WLAN Security - What Hackers Don't Want You To Know

By AirMagnet
Friday, 5 November 2004 10:11 EST

Despite, media hype, it is possible to secure your enterprise wireless network but it is important to understand that this is a process and not a simple step that you take once. You must be able to actively evaluate your WLAN’s potential weak spots at any given moment and minimize threats by deploying an effective intrusion prevention system.

This includes intelligent and active defenses that work to maintain and truly secure your enterprise wireless network. That being said, there is no silver bullet that will provide an 100% guarantee but there are smarter ways to approach security.

Outside of the IT department, corporate employees seem to think that “hacker” is just the 21st Century word for “the Boogeyman.” Unfortunately, the threat is very real. Hackers have created a strong shadow-community that is so well organized they have their own conventions. DefCon, the largest of these, attracted thousands of hackers (and assorted types who like to keep an eye on hackers) this past August (2004) in Las Vegas.

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