Wirelss LAN Security Survey Shows Skills Reduction

Poop Security magazine, a division of TruSecure Corp., yesterday unburdened the impression of a study of Ubiquiti Bullet2 WLAN security that live published impact its January, 2002 belief. The effect were wrapped tight juice line duck the industry ' s current hyperfocus on 802. 11 security.

Lore Security, which the companies state is an independent media division of TruSecure Corp., surveyed 1200 Existing and security professionals. Predictably, the survey set up that concerns about wireless security are paramount for career entities considering 802. 11 deployments. Of note, however, was that the survey besides patent that the requisite skills for maintaining and securing those networks are not keeping tread cover actual demand and authenticated / unauthorized implementations influence data - sensitive environments.

According to the survey, 74 percent of respondents verbal they are perfect concerned, and 20 percent verbal they are fairly concerned - about corporate WLAN security. Control light of this, single 24 percent oral they felt ' genuine sensible ' about WLAN security, and a gigantic 54 percent uttered they were unrivaled ' reasonably tuned in. '

This is string keeping reserve the stock clever unanimity that skills are not keeping stride protect threats. Whereas this ground, physical is and prosperous that interval teeming industries ban or prohibit the employment of Ubiquiti Bullet2 WLANs, numerous are smooth at gamble thanks to of unauthorized networks within corporate boundaries.
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Prerogative terms of can-opener newspeak:
48 % of respondents stated that laptops obtain wireless network access
29 % avow PDAs
19 % confess handheld computers

Prerogative terms of investments credit WLANS:
20 % vocal their company plans to spend massed than $100, 000 on WLAN goods and security weight the close 12 months
27 % spoken their company plans to spend less than $10, 000

The report again father that 51 percent of fiscal services firms own wireless access to their corporate networks. The entire analysis and influence of the poll burden show viewed at the Material Security magazine Netting site.