WLAN Leader to Demonstrate Integration With Microsoft Technology at RSA
Conference Booth # 1115
RSA, SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Aruba Networks, the Mobile
Edge Company, is publicly demonstrating interoperability between its Mobile
Edge portfolio of products and Microsoft Network Access Protection (NAP)
technology for the first time at the RSA Conference. Aruba is demonstrating
how enterprises can use NAP to securely extend mobility. The demonstration is
taking place in Microsoft's Partner Pavilion at RSA Conference 2006, currently
being held in San Jose at the McEnery Convention Center. The integration of
NAP and Aruba's Mobile Edge architecture enables enterprises to set security
and compliance policies that follow each user throughout the mobile network
while ensuring the integrity of different devices connected to the network.
"User demand for mobility and security has placed new mandates on
enterprises to secure their network infrastructure without taxing IT
resources," said Mike Schutz, group product manager of the Windows Server
division at Microsoft Corp. "Industry partners such as Aruba are paramount to
the success of our mutual enterprise customers. Aruba's advanced, multi-
layered security capabilities add unique value to the Microsoft Network Access
Protection technology and will enhance end-to-end network security."
With Aruba's NAP-enabled Mobile Edge architecture, corporations can now
introduce new security measures that were once impossible to achieve with
traditional networking components. Unlike other WLAN systems, Aruba's products
are identity-based, allowing corporations to tie stateful security policies to
users as they authenticate, then have those policies follow them as they move
throughout the network-even when connecting from remote locations. IT
departments, in turn, can implement a true "defense-in-depth" security
framework that seamlessly overlays any existing IP data network while
delivering enterprise mobility.
NAP for Windows Vista and Windows Server "Longhorn" is a platform
technology designed to protect networked assets by enforcing compliance with
network access and security policies, determining access based upon validated
client health state, and coordinating endpoint remediation services to ensure
ongoing compliance. NAP builds policy enforcement capabilities into the
Windows Vista and Windows Server "Longhorn" operating systems that allow
Aruba's system of mobility controllers and controlled wired and wireless
access points to enforce quarantine conditions for non-compliant devices. Once
in a quarantine state, unhealthy clients are prevented by the Aruba network
infrastructure from communicating with any other clients. NAP then provides
for automatic remediation to bring client devices back into compliance.
"Aruba has always been at the forefront of mobility and security, and our
integration with Network Access Protection is another example of how we're
protecting our FORTUNE 500 customers while delivering the mobility they
demand," said Merv Andrade, Aruba's chief technology officer. "Microsoft's
Network Access Protection program represents an important industry initiative,
building an ecosystem of best-of-breed technologies to develop applications
and end-to-end solutions with which to better serve customers. Aruba is very
pleased to be a part of this effort."
Combined with NAP, Aruba's centralized mobility controllers serve as
effective policy control points in the network. Network traffic from mobile
users is concentrated and processed in the mobility controller, where it can
be compared against policy rules pushed by the Microsoft Network Policy Server
(NPS). Powering each mobility controller, the ArubaOS operating system
provides the following functionality to enhance NAP:
-- Identity-Based Security applies policies and rules based on user
identity rather than physical port, IP address, or MAC address. By
uniquely terminating both encryption and authentication in the same
device, the mobility controller knows with 100% certainty whether a
given packet was sent by an authenticated user. Even if that user-or
malicious software running on that user's device-changes a MAC or IP
address, the mobility controller still applies the same policy.
-- Stateful Per-User Firewall gives each user or device a unique set of
firewall policies to tightly control network access. ArubaOS implements
a full stateful ICSA-certified firewall in hardware to apply flexible
rules based on source address, destination address, type of service,
time of day, physical location, authentication method, and user
identity.
-- Universal Authentication permits devices to authenticate to the network
in multiple ways. Aruba mobility controllers support 802.1x
authentication, VPN authentication, and Captive Portal web-based
authentication simultaneously over the same wired port or wireless
SSID. In this way, clients connecting to a wired port or to a wireless
SSID can use whatever authentication protocol for which they are
configured, meaning that no client is locked out of the network.
The full functionality of NAP will be available as part of Windows Vista,
the next version of the Windows operating system, and as part of the next
version of Windows Server, code-named "Longhorn." Support is also planned for
Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. Support in ArubaOS is available
immediately.
About Aruba Networks, Inc.
Aruba Networks is a fast-growing enterprise infrastructure company
enabling the mobile edge, an evolutionary new network architecture that
addresses three top concerns of IT managers-mobility, security, and
convergence. The mobile edge extends the reach of enterprise networks,
providing secure access to information and voice services anywhere a user
needs them, enabling new applications, allowing organizations to compete more
effectively, and bringing about dramatic economic benefits. To deliver the
mobile edge, Aruba manufactures and markets a complete line of fixed and
modular mobility controllers, wired and wireless access points, and an
advanced mobility software suite. Privately held and based in Sunnyvale,
California, Aruba has operations in the United States, Europe, the Middle
East, and Asia Pacific, and employs staff around the world. To learn more,
please visit Aruba at http://www.arubanetworks.com .
NOTE: Aruba Networks and Aruba The Mobile Edge Company are trademarks of
Aruba Wireless Networks, Inc. All other trademarks or registered trademarks
are the property of their respective holders. Specifications are subject to
change without notice.
SOURCE Aruba Networks, Inc.
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Related links:
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CONTACT:
Don Reckles of Aruba Networks, Inc.,
+1-408-329-5108, or dreckles@arubanetworks.com; or Jay Nichols of
Sterling Communications, Inc., +1-415-392-2300, or
jnichols@sterlingpr.com, for Aruba Networks, Inc.
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