Newbury Networks Announces WiFi Watchdog 3.0
With 802.11 WLAN Monitoring and Security for Enterprises

Key Features Include Perimeter Security, Detection and Notification on Precise Location of all 802.11 Traffic, Ease of Implementation

San Jose - Dec. 3, 2003 /Wi-Fi Technology News/- Newbury Networks Inc., the provider of the industry's first and only Wireless Detection SystemT (WDS), today announced WiFi WatchdogT 3.0 here at the Wi-Fi Planet Conference and Exposition.

Through its patented location technology, WiFi Watchdog 3.0 provides unprecedented 24x7 wireless monitoring and security capabilities enabling enterprises to prevent outside intruders from penetrating the network and legitimate inside users from associating with neighboring wireless networks outside or overlapping the enterprise.

"WLANs will be the largest growing wireless security problem faced by enterprises through 2008," said John Girard, vice president and research director, Gartner. "As enterprises are looking ahead, putting WLAN monitoring into the security budget could go a long way toward solving these critical wireless security issues."

WiFi Watchdog works with any standard wireless LAN (WLAN) deployment to detect, monitor and secure the location of all 802.11 traffic. It identifies any type of 802.11 device -- authorized or unauthorized - as well as rogue access points and then immediately alerts IT personnel of any intruder actions. WiFi Watchdog utilizes Newbury's LocalePoint sensors to monitor all channels on the 802.11b, 802.11g and 802.11a standards.

"In today's complex wireless enterprise networking infrastructure, if you don't know where the device is, you don't know what it is," said Michael Maggio, president and CEO of Newbury Networks. "So many times enterprise IT and security personnel are either sent on "treasure hunts" to track down alleged rogue access points or flooded with false alarms from devices that may or may not be harmful to the network. With WiFi 3.0, enterprises now have a solution that provides accurate and reliable alerts and data for efficient policy enforcement in addition to bulletproof perimeter security capabilities to prevent the intruders from getting onto the network in the first place."

To address the critical security issues enterprises face in today's networks and applications, WiFi Watchdog 3.0 provides the following key features:

? Physical Perimeter Security - WiFi Watchdog 3.0 creates a virtual location based firewall around facilities and prevents unauthorized access from any 802.11 sources attempting to hop onto a network. Because WiFi Watchdog 3.0 monitors the wireless environment 24x7, it keeps a watchful eye on intruders and provides IT/Security personnel with actionable location information and the origin of these attempted intrusions.
? Authentic Rogue Access Point Detection - By leveraging Newbury Networks' patented location technology, WiFi Watchdog 3.0 alerts only when a non-sanctioned access point (or any other 802.11 device) is detected and operating within a chosen location or facility. This selective and accurate detection is ultimately what determines a rogue device versus a device that's outside the perimeter causing no harm to users or the network. Location becomes the key factor in determining what's rogue and what's not, eliminating potentially myriads of false-positives found in other wireless IDS tools
? Comprehensive Intrusion Prevention - WiFi Watchdog 3.0 correctly and reliably identifies common attacks that threaten today's enterprise networks - connection hijacking, man-in-the-middle attacks, MAC spoofing, MAC storms and denial of service attacks. In addition, WiFi Watchdog 3.0 identifies accidental associations to outside networks. IT/Security personnel will ensure that docked laptops do not become "open" ports to the outside world.
? Ease of Implementation - WiFi Watchdog 3.0's set-up and maintenance capabilities allow IT/Security to collect location data and fine-tune the network "out of the box" in just a matter of minutes. Detailed location information is captured instantaneously with Watchdog's automatic calibration techniques so enterprises can build physical perimeters (inside and outside) quickly and easily.

Pricing and Availability
WiFi Watchdog 3.0 is available immediately and is priced starting at $29,995.

About Newbury Networks
Newbury Networks Inc. is the provider of the industry's first and only Wireless Detection System (WDS) that enables IT professionals at enterprises, government and military facilities, and public hotspots to detect, secure and monitor WLANs by location. Newbury's flagship product, WiFi Watchdog, provides unprecedented security through its unique location-based tracking and monitoring capabilities. In addition to its core application platform, LocaleServer, Newbury offers specialized packaged applications for organizations to rapidly enable services and applications for network and content provisioning by location.

Unlike traditional wireless "sniffers" and network management solutions, Newbury's products provide breakthrough capabilities for monitoring and managing WLANs by location - ultimately resulting in enhanced security and system performance. And unlike other location-based offerings, its server-based approach enables content and network provisioning, tracking, logging and analysis. Newbury Networks was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Boston.