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 ...

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 ...

MANHASSET, N.Y. — The already competitive wireless LAN (WLAN) security market heated up with product launches from Highwall Technologies and AirTight Networks. Highwall announced the release of the ...

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 ...

Despite the ratification of key wireless standards, the actual use of stronger security mechanisms in current WLAN deployments is low, reports In-Stat. That may soon change, however, as many companies ...

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 ...

Let me start off by saying that there is absolutely no way achieve total security in a WLAN. By deploying a WLAN in a network, you are increasing your security risks over a purely wired network.

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 ...

eSpeaks’ Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...

The popularity of the wireless LAN has sparked a conflict between the network administrators and the network users. Users are demanding seamless wireless access across the organization, and who can ...

It turns out that not all WLAN switch vendors see their devices as both wired and wireless security aggregates. Trapeze allowed for full 802.1x wire-speed functionality, but Aruba designates its ...