Aerohive, Aruba Networks announce cloud based WLAN management services, is wireless vulnerability scanning far behind?
October 29th, 2009
It seems that WLAN management and security are finally moving to the cloud. See the recent announcements by Aeohive (October 27) and Aruba Networks(October 29).
Enterprises, namely SMBs, now have multiple options and price points for managing their wireless networks. We saw this trend about 18 months ago when AirTight decided to release a SaaS verion of our wireless IPS, SpectraGuard Online.
With the introduction of these new offerings, it will be interesting to see if the ASV’s begin to offer wireless vulnerability scanning. They already offer cloud based vulnerability scanning services for the wired network, why not wireless??
Best practices, Compliance, PCI, Wireless scanning, Wireless security
Hey Mike,
What has been AirTight’s experience with the SAAS offering ? it will give a fair idea about the potential of Aruba’s new initiative.
Thanks for the question Sunil. AirTight’s experience has been very positive to date. AirTight’s customers love the fact that their is little to no administration required on their part to maintain the servers, rollout upgrades, monitor system availability etc. But the most compelling factor is that this is an OpEx item (operational expense) vs. a large upfront capital expense (CapEx). Since Aruba and Aeohive customers are facing the same issues that our customers are dealing with – less IT resources and smaller budgets. Aruba’s and Aerohive’s customers should be happy to have this option available and I think it will be successful.