Aruba Accelerates Enterprise IoT Adoption with New Automated Security and Next-Gen Wireless Solutions
Announcement posted by Aruba 08 Apr 2019
New AI-powered ClearPass Device Insight and Expanded Wi-Fi 6 Portfolio Extend Aruba’s Innovations in Security, Connectivity and Analytics
Sydney, Australia – April 8, 2019 – Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, today announced new offerings to help enterprise customers accelerate their adoption of IoT. Aruba ClearPass Device Insight, a powerful discovery and profiling solution with automated, machine learning (ML) based fingerprinting, and the Aruba 530 and 550 Series, additions to the family of 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) IoT-ready access points, allow enterprises to remove IoT security and connectivity barriers, while reducing operational costs and the complexity associated with IoT management.
When addressing their IoT strategies, organisations globally are faced with new security and connectivity challenges. There are more than 14 million new connected devices being added to the network every day. The introduction of vastly different device types is increasing exponentially, rendering traditional, manual device profiling techniques inadequate. This makes automation and intelligence key requirements. Additionally, the need to consolidate IoT connectivity for existing and new devices using different protocols is resulting in customer demand for a single, converged platform that supports today’s most prevalent wireless technologies – Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5 and Zigbee.
IoT Security Starts with Visibility: AI-powered Device Discovery and Profiling
Aruba’s new ClearPass Device Insight uses machine learning and crowdsourcing to automate the discovery and fingerprinting of all IP-enabled managed, unmanaged, and IoT devices on any wired and Wi-Fi network – regardless of vendor. Advanced technology from Aruba’s data science repository leverages custom-built deep packet inspection to create behavioural profiles that enable precision fingerprinting. ClearPass Device Insight’s cloud delivery platform leverages shared community learnings to identify previously-unseen devices. Used with Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager and Aruba’s Dynamic Segmentation security capabilities, IT teams can automate authentication and policy enforcement down to the device and user level, applying different access policies or rules based on the role designated for the device. If any device exhibits abnormal behaviour, ClearPass can automatically quarantine or remove it from the network.
According to Gartner, “line of business, operational technology and building automation networks that were historically air-gapped are converging onto the enterprise infrastructure, adding more IoT devices and more attack opportunities[1].” Aruba’s closed-loop approach removes the guesswork and provides IT teams with an automated and intelligent security solution for visibility into this massive volume and variety of devices that are connected to the corporate network, often without IT oversight. Comprehensive details about each device including manufacturer, device location, and even the type of applications the device is running, are displayed on the ClearPass user interface to deliver a complete solution to address IoT visibility and control.
“Being able to easily identify the growing number of wired and wireless IoT device types on our network, without interfering with sensitive medical equipment, is critical to our security and compliance goals,” said Kevin Rothstein, Network Engineer, Sharp Healthcare. “We are evaluating Aruba’s ClearPass Device Insight to help us discover and fingerprint all connected devices on a large scale. When integrated with ClearPass Policy Manager, we will have a powerful closed-loop policy enforcement solution down to each device.”
IoT Connectivity: Wi-Fi 6 APs as a Platform for IoT
Aruba has also expanded its portfolio of next-generation 802.11ax IoT-ready access points to address growing wireless performance requirements as well as accelerate the adoption of IoT solutions. When organisations consolidate multiple networks onto a single, converged infrastructure, IT teams can reduce complexity and improve return on investment when executing their IoT strategy. A converged network simplifies IoT onboarding through automated endpoint discovery and provides a common policy framework for mobile devices, users and things.
Like the 510 Series announced in November 2018, the new 530 and 550 Series APs eliminate the need for IoT gateways and the resulting complicated network management requirements, allowing IT teams to easily connect a diverse set of IoT devices and sensors that utilise different protocols. The support of Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5 and Zigbee protocols on the new APs allow organisations to connect with 74 per cent of today’s IoT devices.
An added benefit of the 530 and 550 Series AP is that Wi-Fi 6 offers improved battery life for battery powered IoT devices. The protocol allows IoT devices to remain inactive until data needs to be transmitted. As a result, battery powered IoT devices realise a significant power savings, reducing the maintenance windows for IT staff. The efficiency improvements in Wi-Fi 6 amount to a faster performing and more efficient infrastructure as well as an enhanced experience for all the clients on the network.
About Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company
Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, is a leading provider of next-generation networking solutions for enterprises of all sizes worldwide. The company delivers IT solutions that empower organisations to serve the latest generation of mobile-savvy users who rely on cloud-based business apps for every aspect of their work and personal lives.
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.
For more information, please contact:
Jenna Woods OR Duyen Nguyen at DEC PR
+61 2 8014 5033 and Aruba@decpr.com.au
When addressing their IoT strategies, organisations globally are faced with new security and connectivity challenges. There are more than 14 million new connected devices being added to the network every day. The introduction of vastly different device types is increasing exponentially, rendering traditional, manual device profiling techniques inadequate. This makes automation and intelligence key requirements. Additionally, the need to consolidate IoT connectivity for existing and new devices using different protocols is resulting in customer demand for a single, converged platform that supports today’s most prevalent wireless technologies – Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5 and Zigbee.
IoT Security Starts with Visibility: AI-powered Device Discovery and Profiling
Aruba’s new ClearPass Device Insight uses machine learning and crowdsourcing to automate the discovery and fingerprinting of all IP-enabled managed, unmanaged, and IoT devices on any wired and Wi-Fi network – regardless of vendor. Advanced technology from Aruba’s data science repository leverages custom-built deep packet inspection to create behavioural profiles that enable precision fingerprinting. ClearPass Device Insight’s cloud delivery platform leverages shared community learnings to identify previously-unseen devices. Used with Aruba ClearPass Policy Manager and Aruba’s Dynamic Segmentation security capabilities, IT teams can automate authentication and policy enforcement down to the device and user level, applying different access policies or rules based on the role designated for the device. If any device exhibits abnormal behaviour, ClearPass can automatically quarantine or remove it from the network.
According to Gartner, “line of business, operational technology and building automation networks that were historically air-gapped are converging onto the enterprise infrastructure, adding more IoT devices and more attack opportunities[1].” Aruba’s closed-loop approach removes the guesswork and provides IT teams with an automated and intelligent security solution for visibility into this massive volume and variety of devices that are connected to the corporate network, often without IT oversight. Comprehensive details about each device including manufacturer, device location, and even the type of applications the device is running, are displayed on the ClearPass user interface to deliver a complete solution to address IoT visibility and control.
“Being able to easily identify the growing number of wired and wireless IoT device types on our network, without interfering with sensitive medical equipment, is critical to our security and compliance goals,” said Kevin Rothstein, Network Engineer, Sharp Healthcare. “We are evaluating Aruba’s ClearPass Device Insight to help us discover and fingerprint all connected devices on a large scale. When integrated with ClearPass Policy Manager, we will have a powerful closed-loop policy enforcement solution down to each device.”
IoT Connectivity: Wi-Fi 6 APs as a Platform for IoT
Aruba has also expanded its portfolio of next-generation 802.11ax IoT-ready access points to address growing wireless performance requirements as well as accelerate the adoption of IoT solutions. When organisations consolidate multiple networks onto a single, converged infrastructure, IT teams can reduce complexity and improve return on investment when executing their IoT strategy. A converged network simplifies IoT onboarding through automated endpoint discovery and provides a common policy framework for mobile devices, users and things.
Like the 510 Series announced in November 2018, the new 530 and 550 Series APs eliminate the need for IoT gateways and the resulting complicated network management requirements, allowing IT teams to easily connect a diverse set of IoT devices and sensors that utilise different protocols. The support of Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5 and Zigbee protocols on the new APs allow organisations to connect with 74 per cent of today’s IoT devices.
An added benefit of the 530 and 550 Series AP is that Wi-Fi 6 offers improved battery life for battery powered IoT devices. The protocol allows IoT devices to remain inactive until data needs to be transmitted. As a result, battery powered IoT devices realise a significant power savings, reducing the maintenance windows for IT staff. The efficiency improvements in Wi-Fi 6 amount to a faster performing and more efficient infrastructure as well as an enhanced experience for all the clients on the network.
About Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company
Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, is a leading provider of next-generation networking solutions for enterprises of all sizes worldwide. The company delivers IT solutions that empower organisations to serve the latest generation of mobile-savvy users who rely on cloud-based business apps for every aspect of their work and personal lives.
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.
For more information, please contact:
Jenna Woods OR Duyen Nguyen at DEC PR
+61 2 8014 5033 and Aruba@decpr.com.au
[1] Tim Zimmerman, Barika Pace, IoT Solutions Can't Be Trusted and Must Be Separated From the Enterprise Network to Reduce Risk (Gartner, May 14, 2018, ID# G00352858)