Chapter 3

Wireless Security

This chapter provides details about wireless security that a security professional needs to understand. This chapter explores the history, standards, and basics of wireless, along with advanced topics related to securing wireless LANs. You will learn how to connect a wireless access point (WAP) to a wireless LAN controller (WLC) and how to secure the wireless data plane and management plane for unified deployments.

What Is Wireless?

Today it is hard to think about what it was like to be tethered to a desk by an Ethernet cable. Wireless communication in businesses and homes is now pervasive and critical to productivity and our daily lives. Wireless communication at a basic level is the ability to communicate between ...

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