WLAN Security for a business, government or military setting is best accomplished with
technology that can meet these criteria:
1) "Device Agnostic" - that is, choose WLAN security technology that supports all
brands and manufacturers of Wireless Access Points. That way you can upgrade hardware
without effecting your security.
2) "Location-Based" - that is, choose WLAN security that can precisely (I mean with in
3 feet at least) locate ALL wireless devices and access points. There are multiple
reasons for this. Here are just two:
a) "Location-Based" security allows you to reinstate an "inside" and an
"outside" -- and establishing a perimeter helps determine if alerts are for benign
activity outside your area (FedEx Truck) or potentially malicious (employee-installed
AP, unauthorized device) inside your area. Imagine a switch in a conference room that
turns off WLAN access when it's flipped. Imagine that when a person leaves a defined
area they also loose all WLAN connectivity. These things are possible with location
aware WLAN security systems.
b) "Location-Based" security does not rely on an encryption standard that is
hackable. As a case in point, within weeks of adoption weaknesses and vulnerabilities
to the much heralded and anticipated 802.11i standard just ratified major WLAN players
have already been found.
When it comes to location-based WLAN security, you might want to check on
www.NewburyNetworks.com .
David
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