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Is Your Wireless Network Secure?

Networking professionals are encouraging May be you fall into the category of
people to think twice about wireless never setting up wireless networks
network security. You might be thinking I because you read about their
use WEP-128 bit encryption with MAC insecurities. How then can you be at
address filtering, I'm safe. Or you may risk? Just consider for a moment that a
be you've never even heard of WEP, if user in your organization fires up his
this is the case you might want to unplug wireless card. See's a wireless network
your wireless access point immediately. that is named XYZCorp after your company.
But then again look at the bright side at So they connect to it and immediately a
least you don't have the false sense of script is hammering their machine for
security that your network is secure. security vulnerabilities. Once again they
Perhaps you are the smart guy who knows connected to a rogue access point setup
how insecure wireless networks are. You by a hacker. Now you might be thinking.
too are at just an equal risk! "C'mon you must have to be a computer
Your computer consultant might be genius to find and run these tools."
partially right when they say WEP will Think again, thanks to the kind people
protect your network. It will protect over at all these tools can be
your network from casual snooping but downloaded in one big happy ISO file.
that is about it. Last year the FBI was Burned to a CD as an image and bang
able to crack a WEP protected network in you're done, ready to take a drive to the
less than 3 minutes with tools widely nearest business and start sniffing
available on the internet. Since then credit card numbers. Everything wrapped
it's been downhill for WEP. into a nice package just waiting for the
At this point you might be thinking, "Oh next script kiddy to start running the
well, someone gets on my network and uses programs. You may be thinking ok this is
the internet". This is completely false. a major problem so what should I do? Give
If someone has gone through the process up my organizations ability to use
of getting on your network chances are wireless networks? This isn't exactly
the only thing they want is not internet what we are saying. A newer wireless
access. Any computer security security technology has taken over in
professional will tell you that physical 2004 called WPA. It is more secure than
access to the network is 95% of the WEP. And so far tools are not as readily
security battle. Once this has been available to hack your network. But
accomplished you can consider all of your consider the following. WEP was ratified
data compromised. Customer invoices, in the late 1990's less than six years
customer data, credit card numbers and later it was exploited. This is typical
passwords to financial institutions will of almost every computer technology. It
all be in the hands of a hacker. One in is only a matter of time before
many methods can be used to gain access technologies are exploited. Just always
to your personal data, whether it's remember Security is a multi-tiered
through Key loggers, Trojans, or just by companywide responsibility. From
sniffing your plaintext network traffic. providing physical security to web site
Maybe, just maybe, I have not convinced security all matters should be considered
you of the insecurities of wireless serious and not taken lightly. So before
networks. Let me tell you about another you grab a wireless access point and slap
attack that hackers can use to gain it in your network, I urge you to think
access to your network. Let's say your twice.
access points are completely locked down, You may think you are in a sinking boat
to your knowledge. A user from your because you are a small organization not
network goes and flips on their laptop able to implement the latest technologies
while sitting in an airport terminal and afford the newest access points. Or
waiting for a plane. They see an maybe you cannot afford to pay an IT
available insecure wireless network so staff over 100k-200k a year to maintain
they click on it and connect. None of us your medium size network. Executives at
have ever done this before right, itching N2 Network Solutions say you should
to check their email one last time before consider IT outsourcing or IT consulting.
heading out of town? Unbeknownst to them You can get Industry certified engineers
they have just clicked on a fake honeypot on a project by project basis.
wireless network, set up by a rogue Contractual relationships are also
hacker that before they can even realize available to dump the responsibility of
their machine is already being scanned. your network into their hands for a
Picture for a moment that user could be fraction of the price. To keep your small
anywhere, even sitting at a desk in your to medium size network performing like a
network. Just as long as the rogue Fortune 500 machine invest the capital
access point is stronger than your AP's and secure your assets.
radio signal you're security is done.




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