AirTight Wireless DoS Attack Prevention Named Top Security Innovation for 2009

Infosecurity Magazine (India) Recognizes AirTight in Its Top 10

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.

In its Anniversary special issue, the publication said, "AirTight provides unique workflow to counter wireless DoS attacks in its SpectraGuard family of products as follows:

• DoS attack Detection
• DoS Impact Reduction
• DoS Attacker Location Tracking"

"AirTight's mission is to protect our customers from both current and emerging wireless threats," said David King, Chairman and CEO of AirTight. DoS attacks, as noted by Infosecurity, are easy to launch since the tools are freely available. Until now the attacks were very hard to prevent. We are pleased and honored that Infosecurity has recognized SpectraGuard’s unique ability to protect our customers from this prevalent threat which can seriously disrupt business functions.

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.

Media Contacts:
Della Lowe
AirTight Networks
Tel: +1 (650) 934 8191
della.lowe@airtightnetworks.com