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 ...

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 ...

Makers of 802.11 wireless LAN clients now can make their products support special security features offered in Cisco wireless networks under Cisco Compatible Extensions (CCX), a licensing and testing ...

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 ...

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 ...

According to research from analyst house Gartner, 70 percent of successful WLAN attacks could be prevented if the access points and client software are properly set up. Its research also found that if ...

The recent proliferation of high-speed wireless portable devices has resulted in a significant demand for wireless LAN. While WLANs offer tremendous flexibility to the mobile user, compared with their ...

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 ...