VeriSign to Launch Wireless IPS Service

VeriSign today will roll out a new wireless intrusion prevention service aimed at securing corporate WLANs. The new VeriSign Wireless Intrusion Prevention Service (IPS) is based on IPS and WLAN monitoring technology from AirMagnet, VeriSign's partner in the new offering.

VeriSign's wireless security service represents one of the key growth areas Roper plans to focus on, according to Mike Denning, vice president of security services for VeriSign. "In particular, enabling mobile transactions and enabling a mobile workforce," Denning says, including PCI compliance.

But the new service is obviously well-timed, coinciding with recent revelations that the TJX breach was caused by hackers' interception of data from a WLAN in a Marshalls clothing store via a rogue wireless antenna.

The new Wireless IPS service falls under VeriSign's Managed Security Services offerings, which previously had been dedicated to wired networks. WLAN technology isn't new to VeriSign, however: The company also has separately offered "WLAN enablement services" as well as wireless security consulting.