Code Red Introduces Sticky Wireless Software

(Product News, 8 Apr 2008)

Code Red Systems has launched AirStop - Sticky Wireless Edition, its latest version of AirStop Endpoint Security software, which features the company's "Sticky Wireless" technology that forces users to "stick" to a particular wireless network and prevents connection to unauthorized wireless networks. The software is used to enforce corporate wireless security policy by enabling system administrators to define one or more authorized secure networks. Mobile users are then forced to connect to the authorized networks and will be disconnected if an attempt is made to connect to an unauthorized wireless network.

The market need for Sticky Wireless was first brought to Code Red's attention by PCS Security, a well known provider of data security solutions in Asia. It seems that in places where there are municipal Wi-Fi networks with extensive coverage, corporate users find themselves connecting to insecure public networks, rather than their own secure corporate network. The solution to this problem called for a way to make sure that users connect only to secure corporate wireless networks and prevent connection to unauthorized insecure networks.

Code Red's experts integrated their AirBlock technology into their existing AirStop product, which already provided a mechanism for controlling communications adapters and storage devices on laptop computers. This enabled them to provide the Sticky Wireless functionality, which has resulted in a much more robust and comprehensive wireless endpoint security offering.

"We were well aware of the problem and already knew how to implement the 'Sticky Wireless' solution based on a combination of our existing technologies," said Drew Tick, CEO of Code Red Systems. "Once we saw interest from potential customers in the Asian market, we felt the time was right to introduce this important feature."

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