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AirTight^® Networks is the global leader in wireless security and compliance solutions. AirTight's patented technology protects enterprises from the growing problem of Wi-Fi security threats, while allowing organizations to better manage their WLAN environment and comply with emerging wireless compliance standards (i.e. PCI). The Company's award-winning SpectraGuard wireless intrusion prevention solution (WIPS) family provides enterprise security and compliance professionals with unparalleled capabilities to accurately detect, classify, block and locate all Wi-Fi security threats, while helping network operations staff to quickly monitor and troubleshoot WLAN performance issues. AirTight's pioneering Cloud Services family of cloud-hosted subscription services delivers the world's first and only "No Capex" multitenant WIPS, PCI wireless compliance and controller-less WLAN access solutions all in a single device. 

AirTight's award-winning solutions are used by customers globally in the government, financial, retail, hospitality, telecom, technology, manufacturing, transportation, healthcare and education sectors.  .

AirTight has a true global presence with its strong executive team in the heart of Silicon Valley, California and large, robust R&D and engineering teams in Pune, India, which are overseen by the original founders of the company.

Patent Portfolio

AirTight owns the seminal patents for wireless intrusion prevention technology and has established a comprehensive WIPS intellectual property portfolio which includes "a method and system for monitoring a selected region of an airspace associated with local area networks of computing devices," and covers key technologies that are fundamental elements of wireless intrusion prevention systems. AirTight has  23 U.S.  and International  (UK, Australia, Japan) patents granted and more than 20 additional patents pending.

Industry Recognition

Gartner - Wireless LAN Intrusion Prevention Systems MarketScope 2011 - Strong Positive
Gartner - Wireless LAN Intrusion Prevention Systems MarketScope 2010 - Positive
Gartner - Wireless LAN Intrusion Prevention Systems MarketScope 2009 - Positive
Gartner - Wireless LAN Intrusion Prevention Systems MarketScope 2008 - Positive
Gartner - Wireless LAN Intrusion Prevention Systems MarketScope 2006 - Positive
AirTight is the only WIPS vendor to receive a "positive" rating in four MarketScope reports and "Strong Positive" in one Marketscope report published by Gartner for Wireless LAN Intrusion Prevention Systems.

The Tolly Group, Benchmarking Strategies for Wireless Intrusion Prevention Systems (Jan'2007)
The Tolly Group, Evaluating Wireless Intrusion Prevention Systems (Feb'2006)
Tower Group, Wireless Intrusion Prevention Systems
Frost and Sullivan 2008 North America Network Endpoint Protection Customer Value Enhancement Award
Frost and Sullivan 2008 Market Share Advancement Award
InfoSecurity, Top 10 Security Innovations in the Year 2009 , AirTight WDoS prevention,December 2009
PCPro, SpectraGuard Enterprise Review
SC Magazine, Airtight SpectraGuard, 5 Stars
TechWorld, AirTight SpectraGuard, wireless LAN security review
InfoSecurity Products Guide, Global Product Excellence Awards - Customer Trust 2007
Mobile Village, Mobile Gold Star Award in Enterprise Software Category
eWeek, SpectraGuard Enterprise 5.0 Review
Information Security Magazine, Review of Wireless Intrusion Prevention Systems (WIPS)

Technology

AirTight Networks' products incorporate industry-leading (patented) technology that encompasses several areas, among them:

• Detection and Auto-Classification of wireless devices and events to automatically determine which of them are authorized and which represent a threat
• Robust Intrusion Prevention of multiple, simultaneous wireless threats as hackers know that multiple threats often can break down a company's defenses
• Industry's first 802.11n sensor platform which is backward compatible with abg legacy installations
• Accurate Location Tracking so that wireless threats can be dealt with quickly and efficiently
• Predictive RF Planning for both wireless APs and security sensor placement and coverage to avoid or reduce the need for costly site surveys

Products

SpectraGuard Enterprise:
May 2005, 3.0 Release; August 2005, 3.1 Release; November 2005, Colubris InCharge RF Manager;December 2005, 4.0 Release
May 2006, Siemens HiGuard (OEM); April 2006, 4.x Release;June 2006, 5.0 Release
February 2007, 5.2 Release; June 2007, 3Com AirProtect Enterprise; October 2007, 5.5 Release; June 2007, SpectraGuard Enterprise and SAFE, Common Criteria EAL-2 Certification
November 2008, 5.7 Release
May 2009, 5.9 Release
January 2010, 6.0 Release; July 2010, 6.2 Release
April 2011, 6.5 Release

SpectraGuard Online:
April 2008, 1.0 Release
December 2008, 5.7 Release
May 2009, 5.9 Release
January 2010, 6.0 Release

SpectraGuard SAFE:
January 2006, 1.0 Release; June 2006, 2.0 Release
March 2008, 2.5 Release
May 2009, SAFE 2.7 Release
January 2010 SAFE 3.0 release

SpectraGuard Planner:
May 2005, 3.1 Release; October 2005, Colubris InCharge RF Planner
October 2006, 4.0 release
March 2007, 3Com AirProtect Planner  
September 2008, 5.0 Release

Customers

AirTight and its technology partners serve 1200 customers including: Adesa Corp., Assa Abloy ITG, C.E. Unterberg, Towbin (CEUT), USAID, U. S. Army, New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority, ICICI Bank, Celcom, Ketera Technologies, Hesperia Unified School District, Palm Beach County School District, John C Lincoln Health Network, Maine Medical Center, Synergy Health, QuickChek, GNC, Puma, GORE, Ryder,  Lloyds, Hong Kong International Terminals, Harlow City Council, Essex, UK, and many other global financial, government, retail, manufacturing, transportation, education, healthcare, telecom, and technology organizations.

Partners

AirTight Networks' technology partners include ArcSight, CheckPoint, Wild Packets and Broadcom.. AirTight Networks has a parallel OEM distribution strategy, licensing the technology to wireless LAN/networking equipment vendors and/or security equipment vendors for integration into their solutions. WLAN OEM partnerships include HP, Enterasys and 3Com/ H3C/Tipping Point and others;WLAN partners include, Trapeze Networks (Belden), Aerohive, Avaya (Nortel) and Meru; Security partners in clued McAfee, Qualys, Trustwave and Rapid 7;.Channel partners include, General Dynamics, VADition, Insight Networks, Accuvant, Fishnet Security, Telus, SK telecom and SoftBank.