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AirTight Networks Wins Information Security Magazine Bake-off Beats all key competitors in comparison of WIPS solutions Mountain View, CA - March 3, 2006 - AirTight® Networks, the leading provider of wireless perimeter security solutions, today announced that its SpectraGuard® Enterprise was ranked first among four competitors in the March 2006 review of Wireless Intrusion Prevention Systems (WIPS) published in Information Security Magazine.   Information Security did an independent review of these four systems, evaluating them on five key criteria:      ease of installation & configuration,    policy configuration & enforcement,  automatic classification & blocking,  overall security features, and  monitoring, alerting, & reporting.  AirTight Networks’ SpectraGuard Enterprise was the only system to get straight A’s on all 5 criteria. SpectraGuard Enterprise was rated “best tool on the market” in this review. This is the first such review to incorporate several key requirements of a WIPS, including security coverage planning for a site, and the requirement for robust intrusion prevention (as opposed to simple detection). The review can be found at: informationsecurity.techtarget.com/magItem/0,291266,sid42_gci1169207,00.html&nbsp; AirTight Networks’ SpectraGuard Enterprise has established its industry leadership position by delivering the key elements of an effective wireless intrusion prevention systems (WIPS):  detecting and correctly classifying wireless threats – to catch all threats, while minimizing false alarms  preventing (multiple, simultaneous) wireless threats – while continuing to scan for new ones  accurately locating the wireless threats on a floor map – so they can be removed This award from Information Security Magazine confirms this perspective – from an independent third-party reviewer.     “This review and number one ranking confirm what we’re hearing from customers in the marketplace,” said Dennis Tsu, vice president of marketing at AirTight Networks. “Just as we saw in the wired security market, the wireless security market is in the middle of the migration from wireless intrusion detection to wireless intrusion prevention – for many of the same reasons enterprises moved this way on the wire. The requirement for a true WIPS solution – plays to AirTight Networks’ strength as the recent Tolly Group report demonstrates. And just last week, we received a US patent on the fundamental technologies involved in building and delivering a WIPS. The market, as demonstrated by this review and ranking, is acknowledging AirTight’s leadership.”   AirTight Networks’ family of products include SpectraGuard® Enterprise, SpectraGuard Sentry, SpectraGuard Planner, and SpectraGuard SAFE (Security Agent For Endpoints) products. As shown in the recently released Tolly Group report, AirTight’s SpectraGuard Enterprise outperforms its competitors in wireless intrusion prevention functionality.   About Information Security Magazine Information Security is the enterprise security and risk managers' leading source of critical, objective information on strategic and practical security issues. Information Security's team of veteran security journalists and experts break down the security problems challenging enterprises and provides practical resolutions. Our in-depth, comprehensive reports and analyses provide security managers - department managers to CXOs - with the tools, knowledge and information they need to make informed decisions for securing their enterprises, complying with regulations and standards, and reducing risk. Our critical analysis of technology and products provide security managers with a guide for budgeting and purchasing decisions, and how to navigate the $20 billion security market. Our trends reports, case studies and industry-leading exposes provide security managers with insight into how their peers are addressing and solving key security issues. And, our policy and process and technology guides provide security managers with knowledge of how to implement best practices and tools for securing IT assets and measuring performance and effectiveness. Information Security is an indispensable guide for any security manager and executive charged with protecting information assets and reducing risk. 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