To help businesses and governments protect against the unique threats posed by the use of cell phones for fraud, crime and interference with business operations, AirPatrol Corporation launched the industry’s most advanced cell phone detection and location solution. AirPatrol’s WiVision Enterprise cell phone detection product, as part of its flagship Wireless Threat Management product suite, reliably detects and locates all cell phone devices on any cellular band worldwide to effectively enforce no-wireless zones in areas where mobile phone usage puts data, business or people at risk. So businesses can mitigate the security risks associated with the use of wireless laptops and other Wi-Fi devices, as well as cellular and broadband radio devices, at dramatically reduced cost, AirPatrol is the first company to offer a combination Wi-Fi and cellular location and detection solution.

New fraud opportunities and threaten the security of proprietary and confidential information are introduced by cell phones with built-in cameras and data storage and transfer capabilities. IT policies, such as call recording requirements, or as a remote eavesdropping mechanism in highly classified environments, such as research institutions, government intelligence agencies, and financial trading floors, can be circumvented with the use pf mobile phones. Reports point, in fact, to the illicit use of a cell phone - used to circumvent monitored phones lines and carry out bogus trades - as the main cause of the recent Société Générale breach which cost the bank a reported $7B in losses.

Cell phones pose a threat to national security, in addition, because they can be used to remotely detonate bombs or for other terrorist activities. Cellular phones can interfere, beyond security breaches, with the proper functioning of equipment in hospitals, airplanes and other highly sensitive environments.

With precise accuracy indoors and outdoors, AirPatrol’s WiVision Enterprise Wireless Threat Management platform identifies all popular cell and Wi-Fi technologies on all bands. Organization can deploy comprehensive location technologies at half the cost of other solutions, by leveraging the industry’s first combination sensor. AirPatrol’s WiVision cellular phone detection solution is the only technology capable of detecting a mobile phone before a call is made, which enables the earliest detection and prevention of fraudulent activities. The WiVision system, in addition, is the only technology capable of detecting all SMS messages, a very popular form of communication that is now being leveraged to perpetrate crimes.