WIPS

By installing an AirDefense WIPS license, you add the ability to detect wireless attacks to your network and analyze anomalous behavior of devices in your network. Meaningful security problems are detected while events that cause false alarms are filtering out.

AirDefense WIPS protects your network from threats such as:

• Reconnaissance
  • Rogue APs
  • Open/mis-configured APs
  • Ad-Hoc networks
• Sniffing
  • Dictionary attacks
  • Leaky APs
  • WEP/WPA/LEAP cracking
• Masquerade
  • MAC spoofing
  • Evil twin attacks/Wi-Phishing attacks
• Insertion
  • Man-in-the-middle attack
  • Multicast/broadcast injection
• Denial-of-service attacks
  • Disassociation
  • Duration field spoofing
  • RF jamming

AirDefense WIPS can mitigate wireless threats via the air by disabling wireless connections between intruders and authorized devices. A WIPS license enables the Air Termination feature which is extremely precise at ensuring that only the offending device is prohibited from operating.

Port suppression is also enable to identify switch ports that have offending devices connected to them. Once detected, the port is turned off to prevent the rogue device from accessing the network.

A WIPS license also enables Sensor Monitoring which is added to the i tab. Sensors are used to monitor your network for threats.