Synopsys is deploying AirDefense solutions to protect its wired corporate network from unauthorized wireless LANs and enforce security and management policies across its sanctioned wireless LANs.
As part of its global wireless LAN deployment to 81 offices in 11 countries, Synopsys, the world leader in semiconductor design software, needed a scalable, enterprise-class and centrally managed solution that could provide real-time rogue detection, intrusion protection, policy enforcement and network monitoring across all network segments.
"Synopsys evaluated the market for WLAN monitoring, including AP switching and scanning vendors, and quickly recognized the need for a dedicated sensor- based system with centralized policy monitoring and enforcement," said Van Nguyen, director of security for Synopsys. "Only AirDefense could provide this level of security and policy enforcement. Synopsys chose AirDefense for their robust intrusion detection engine that does not overwhelm you with false positives."
The AirDefense security and monitoring system is based on the patent- pending technology that incorporates distributed sensors and an appliance. The remote sensors monitor all wireless LAN activities 24x7 and communicate with the appliance, which correlates and analyzes the data to provide scalable, centralized management of real-time rogue detection, policy enforcement, intrusion protection and health monitoring of the wireless LAN.
"As part of our market evaluation, we saw that AirDefense offered a cost- effective solution to monitor all 81 company sites. With distributed smart sensors reporting back to an appliance in the Synopsys datacenter, bandwidth consumption was never an issue with AirDefense. With stateful monitoring combined with its advanced data correlation, AirDefense is the clear market leader and the only viable choice for wireless LAN monitoring," Nguyen said.
Synopsys is the world leader in electronic design automation (EDA) software for semiconductor design. The Company delivers technology-leading semiconductor design and verification platforms to the global electronics market, enabling the development of complex systems-on-chips (SoCs).
AirDefense pioneered the concept of 24x7 monitoring of the airwaves and now provides the most advanced solutions for rogue WLAN detection, policy enforcement, intrusion protection and monitoring the health of wireless LANs. As a key element of wireless LAN security, AirDefense complements wireless VPNs, encryption and authentication.