Date: 07/10/2009

A wireless security solution from AirTight with McAfee Security Innovation

AirTight has joined the McAfee Security Innovation Alliance to provide a robust wireless security solution for current and emerging threats, where attacks are launched, including at the endpoint. AirTight also provide integration between SpectraGuard Enterprise and McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePOTM) software.

SpectraGuard Enterprise offers proactive, automated wireless intrusion prevention with strong zero-day protection to guard against wireless vulnerabilities. AirTight's patented packet technology and unique VLAN Policy Mapping architecture allows to detect a mismatch between wired and wireless assets and security policy settings, which in turn allows protection against many attack sequences which can be launched over access points.

"A security vendor must constantly watch, assess, evaluate and respond quickly to the needs of its customers because enterprises face aggressive opponents determined to steal their data," said David King, Chairman and CEO of AirTight. "But acquiring technology to address all attack vectors creates significant cost and complexity and delivers suboptimal protection, particularly since existing tools generally cannot share information, coordinate threat intelligence feeds, or correlate security events. By integrating the best of breed technologies into a single pane of glass, McAfee is delivering a more complete security solution to customers while lowering operational costs."

"A key goal behind the McAfee Security Innovation Alliance program is to accelerate the development of interoperable security products and simplify the integration of those products with complex customer environments," said Ed Barry, senior director, McAfee Security Innovation Alliance. "AirTight has been an innovator in the wireless security space and was a logical fit for SIA, as its products are built to provide a high level of wireless security."