Cyberoam has announced a series of wireless network security appliances - CR15wi, CR25wi and CR35wi which come with an in-built wireless access point featuring 802.11 n/b/g standards, MIMO technology and support for up to eight virtual access points. The appliances deliver the entire battery of UTM security features over WLAN for protecting home offices, remote offices as well as public Internet access outlets.
Abhilash Sonwane, Vice-President - Product Management, Cyberoam, said, "Organizations are usually comfortable securing their wired networks. However, they can be oblivious to the threats posed by wireless networks. For instance, when providing Internet access to guest users, a common pre-shared key is used for authentication, a technique which lacks identity-based controls. Cyberoam helps organizations overcome these threats to meet security compliance requirements using its patent-pending 'Layer 8' technology which allows security administrators to gain complete visibility over user activity in the network."
As a key business benefit, Cyberoam's wireless security appliances reduce the overall cost in managing WLAN environments for SMBs up to 50 users which involve Wi-Fi routers and firewalls. The appliances have been designed as a single-point solution to replace them.
Among other benefits of Cyberoam's wireless security appliance solutions, the usage of MIMO and 802.11n technology improves throughput and range values, thus enabling faster handling of video streaming and high bandwidth downloads.
