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Upping The IPS Ante

Posted by John Kindervag on July 30, 2008

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My colleague at Forrester, Chris Silva, recently commented upon the recent Air Defense acquisition by Motorola.  Looking at the deal through the security lens, I completely agree with Chris that this will help ease integration of wireless security into wireless infrastructure.  It's good to see one of the major wireless brands step up and take wireless security seriously.  Perhaps that other major wireless vendor will get the hint...

Upping The IPS Ante


Motorola announced this week its intentions to acquires Wireless IDS/IPS vendor AirDefense.
The acquisition may provide a bit of deja vu to readers who recall the
acquisition of Network Chemistry's wireless IDS/IPS assets by Aruba
Networks in 2007.

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Wireless as Fashion

Posted by John Kindervag on July 14, 2008

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As a security guy, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the security ramifications of wireless connectivity.  Wireless has evolved from a single protocol, 802.11b, to a veritable alphabet soup loosely defined as "Mobility."  We now have 11a/b/g and maybe n, Bluetooth, RFID, CDMA, Wi-Max, and a bunch of other stuff that all provides wireless access, often without even a thought of security.  As people scramble to have the latest, coolest, most connected devices in the company, they are tossing security right out the window.

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