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Firms wishing to move on from simple wireless LAN (WLAN) deployment to securing and monitoring their infrastructure and generating real-time compliance reports may be tempted by the latest upgrade of AirMagnet’s enterprise system. Telecommunications firm Motorola has acquired AirDefense, provider of wireless LAN security. We cannot stop growing identity theft trends by burying our heads in the sand. With the introduction of every innovative technology come new opportunities for cybercriminals to prosper. AirMagnet Enterprise delivers active full-time protection against the entire spectrum of wireless threats such as denial-of-service attacks, MAC spoofing, fragmentation attacks and other types of wireless hacking and reconnaissance tools. Threats can be traced, located and blocked, and the results saved for analysis. The widespread dissemination of information and processing power has created a constantly evolving security dilemma: how to create and provide access to secure networks. There is little doubt the enterprise Wireless LAN (WLAN) market is booming. Worldwide WLAN hardware revenue is expected to top $3.7bn USD in 2007 (Infonetics), with over 50% of enterprises deploying WLANs by 2006 (Meta Group). The wireless LAN market is a niche market set to gain greater momentum. There is little doubt the enterprise Wireless LAN (WLAN) market is booming. Worldwide WLAN hardware revenue is expected to top $3.7bn USD in 2007 (Infonetics), with over 50% of enterprises deploying WLANs by 2006 (Meta Group). Top vendors and security teams were honoured Tuesday night at the 2007 SC Magazine Awards in San Francisco. The gala took place during RSA Conference 2007, the industry's top information security conference. AirMagnet is unusual in that it specialises in protecting wireless LANs, a very pertinent capability given the proliferation of wireless devices in the enterprise and the security headaches this can bring. The company's approach is also quite novel in that specialist hardware-based sensors are deployed and networked back to a software-based management server. A few years ago, the notion of carrying around a phone with communicator-like capabilities would have sounded far-fetched. Yet, the arrival of dual-mode phones and wireless LAN phone systems is rapidly changing our ideas about mobility. Intel is reporting several vulnerabilities in its Centrino wireless drivers that could lead to remote code execution and an attacker assuming control of a system. Despite the name, this is not similar to the endpoint products in this month’s endpoint security group test, hence its inclusion here on its own. Defending your wireless LAN may seem an impossible task, says Dave Piscitello, but you can do it more easily than you may think If I say the word security to you, what comes to mind? Do you think of the access card keys that allow you into your buildings; firewalls to protect your IT infrastructure; or cameras to monitor facilities? Perhaps you think of how to protect the data on your laptop if it is stolen. Whax is a penetration testing and auditing live CD based on SLAX. Live CDs are bootable CDs (or USB flash disks), usually based on Linux, which can be booted on a PC to make specific tools available without modifying the host system. Live CDs are perfect for disaster recovery and forensic work, but are also popular among hackers as a whole suite of attack tools can be brought to bear on a system without leaving a trace. The Zywall 70 is a multifunction security appliance and VPN concentrator designed for up to 200 users. It ships with a range of functional elements, including a stateful inspection firewall offering DoS and DDoS Protection and VPN support for 100 IPsec connections at a time. Federal agencies have not secured their wireless networks, despite well-known risks associated with WLANs, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office. Industry standards play a critical role in R&D, product development and marketing initiatives which in turn help organizations meet their business objectives. Stealth implementation of remote access systems is creating a security nightmare, new surveys have revealed. Companies are failing to create adequate polices to govern the safe use of Blackberrys, laptops and smartphones, leaving holes through which systems can be compromised.