Deploying first-rate wireless security tools is a worthless endeavor if the enterprise is not diligent in keeping them current. Not updating security in access points and other gear can be worse than ...

For some time now, there's been no question in my mind that the best route to establishing a secure wireless LAN goes through an AAA server. Also known as a remote authentication dial in user service ...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology, the federal agency responsible for defining security standards and practices for the government, plans to issue new guidelines pertaining to ...

During the past few weeks, I’ve dedicated a significant amount of time to creating wireless LAN (WLAN) policies and standards. A WLAN site survey I conducted a few weeks ago convinced me to accelerate ...

Best practices in WLAN security hinge on your specific security needs and the technologies you choose to satisfy those needs. Not long ago, the complaint heard about wireless LAN security was that ...

IT managers tend to look at wireless local area networks, or WLANs, much like adults view groups of loud teenagers — with at least a little bit of trepidation and sometimes some fear as well. That’s ...

WPA brings several security improvements to the airwaves. WPA uses Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP), which replaces WEP's 40-bit static key with a 128-bit dynamically assigned key. That ...

WLAN switches have deposed the intelligent access points of yesteryear. Are they really better? And which WLAN switch is best? Three years ago, when we launched the Advanced Network Computing ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. The Wi-Fi Alliance will use its pull in the industry to ...

Cisco Systems Inc. has developed a new wireless LAN security protocol designed to defeat brute force dictionary attacks that capture a user’s passwords, and it submitted a draft of the protocol to the ...

Speaking to Cointelegraph, Steven Walbroehl, co-founder of cybersecurity firm, Halborn said “Evil Twins” are most common at ...

Over the past few years, a significant penetration of Voice over IP (VoIP) systems has occurred in both enterprise and residential markets. VoIP enables the convergence of data and voice networks into ...