130 Aruba 802.11ac Wireless Access Points Blanket Nearly One Million Square-Foot Convention Center Protecting Thousands of Security Experts and Show Attendees
Aruba Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:ARUN) successfully designed, deployed and
operated a secure wireless LAN (WLAN) for the Black Hat USA 2014
Conference held in Las Vegas, August 2-7, protecting thousands of
attendees’ laptops and mobile devices from dozens of pervasive and new
security threats. In addition to protecting conference attendees from
malicious attacks, Aruba provided Wi-Fi speeds in excess of 550 Mbps
when downloading – a speed that is more than 55 times greater than the
average bandwidth speed in the United States.
Black Hat USA returned to Las Vegas for its 17th year to bring together
the world’s largest gathering of networking professionals and hackers
for a week of security education, networking and skill building. This
year’s conference marks the fifth time that Black Hat has selected Aruba
as the official Wi-Fi provider. Aruba’s ability to safeguard network
infrastructures against wireless security threats was put to the test at
this year’s event. Aruba created multiple, parallel Wi-Fi networks to
deliver both an open and secured network option for attendees.
Key Security and Wireless Networks Statistics:
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Exceeded 1,150 concurrent users
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Network Preference: 45% of attendees used Aruba Secure Access Network
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Secured Network User Split: 63% on the WPA2-PSK network and 37% on the
Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol (PEAP) network
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Most Common Attack: Block
acknowledgement (Block ACK) Denial of Service attack with 2,376
events detected
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Secondary Attacks Detected: AP Impersonation Attack (776 events
detected), Deauthentication attack (522 events) and Power Save DoS
attacks (372 events)
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2,187 firewall rule violations logged (94% of these blocking
peer-to-peer traffic)
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Fastest Wi-Fi Device Performance: 545 Mbps download
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Top Three Most Popular Mobile Devices/Operating Systems: Apple OS X,
iPhone, Android (variety of device manufacturers)
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Top Three Most Visited Sites: Google Docs, Facebook and Speedtest.net
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Top Two Social Media Sites: Facebook and Twitter
The wireless network, which covered the nearly one million square foot
facility in the Mandalay Bay Convention Center was quickly deployed in
less than one day. The wireless hardware infrastructure consisted of 130
Aruba AP-225 802.11ac access points, Aruba 7200 Series controllers, and
Aruba S-Series Ethernet switches. To deliver unmatched security and
network visibility, Aruba’s deployed AppRF
technology and Aruba
AirWave Network Management. AppRF provides network operators with a
real-time snapshot of how the network is being utilized and offers fast
and simplified drill-downs that show more detailed application usage
information. AirWave efficiently manages an entire network – from a
single site to across the world –through a single pane of glass, making
it easy to keep service level agreements on track.
About Aruba Networks, Inc.
Aruba Networks is a leading provider of next-generation network access
solutions for the mobile enterprise. The company designs and delivers
Mobility-Defined Networks that empower IT departments and #GenMobile, a
new generation of tech-savvy users who rely on their mobile devices for
every aspect of work and personal communication. To create a mobility
experience that #GenMobile and IT can rely upon, Aruba Mobility-Defined
Networks™ automate infrastructure-wide performance optimization and
trigger security actions that used to require manual IT intervention.
The results are dramatically improved productivity and lower operational
costs.
Listed on the NASDAQ and Russell 2000® Index, Aruba is based in
Sunnyvale, California, and has operations throughout the Americas,
Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific regions. To learn more,
visit Aruba at http://www.arubanetworks.com.
For real-time news updates follow Aruba on Twitter
and Facebook,
and for the latest technical discussions on mobility and Aruba products
visit Airheads Social at http://community.arubanetworks.com.
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Networks®, Aruba The Mobile Edge Company® (stylized), Aruba
Mobility-Defined Networks™, Aruba Mobility Management System®, People
Move Networks Must Follow®, Mobile Edge Architecture®, RFProtect®, Green
Island®, ETips®, ClientMatchTM, Virtual
Intranet AccessTM, ClearPass Access Management
SystemsTM, Aruba InstantTM,
ArubaOSTM, xSecTM,
ServiceEdgeTM, Aruba ClearPass Access
Management SystemTM, AirmeshTM,
AirWaveTM, Aruba CentralTM,
and “ARUBA@WORKTM. All rights reserved. All
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Aruba Networks, Inc.
Pavel Radda, +1-408-419-0294
Director of Corporate Communications
pradda@arubanetworks.com
or
LSH Communications for Aruba Networks
Lori Hultin, +1-818-879-4651
Principal
lhultin@arubanetworks.com