced the introduction of its SpectraGuard 802.11n Solution Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/article/123/airtight-rated-positive-in-leading-industry-analyst-firm-marketscope-on-wireless-lan-intrusion-pre.html?referrer=rss Mountain View, CA. AirTight Networks, the global leader for wireless intrusion prevention products and services today announced that AirTight has been rated "Positive" in Gartner's MarketScope for Wireless LAN Intrusion Prevention Systems report. The July 2008 report was authored by John Pescatore, VP, Distinguished Analyst and John Girard, VP, Distinguished Analyst at Gartner. Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/article/123/airtight-granted-another-patent-on-accurate-autoclassification-technology-also-extends-coverage-of-1.html?referrer=rss San Francisco, CA. AirTight Networks, the leading provider of wireless vulnerability management products and services, announced today that AirTight chairman and CEO, David King, will join a panel of wireless experts at the Interop Conference taking place in Las Vegas April 27 through May 2. The Conference blends thought leadership across the range of IT areas with a focus on interoperability-more important than ever as a new wave of technologies promises unprecedented access to information and increased productivity. Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/browse/1/article/123/airtight-granted-another-patent-on-accurate-autoclassification-technology-also-extends-coverage-of.html?referrer=rss San Francisco, CA. AirTight Networks, the leading provider of wireless vulnerability management (WVM) solutions and the first wireless security company to offer WVM on-demand, today announced at RSA 2008 that it has been awarded another U.S. patent number 7,339,914, by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), for its fully automated and accurate autoclassification technology. Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/browse/1/article/123/airtight-finds-good-news-and-bad-news-for-wireless-security-best-practices-at-rsa-2008.html?referrer=rss San Francisco, CA. AirTight Networks, the global leader for wireless vulnerability management, today issued the findings from its wireless vulnerability assessment of the airspace at the event. Wed, 9 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/browse/1/article/123/airtight-expands-study-of-airport-wireless-security-risks-results-reinforce-findings-of-earlier-sca.html?referrer=rss San Francisco, CA. AirTight Networks, the global leader for wireless vulnerability management, today issued the findings from its second study of wireless security vulnerabilities at airports worldwide. The goal of the studies is to assess the adoption of security best practices for Airport WiFi networks and to assess the information security risk exposure of laptop users and wireless networks at airports in the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia. For this study, scans at an additional 13 airports were added to the original group of facilities scanned in the first study. Wed, 9 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/browse/1/article/123/research-director-from-pci-knowledge-base-will-discuss-findings-from-its-research-study-on-pci-compl.html?referrer=rss San Francisco, CA. AirTight Networks, the global leader for wireless vulnerability management, announced today that David Taylor, Research Director of the PCI Knowledge Base will reveal additional findings and answer questions about the recent PCI Compliance Study conducted by the Knowledge Base, a research program designed to help merchants, assessors, banks, processors and vendors anonymously share PCI knowledge and experience. Tue, 8 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PST http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/news/press-releases/pr/browse/1/article/123/airtight-networks-co-sponsors-important-research-study-on-pci-compliance-from-the-pci-knowledge-base.html?referrer=rss San Francisco, CA. AirTight Networks, the global leader for wireless vulnerability management, announced today at the opening of RSA 2008 in San Francisco that it has co-sponsored a new report from The PCI Knowledge Base, a research program designed to help merchants, assessors, banks, processors and vendors anonymously share PCI knowledge and experience Tue, 8 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PST