Inside the Security Mind: Making the Tough Decisions

Wireless Networks

Wireless networking is an extremely useful technology that carries with it numerous security concerns. There have been more failures than successes when it comes to designing secure wireless networking solutions for the average organization. Historically, most wireless products have failed in their implementation of encryption, access authorization, and the general ability to protect networks and communications.

The Security of Wireless

The idea of securing wireless communications is similar to that of securing Internet VPN sessions. Mostly, we rely on various forms of encryption for privacy, and hopefully, strong authentication mechanisms like one-time passwords and digital signatures. A common problem is that organizations ...