According to Jay Chaudhry, co-founder of AirDefense, the company’s patent-pending technology provides a complete WLAN security platform to monitor and secure WLANs from all unauthorized users.

"WLAN sniffers and scanners now on the market offer very limited security because they only scan samples and stationary snapshots of the airwaves," Chaudhry said. "With its state analysis engine, AirDefense provides 24x7, real-time monitoring of all WLAN traffic and correlates the data among its multi-dimensional intrusion detection engine to identify security risks."

• Deployed on multiple platforms, including rack-mounted servers and mobile devices
• Managed remotely using a standard Web browser and secure connection
• WLAN intrusion detection system based on multiple detection technologies designed for Layer 1 and Layer 2 of 802.11 protocols
• Intrusion detection engine identifies security threats based on the following:

• Signature verification
• Protocol analysis
• Policy deviations
• Statistical anomalies

AirDefense’s built-in features allow an enterprise to perform the following:

• Identify security risks, which are then prioritized to alert the greatest threats
• Maintain 24x7, real-time WLAN monitoring
• Detect intruders and prevent attacks
• Set and enforce WLAN usage policies
• Conduct fault diagnostics and performance analysis

AirDefense received a vote of confidence from Pete Lindstorm, director of security strategies for Hurwitz Group, when he said, "Until [the release of AirDefense’s WLAN security solution], WLAN security solutions lacked a true intrusion detection system that provided stateful security where every WLAN session is monitored to guard against session hijacking, spoofing and session theft."