The recent HPE Discover 2025 event brought together industry leaders, technology innovators, and security professionals from around the world. Bastille Networks’ participation underscored the growing need for comprehensive wireless threat detection and integration with leading network infrastructure solutions such as Aruba Networks.
Bastille’s Role: Advancing Wireless Threat Management
Bastille emphasized its wireless intrusion detection capabilities at the event. Bastille’s solution passively monitors the wireless spectrum from 100 MHz to 7.125 GHz, providing real-time detection and location of unauthorized devices operating across Wi-Fi, Bluetooth (including Bluetooth Low Energy), LTE, 5G, and key IoT protocols such as Zigbee. This passive monitoring approach minimizes operational risk by eliminating active probing that could disrupt sensitive environments.
Attendees learned how Bastille can identify and locate rogue devices, such as unauthorized cellular hotspots, wireless keyloggers, or devices communicating over insecure IoT protocols, inside complex enterprise environments. Bastille’s unique approach empowers security teams with actionable intelligence to detect, locate, investigate, and respond to wireless threats before they escalate into breaches.
Fruitful Discussions with Security-Minded Attendees
Throughout the event, Bastille engaged in productive conversations with enterprise security leaders and technical teams interested in expanding visibility over their wireless airspace. Many attendees shared concerns about the proliferation of personal devices, shadow wireless networks, and the rising threat of wireless eavesdropping and lateral attacks.
These discussions highlighted a common challenge: traditional network security controls often overlook the radio frequency layer, leaving organizations blind to wireless threats that can bypass wired defenses. Attendees expressed appreciation for Bastille’s ability to provide continuous, passive monitoring of the RF spectrum, enabling them to secure their environments against modern wireless attacks proactively.
Participants also explored how Bastille’s extended detection capabilities, including monitoring IoT protocols such as Zigbee alongside comprehensive Bluetooth coverage (including the ability to track Bluetooth devices before and after pairing), could support compliance and strengthen defenses in environments where connected devices are increasingly prevalent.
Aruba Integration: A Seamless Security Ecosystem
Bastille’s integration with Aruba Central and Aruba’s ClearPass Policy Manager drew significant interest. The integration enables organizations to combine Bastille’s wireless situational awareness with Aruba’s policy-based network access controls. Once Bastille detects an unauthorized or suspicious device, security teams can automatically quarantine or block the device using Aruba’s enforcement capabilities.
This joint solution creates a unified security posture that bridges the gap between wireless and IoT threat detection and network response. By automating policy actions in response to threats, enterprises can strengthen compliance, reduce dwell time, and improve overall network hygiene.
Industry Relevance: Meeting Evolving Security Challenges
The discussions at HPE Discover reinforced the growing risk posed by wireless attack vectors, particularly as enterprises expand their reliance on mobile devices, wireless infrastructure, and IoT technologies. Bastille’s wireless threat detection, combined with Aruba’s network access control, delivers a proactive defense framework tailored for modern enterprise networks.
Organizations across various sectors, including financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, the federal government, and critical infrastructure, have expressed interest in how the joint solution can help mitigate risks associated with unauthorized devices, employee-owned hotspots, and wireless reconnaissance tools often used by adversaries.
Looking Ahead: A Commitment to Wireless Security Innovation
Bastille’s collaboration with HPE Aruba demonstrates a shared commitment to advancing enterprise security. The partnership ensures customers can leverage best-in-class wireless threat detection and automated response, delivering stronger protection for sensitive environments.
For more information about Bastille’s wireless intrusion detection system or the Bastille-Aruba integration, visit Bastille Networks or contact our team for a personalized discussion.
