User's Guide

AirTight Management Console User Guide
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Wireless Intrusion Prevention System
A Wi-Fi network is easy to set up by way of access points. Small plug-and-play devices can act as access
points. Smart phones and tablets that are now widely used, are also Wi-Fi enabled. They can act as
mobile hotspots. Wireless clients can connect to any such access points and easily access a network that
is not adequately protected against such wireless threats. Thus, a network can become vulnerable to
wireless attacks. It is therefore important to understand and control the authorized and unauthorized
access to networks.
A proper wireless intrusion prevention (WIPS) policy needs to be in place to prevent unauthorized access
to a network. The rules for wireless intrusion prevention into the network can be configured using
Configuration>WIPS.
You can set the rules for WIPS using the options seen under Configuration>WIPS.
AirTight Management Console provides you the flexibility to set a generic WIPS policy for all locations in
the organization, or a location-wise WIPS policy for individual locations. You can have WIPS activated at
some locations and deactivated at others.
Make sure that you have defined your location tree before you can proceed with WIPS configuration.
You must have administrator privileges to do the WIPS settings.
Specify the authorized WLAN policy templates to identify authorized APs, using
Configuration>WIPS>Authorized WLAN Policy. This is inherited, by default, from the parent location. It
can also be customized for a location.
Configure the policy to auto-classify the APs detected by AirTight WIPS, using Configuration>WIPS>AP
auto-classification. This is inherited, by default, from the parent location. It can also be customized for a
location.
Configure the policy to auto-classify clients detected by AirTight WIPS, using
Configuration>WIPS>Client auto-classification. This is inherited, by default, from the parent location. It
can also be customized for a location.
Define the intrusion prevention policy, using Configuration>WIPS>Intrusion Prevention. This is
inherited, by default, from the parent location. It can also be customized for a location.
Activate or deactivate intrusion prevention for the selected location, using
Configuration>WIPS>Intrusion Prevention Activation. This is location specific. You need to first select
the desired location from the location tree. Then you use the Intrusion Prevention Activation option to
activate or deactivate intrusion prevention for this location.
Import device lists that can be referred to for AP/Client classification, using Configuration>WIPS>Import
Devices. This is location specific. You need to first select the desired location from the location tree. Then
you use the Import Devices option to import devices for this location.
You can manage banned device list with the Configuration>WIPS>Banned Device List option.
You can manage hotspot SSID list with the Configuration>WIPS>Hotspot SSIDs option.
You can manage hotspot SSID list with the Configuration>WIPS>Vulnerable SSIDs option.
You can manage the smart device types used in smart device detection with the
Configuration>WIPS>Smart Device Types option.
You can lock the list of authorized AP and/or clients for a location using the
Configuration>WIPS>Device List Locking option.