Eliminating Contraband Cell Phones and Electronics in Prisons a Top Priority According to AirPatrol and Department of Justice Executives

AirPatrol Corporation, a leading mobile and wireless threat management solutions company, today posted a recent co-authored article by its CEO Ozzie Diaz titled ‘The Darker Side of Mobile’online at: http://airpatrolcorp.com/pdf/Ozzie_Diaz_ACA_Article_Aug2009.pdf.

The article by Diaz and Jim Mahan, senior technologist, Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Prisons, focuses on the challenges that convergence of physical and logical security present to correctional practitioners and best practices to maintaining strict security protocols. Diaz and Mahon made the point that inmates with cell phones in prisons are just the first symptom of a more serious problem that will continue to mutate until correctional management is forced to spend significant resources to protect their physical and IT security infrastructures in order to retrieve contraband technologies from inmates.

Today, AirPatrol is helping correctional facilities combat contraband cell phones with its Wireless Locator System (WLS) that wirelessly detects and pinpoints contraband cell phones. Unlike RF jamming techniques, wireless detection is completely legal and approved for use in the United States and doesn’t interfere with authorized, legitimate cell phone usage. WLS includes a forensics database, an essential tool for logging and archiving cell phone event information, including where a phone is detected, allowing prison monitors to see a log of the start and stop times of voice calls, as well as emails, SMS and MMS. To review a flash narrated demonstration of the WLS, log onto: http://www.airpatrolcorp.com/video_wls_overview.php.

About AirPatrol Corporation

AirPatrol Corporation is the most trusted authority on mobile and wireless threats to enterprises. The company’s comprehensive suite of location-based products enable security administrators in the government, financial, healthcare, corporate enterprise and retail industries keep pace with the expanding requirements of an increasingly mobile world. For more information, please visit the company’s website at www.airpatrolcorp.com.
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