Panelists Examine Strategic Approaches to Security for WLAN and Wide Area Wireless Deployments


San Francisco, CA - March 22, 2008 - 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.

When: April 29, 11:30 AM
Where: Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV
What: Wireless Security and Management: New Challenges, New Opportunities

Wireless has traditionally been deployed as an overlay strategy with only minimal interface points to the rest of IT. But with wireless becoming the default and even primary access for an ever-increasing number of users in the enterprise, the requirement for integrated security and management strategies is now evident. This session will review the key strategic approaches to wireless security and management for both wireless LAN and wide-area wireless deployments.

Moderator: Lisa Phifer, Vice President, Core Competence
Speakers: Ahmet Tuncay, Senior Vice President of Product Management and Marketing, Trapeze Networks
                    David King, Chairman and CEO, AirTight Networks
                    Greg Murphy, COO, AirWave Wireless

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

AirTight Networks and the AirTight Networks logo are trademarks; AirTight, SpectraGuard and VLAN Policy Mapping are registered trademarks of AirTight Networks, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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