3. BlueSocket Controller Family
Deployed by hundreds of large institutions, enterprises, and public access providers, Bluesocket's Secure Mobility technology gives users of laptops, PDAs and other mobile devices wireless access to corporate networks and the Internet while moving across subnets.
- Flexible role-based access control and policy enforcement including schedule-based access
- Integrated Client Scanning
- Robust authentication support
- Strong data encryption
- Integrated Wireless Intrusion Detection System
- Wired and wireless security in one box
Deployed by hundreds of large institutions, enterprises, and public access providers, Bluesocket's Secure Mobility technology gives users of laptops, PDAs and other mobile devices wireless access to corporate networks and the Internet while moving across subnets.
Bluesocket's systems uniquely deliver Secure Mobility through an intelligent, centralized management architecture, giving users freedom to work where they choose - letting them roam seamlessly across networks without the need to re-authenticate.
Secure Mobility technology is compatible with, and enhances current WLAN security standards such as 802.1x, WPA and 802.11i without requiring additional or proprietary client software.
BlueProtect Client Scanning - BlueProtect is an integrated element of Bluesocket's NAC solution, providing client scanning services for trusted endpoint security. With BlueProtect, IT departments can be confident that client devices connecting to the wireless network are safe and will not introduce unwanted threats into the network environment.
- BSC 600 Small Office / Retail Store
- BSC 1200 Primary School / Branch Office
- BSC 2200 High School / College / Regional Office
- BSC 3200 University Campus Regional Office/Medium Enterprise
- BSC 5200 Large Campus Environment / Large Enterprise
- Open Systems Interoperability - optimized to support wireless devices and access points from all major vendors, and delivers support for current and future 802.11 standards.
- Secure Mobility - gives users of mobile devices wireless access to corporate networks and the Internet while moving across subnets.
- Flexible Role-Based Access Control and Policy Enforcement - provides convenient management of privileges for different categories of users.
- Universal WLAN Authentication - provides comprehensive authentication options utilizing username /password combinations or digital certificates, with the authentication database held locally or centrally in RADIUS, LDAP, NT Domain servers, or Windows Active Directories.
- Strong Data Encryption - delivers the highest level of security directly to the user's mobile device.
- Intrusion detection - worm protection and clientless scanning for trusted endpoint security
- Security and QoS - for VoIP.
As the UK's BluePremier Partner, Westcom Networks is the only provider of UK based BlueSocket support for the entire range of controllers capable of running the current BlueSocket firmware. This includes the now end-of-live BSC-2100 and BSC-5000.
We support and manage more BlueSocket installations in the UK than any other reseller, contact Westcom today for further details.

