Aruba Networks Airewave 7

AirWave 7 is the premier multi-vendor operations solution for rapidly changing networks and increasingly mobile users. As the only operations solution on the market that manages wired and wireless infrastructure as well as mobile devices, AirWave 7 eliminates the need for multiple, single-purpose management tools. Its easy-to-use interface and user-centric approach enables your service desk to triage connectivity issues while your valuable network engineering staff focuses on more strategic work. You also get a simpler way to enforce policies and actionable information that lets you plan for the future.

The results: you save time and money, improve service quality for your users, and make better decisions about your network.

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AirWave 7 operations solutions are used by more than 1,000 organizations, including many Fortune 500 companies and spanning spanning education, government, healthcare, technology, and retail markets.

AirWave 7 Components

The AirWave Wireless Management Suite

The AirWave Wireless Management Suite includes three modules that deliver the core capabilities you need to manage service quality for your users.

• AirWave Management Platform (AMP)
• AirWave RAPIDS™ Rogue Detection Module
• AirWave VisualRF™ Location and Mapping Module

AirWave 7 also offers optional modules:

• AirWave Mobile Device Manager™ (MDM)
• AirWave Master Console & Failover Servers

The Multi-Vendor Vision

Legacy and new networking equipment often need to run side-by-side, in some cases for several years, because of multi-year capital equipment purchasing cycles and the introduction of new networking technology like 802.11n. AirWave 7 eases technology transitions by extending the life of existing capital investments and enabling multi-vendor solutions to be run from a common, centralized network management system. Most wireless vendors offer only proprietary management solutions geared towards their own products. AirWave 7 manages wired and wireless infrastructure from Cisco, Aruba, HP ProCurve, Motorola, Avaya, Foundry, Proxim, 3Com, Trapeze, and Tropos, among others. For more information about the AirWave 7 products, visit www.airwave.com

Compliance Standards

Requirement 1: Install and maintain a firewall configuration to protect cardholder data 

Requirement 2 Do not use vendor-supplied defaults for system passwords and other security parameters

(See 2.1.1)  For wireless environments connected to the cardholder data environment or transmitting cardholder data, change wireless vendor defaults, including but not limited to default wireless encryption keys, passwords, and SNMP community strings. Ensure wireless device security settings are enabled for strong encryption technology for authentication and transmission.

Requirement 4 Encrypt transmission of cardholder data across open, public networks 

4.1.1 Ensure wireless networks transmitting cardholder data or connected to the cardholder data environment, use industry best practices (e.g., IEEE 802.11i) to implement strong encryption for authentication and transmission.

• For new wireless implementations, it is prohibited to implement WEP after March 31, 2009.
• For current wireless implementations, it is prohibited to use WEP after June 30, 2010.

Requirement 9 Restrict physical access to cardholder data

9.1.3 Restrict physical access to wireless access points, gateways, and handheld devices.

Requirement 11 Regularly test security systems and processes

11.1 Test for the presence of wireless access points by using a wireless analyzer at least quarterly or deploying a wireless IDS/IPS to identify all wireless devices in use

GCSX No 9 Intrusion Detection 

GCSX No 11 Wireless Networks