Meru Assures Highest Security for its 802.11n WLAN Solution

Meru Networks (News - Alert), the leader in 802.11n virtualized wireless LAN solutions for enterprise networking, announced that its SG1000 Wireless Security Gateway currently supports 802.11n deployments, making Meru the only wireless LAN (WLAN) solution provider delivering 802.11n solutions built to the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 140-2 Level 3 security specifications.

Federal agencies, financial firms and commercial entities alike can experience the performance, predictability and scalability of Meru's 802.11n virtualized wireless LAN (WLAN) solutions with the highest security assurance available in the marketplace today.

"The growth of wireless technology has created new security challenges for customers trying to provide a flexible but secure infrastructure. Our FIPS 140-2 Level 3 validation for 802.11n deployments is just one example of how Meru is leading and shaping the WLAN industry," said Ram Appalaraju (News - Alert), senior vice president of marketing, Meru Networks.

According to the NIST Computer Security Division, Meru delivers the highest level of US Government FIPS security validation among WLAN vendors. Furthermore, the company’s fully-integrated Service Assurance Platform offers comprehensive security functionality including rogue detection and mitigation in both 2.4 GHz and 5 GHz bands, a signature-based Wireless Intrusion (News - Alert) Detection and Prevention (WIPS) to detect and counter wireless security issues.

Meru WLAN FIPS 140-2 Level 3 is the first to provide tamper-proof hardened epoxy shell devices that cannot function if broken and have the ability to be deployed without physical monitoring. Meru localizes the FIPS security services to a platform decoupled from, yet coexisting with, the overall WLAN, allowing the WLAN to be upgraded independent of the FIPS offering.

As the only WLAN vendor to offer this level of secure architecture, Meru follows the principle of containing and separating critical security functions from non-security-related operations. Customers are able to use the latest available WLAN software without waiting for a year-long FIPS verification process that is required for each version and build of the cryptography firmware.

The SG1000 Wireless Security Gateway meets the Department of Defense (DoD) Directive 8100.2 with use of Commercial Wireless Devices, Services, and Technologies in the DoD Global Information (News - Alert) Grid (GIG). SG1000 supports over 3,000 users in one appliance, offers strong 802.11i AES encryption and uses certificate-based EAP-TLS to authenticate all users.

Meru’s wireless networking technology has recently been deployed at Colston's Girls' School, a leading language Academy, to accelerate the use of mobile learning throughout its campus and migration towards an All-Wireless Enterprise.