Primary Response Air Cover FAQ
What is Primary Response Air Cover?
Primary Response Air is security software that runs on laptop computers and
assists with the setup and configuration of wireless connections to prevent
inadvertent or unauthorized access to the computer or to the wireless network
to which it is attached. Protection afforded by Primary Response Air Cover
helps to reduce the risk of losing personal identity and other critical information
that may be at risk via unprotected wireless connections.
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What does Primary Response Air Cover
do?
Primary Response Air Cover provides wireless security for mobile users. Unprotected
wireless activities put the mobile computer at the risk of hacking, snooping
or data theft. Primary Response Air Cover protects the mobile computer wherever
it goes, work, home or away.
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What are the key
capabilities of Primary Response Air Cover?
- Ability to create multiple profiles to match the requirements of connecting
mobile computers into different wireless networks whether they are used at
home, at work, or away from their normal operating environment
- Wireless risk level assessment and instructions on how to reduce the risk
- Connection monitoring and event logging and notification to inform the
mobile computer user of potential threats to the wireless connection
- Automatic shutdown when the mobile computer is under attack from an inadvertent
or unauthorized wireless connection
- Enhances the security profile of the system to add additional protection
against hackers intent on stealing personal identity or critical information
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What wireless threats does
Primary Response Air Cover protect against?
- Rogue access points: unauthorized access points that are
deployed with a malicious intent
- Unauthorized connections: wireless devices that are not
authorized access through a wireless network
- Ad-hoc networks: a self-configuring network of mobile
systems that are connected and open to access for malicious purposes
- MAC spoofing: MAC Address spoofing uses another's MAC
address to gain unauthorized access to a network
- Honey pot APs: an attacker’s AP that is set up in close
proximity to lure connections to capture, use and or sell critical login
and account information
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Why should I be concerned about wireless
threats?
The following quotes represent the increasing market share mobile computers
are achieving. Whether you are a casual laptop user, a professional who uses
one at work and at home, or a road warrior that spends most of your time on
the road, protecting the assets on your computer becomes a more significant
challenge. Primary Response Air Cover gives you the layer of protection you
need to render your machine immune from these wireless threats.
- More than 59 million cyber assaults originate in North America alone in
an average 24-hour period (Consumer Reports, July 2006)
- In 2007 86% of employees in the US will be working on laptops (Gartner)
- In May 2005, notebook sales accounted for 53% of the total US PC market,
outpacing desktop sales for the first time (Current Analysis, July 2005)
- By 2008, 75% of the sales and services workforce worldwide will be mobile.
(Gartner)
- 2005 FBI Computer Crime Survey - US Companies alone lost $67B due to malware
and PC theft. Despite the fact that 98.2% had AV software and 90.7% had personal
firewalls.
- Malicious code navigates open ports, disables firewalls and infects the
network before signature based fixes or patches can be deployed.
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How does Primary Response
Air Cover enhance my systems security profile?
Establishing the right security profile for a system entails understanding
what threats that system is susceptible to. Mobile devices that are connected
via wireless networks have an additional threat vector that is not present
in systems connected to a hard-wired network. The ability of wireless hackers
to access, infect and sometimes control systems continues to grow. This particular
vector cannot be protected by antivirus or other software that looks for specific
signatures of a software threat that is resident on the system. Wireless hackers
can get into a system and wreak havoc by bypassing legacy prevention software
to inject malicious code, hi-jack the wireless connection for malicious purposes,
or simply take over the machine as if it were their own. The only way to prevent
these attacks from occurring is by protecting the wireless configuration of
the system to remove the possibility of hackers breaking into the system. Primary
Response Air cover provides that protection regardless if you are at home,
at work or on the road by assessing the wireless risk level and instructing
the user on how to configure the system to minimize the risk level.
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