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Trapeze Networks RF Firewall: Location-Based WLAN Security New Carlisle OH

The Trapeze RF Firewall is a perimeter security application that works in conjunction with the Trapeze LA-200E. For example, a company may decide to deny network access to anyone located outside the building. The Trapeze LA-200E Location Appliance is able to discern exactly where someone with their Wi-Fi device is located.
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Trapeze Networks RF Firewall: Location-Based WLAN Security

Written by Trapeze Networks   
Thursday, 02 July 2009 13:29
PLEASANTON, Calif., June 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Trapeze Networks, a Belden brand (NYSE: BDC), announced global availability of the Trapeze RF Firewall™, a location-based firewall securing wireless LAN networks (WLANs).  The Trapeze RF Firewall is the first application available on the new Trapeze LA-200E Location Appliance, also announced today.  (See June 29, 2009 press release, "Demand for Location Services Driving Trapeze Networks to Deliver High Capacity Solutions.")

The Trapeze RF Firewall is a perimeter security application that works in conjunction with the Trapeze LA-200E.  For example, a company may decide to deny network access to anyone located outside the building.  The Trapeze LA-200E Location Appliance is able to discern exactly where someone with their Wi-Fi device is located.  Based on that information, the RF Firewall refers to the enforced policy, denying access to the network inside.  This type of firewall thwarts a wide variety of hacking / cracking techniques. 

In what is possibly one of the largest cybercrimes committed to-date, thieves parked outside a TJ Maxx department store used their wireless laptops to read transactions processed by Wi-Fi-connected cash registers inside the store.  Ultimately, 45,000,000 credit card numbers were stolen.  A Trapeze RF Firewall running on a Trapeze LA-200E could have located the notebook in the parking lot and stopped it from connecting to the network.

The Trapeze RF Firewall delivers these capabilities and benefits:

·        Location-Based Perimeter Security - RF Firewall creates a virtual location-based firewall around facilities and prevents unauthorized access from attackers attempting to break into a wireless network using high-gain antennas, spoofed MAC addresses, broken encryption keys, and stolen credentials and devices.  Using location as a part of authentication procedures, outsiders are kept off the network to prevent systematic attacks commonly mounted from outside.

·        Location-Based Policy Enforcement - RF Firewall allows IT / security personnel to define, manage and control a hierarchy of network administration and security policies.  Strict access and authentication policies are defined based on physical boundaries - e.g., inside or outside the building, public spaces or employee areas.

·        Ac...

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