New, Faster, Wireless Rogue Tracing and Containment

By Alan Harten

AirMagnet Inc has announced a new twist on the problem of tracing and blocking rogue devices that are physically connected to an enterprise network.

Unlike previous solutions for wireless LAN security systems the new set up does not use just one tracing mechanism, it makes use of a combination of elements.

Named the Enterprise 8.1 the new performance and compliance solution centralises an array of sensors and complimentary tracing techniques to rapidly search out problems. It then learns from each incident until it has a clear picture of the network.

The new version has additional rogue management capabilities and is also considerably more scalable for the distributed and centralised environments.

This means operators can select how many resources they want to dedicate to certain functions or incidents.

The system is adept at identification of unwanted and unauthorised devices that have been connected physically somewhere in a company’s WLAN.

Older tracing systems often required manually defining all switches in the environment.

The Enterprise 8.1 uses multiple tracers which can search wired or wireless components, and the company says their new toy does this all much faster than other company’s products.

Rogues are a serious threat to enterprise wireless networks, the quicker that they can be found the quicker they can be dealt with and so the less damage is caused.