Data Protection
We learned in an earlier chapter that data protection provides encryption that is essential to wireless security, as well as authentication options. For any organization with even minor concerns about network and information security, WPA2 or WPA3 must be in place. Further, unlike SOHO offices, where WPA2-PSK or WPA3-SAE is sufficient, larger organizations (or smaller organizations with higher security profiles) should use WPA2-ENT or WPA3-ENT.
For enterprises and large organizations, the 802.11i standard requires 802.1X for Enterprise mode as the authentication mechanism and Advanced Encryption Standard-Counter Mode Cipher Block Chaining Message Authentication Code Protocol (AES-CCMP) as the confidentiality cipher algorithm. ...
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