AirTight SpectraGuard WIPS Named a Hot Security Product for Healthcare by ChannelWeb

Editors Place AirTight on 10 Hot Security Products List at HIMSS

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."

Wireless networking has become the backbone of many healthcare organizations and a critical component of patient care. Point of care applications, voice over Wi-Fi (such as Vocera) and instantaneous access to patient records depend on a robust, reliable and secure Wi-Fi network. SpectraGuard applies AirTight's approach of simplicity and ease of use for wireless LAN security to WLAN performance management and forensics, adding what it calls Smart Forensics^TM and Predictive Performance^TM.

"Wireless networking has evolved from a mere convenience to a critical component of patient care and safety," said David King, Chairman and CEO of AirTight. "The increasing dependence on the Wi-Fi network demands greater reliability. Interruptions and poor performance are not an option. We are pleased that ChannelWeb chose to honor SpectraGuard out of the many products displayed at HIMSS and to recognize its value to health care organizations which need not only to protect data but also to understand the performance of their WLANs."

The Smart Forensics dashboard tracks and analyzes network threats, providing details on prevention status and past client associations. The WLAN performance dashboard examines network performance by category, location, APs and clients and tracks trending in coverage, configuration, interference and bandwidth by time. The 6.0 release adds IPv6 support and pricing is based on WIPS licenses, deliverable to health care and other organizations in an on-demand package.

Availability and Pricing

AirTight SpectraGuard Enterprise 6.0 is available immediately. Forensics and Performance Management are enabled by an advanced WIPS license and are available for both SpectraGuard Enterprise and SpectraGuard Online, AirTight's unique on demand WIPS service. Please contact sales@airtightnetworks.com for pricing information.
 
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About AirTight Networks
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 owns the seminal patents for wireless intrusion prevention technology with 23 U.S. and international patents granted to date (UK, Australia Japan) and more than 20 additional patents pending. AirTight Networks is a privately held company based in Mountain View, CA.

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