Security Startup Cognitive Launches Wireless Visualization Platform
File under interesting start-up moves: Cognitive Systems has debuted a platform for the real-time visualizations of wireless signals, for securing both the wireless and physical world.
Cognitive’s platform detects motion using wireless signals, and identifies wireless devices connected to a user’s network. Applications built on the platform notify users when a device—authorized or unauthorized—connects to their network or when an untrusted network is broadcasting in their vicinity.
The platform, the first product release from the company, is based on Cognitive’s amera sensor and its underlying R10 chip. Both are the products of 18 months of development and design. amera detects the presence of wireless signals from cell towers, Wi-Fi base stations and rogue terminals, and then alerts users of potential threats to their cybersecurity to protect homes and offices from unauthorized devices. In that way, public spaces such as coffee shops, restaurants and airports can protect their customers from unknowingly using unsecure networks.
