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AirTight Expands Security Beyond Wi-Fi; Offers Complete Wireless End Point Solution SpectraGuard SAFE Incorporates Wireless Multi-band Threat Prevention Protects Corporate Road Warriors and Mobile Employees from Malicious Wireless Hackers Anywhere They Travel Mountain View, CA - April 24, 2007 - AirTight® Networks, the leading provider of wireless intrusion prevention solutions, today announced an enhanced version of SpectraGuard® SAFE, which protects laptop users from rapidly proliferating wireless attacks such as Evil Twin, wireless phishing, ad hoc networking and more. AirTight Networks is the only company to expand beyond Wi-Fi and offer a complete wireless policy management and enforcement solution including WiFi (802.11 a/b/g/pre-n), Bluetooth, GSM, EvDO, CDMA, and infrared interfaces.   Enterprises are struggling to keep up with the rapid proliferation of various wireless technologies. A wide range of wireless technologies are either built into the newer laptops or can be easily added using external cards. However, most enterprises do not have a well defined policy for wireless usage, or don’t have the means to enforce it. This lack of attention to wireless security is increasingly making wireless the favorite mode of attack for hackers. Several large retail and enterprise breaches in recent years are clearly indicative of this pattern.   “Although wireless technologies offer great benefit to the enterprise, they also represent a threat to enterprise IT security – whether the user is in the office or on the road,” said Dave Goodman, CTO of Hudson Advisors, a financial/real-estate management firm in Dallas. “SpectraGuard SAFE, as a client-side security offering, represents a vital component of our total wireless security solution.”   SpectraGuard SAFE is client (laptop) software that manages and secures the wireless connections made from that device. SAFE protects corporate mobile laptop users from malicious attacks on all the major wireless technologies commonly in use. A well thought-out management interface allows IT administrators to define corporate wireless policies and then automatically push them to individual SAFE users for anywhere, anytime enforcement.   “Business travelers need to connect in airports, hotels and coffee shops in order to conduct time-critical business,” said Sri Sundaralingam, director of product management at AirTight Networks. “This is fertile ground for hackers who are increasingly using wireless attacks to break into travelers’ laptops and steal valuable information such as personal identity, credit card numbers, customer information, or confidential company information. SpectraGuard SAFE gives IT administrators the ability to enforce unique, location-based security policies.”   ”Unlike every other area of IT, when it comes to security, you’re never really ‘done’,” said Craig Mathias, a Principal with the wireless and mobile advisory firm Farpoint Group (Ashland, MA). “This is especially true for mobile users, connecting to a variety of networks beyond the control of enterprise IT departments. AirTight is to be commended for identifying and addressing this critical issue.”   Pricing and Availability SpectraGuard SAFE is available immediately. Pricing for the enterprise edition of SAFE, starts at $20 per user, plus the SpectraGuard Enterprise server management software. For the next 45 days, AirTight is offering a promotional discount (35 to 50%) both to new customers and its installed base. To learn more about SpectraGuard SAFE, visit: http://www.airtightnetworks.com/home/products/add-on-products/endpoint-protection.html or email: sales@airtightnetworks.com About AirTight Networks AirTight Networks, the industry standard for wireless vulnerability management, is the only company that offers customers a flexible, end-to-end solution that gives them visibility into their wireless security posture and a choice in how to manage it. AirTight provides full wireless intrusion prevention systems (WIPS) and the world’s first on demand wireless vulnerability management service. AirTight’s patented technology delivers the key elements of an effective WIPS to eliminate false alarms, block wireless threats immediately and automatically and locate wireless devices and events with pinpoint precision. AirTight’s customers include global retail, financial services, corporate, education and government organizations. AirTight Networks is a privately held company based in Mountain View, CA. For more information please visit www.airtightnetworks.com Media Contacts: Della Lowe AirTight Networks Tel: +1 (650) 934 8191 della.lowe@airtightnetworks.com AirTight Networks, and the AirTight Networks logo are trademarks; and AirTight and SpectraGuard are registered trademark of AirTight Networks, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. << Back to: Press Releases