GigabitWirelessSecurity

WIRELESSANDSECURITY
Publicperceptionsofwirelesssecurityhave,toa largeextent,grownoutofexperienceswithearly wirelessLANtechnologiesthatwerenotoriousfor beingeasytointerceptand/orjamwith interference.Gigabitpointtopointwirelesslinks standinsharpcontrasttotheseearlyproducts,not justintermsoftheirmassivebandwidththey provide,butalsointermsofthehighdegreeofdata securitytheyoffer.BridgeWaveGigabitandFast Ethernetwirelesslinksofferunprecedentedlevelsof datasecurity,notjustincomparisontoother wirelessproductsbutevenincomparisontotheir wiredcounterparts.BridgeWavelinksoffer physicallayersecuritythatexceedsfiberoptic cablingandlayersontopofthisbothstateoftheart securenetworkmanagementandthestrongestdata encryptiontechnologyavailableonthemarket.Ina worldwherenetworkorganizationsareexpectedto takeeveryreasonablesteptoensurethesecurityof sensitiveemployee,customerandorganization information,BridgeWavesadvancedsecurity solutionsprovideconfidenceandpeaceofmind.

BETTERTHANFIBERPHYSICAL LAYERSECURITY
BridgeWave60GHzand80GHzlinkantennasfeature verynarrowbeams,ontheorderofonedegree,that stronglyfocustheRFenergyonapathdirectly towardstheintendedpeerradio.Acomparablysized 5GHzantennahasabeamwidthovertentimesas wide,transmittingandreceivingsignalswellbeyond thelocationoftheintendedreceiver,whilecreating thepossibilityofreceivingharmfulinterferencefrom otherradiolinks.TheseRFspatialpipeseffectively isolateagivenradiolinkfromothernearbyradio linksoperatinginthesamefrequencybands,and makeiteffectivelyimpossibletointerceptorjamthe RFsignalwithoutphysicallyblockingtheintendedRF path.Whenoneconsidersthetime,effort,and certaintyofdetectionassociatedwithphysically insertinganotherradiosystemdirectlyintooneof thesespatialpipes,itbecomesclearthatthisnarrow beamtechnologyprovidesagreaterdegreeof physicalsecuritythaneveninterbuildingfiber conduitruns.

Narrowbeams:
Resistinterception Immuneto interference Enablehigh density deployments Allowuseoflarge RFchannels

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SECUREMANAGEMENTOPTION
Fornetworksthatrequiremore thanbasicpasswordprotected accesstotheradiolink embeddednetwork managementagents, BridgeWaveoffersanoptional securitymanagementpackage featuringsecure(encrypted) HTTPSnetworkmanagement accessfromtheadministratorsPCtotheradiounit managementagent,andtheabilitytocontroluser accesstothemanagementagentthroughthe networksRADIUSuserauthenticationserver.This solutionprovidessecuremanagementaccessthat complieswithdemandingUSArmyIMODprogram requirementsaswellasofferingtheeaseofnetwork administrationthatcomeswithcentralizedaccess control.CombinedwithbothSYSLOGandSNMP basedauditloggingmechanisms,andthestandard abilitytoconfigurelinksforeitherinbandoroutof bandmanagement,thispackageprovidesnetwork administratorsthetoolstoseamlesslyintegrate BridgeWavelinksintotheirsecuremanagement subnets.

256BITAESENCRYPTIONOPTION
BridgeWavelinksprovideavery highdegreeofphysicallayer security,butitisnowpossibleto takesecuritytothenextlevelby layering256bitAES(Advanced EncryptionStandard)securityon topofphysicallayersecurity.Overthelastfew years,therehavebeenmanyhighlypublicized breachesofsensitiveemployee,customer,and organizationinformation.OrganizationscountonIT administrationstafftotakeallprudentstepsto safeguardagainstsuchdisclosures.Toaddressthis requirement,BridgeWaveisthefirsttooffergigabit linkswithbuiltin256bitAES,thestrongestlevelof encryptionavailable.256bitAESallowsforover1077 uniqueencryptionkeysandisspecifiedbytheUS governmenttosafeguardTopSecretinformation. Notonlyisthistheencryptionstandardofchoice, butBridgeWavesimplementationoperatesatfull GigabitEthernetlinespeedandaddsonlytwo microsecondsofpacketlatency!Thisisamajor improvementovercostlytraditionalgigabit encryptionsolutionsthatrequireexternalboxesand resultinreducednetworkcapacitiesandincreased packetlatencies.BridgeWaveoffersthissolutionat anaffordablepricepoint,appropriatefor mainstreamenterprise,governmentandoperator applications.

BridgeWaveCommunications,Inc.
3350ThomasRoad,SantaClara,CA95054 Ph:866.577.6908|Fax:408.567.0775

www.bridgewave.com