Privacy & Security 5 things you should know about wireless security Grant Buckler @itworldca Published: April 16th, 2009In the beginning, there was WEP. And WEP was no good. It quickly became apparent Wired Equivalent Privacy, the original encryption protocol for wireless networks, could be broken very easily with simple tools.Today, says Chris Kozup, senior manager of mobility solutions for Cisco Systems Inc. in San Jose, Calif., there are known techniques for breaking WEP encryption in less than a minute. “There should be no doubt that WEP as a protocol is flawed,” he says.So network security experts created Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA). Then everything was good. Or was it? White paper IBM Internet Security Systems X-ForceWould you recommend this article?00 Thanks for taking the time to let us know what you think of this article! We'd love to hear your opinion about this or any other story you read in our publication. Click this link to send me a note →Jim Love, Chief Content Officer, IT World Canada Related Download Sponsor: CanadianCIO Cybersecurity Conversations with your Board – A Survival Guide A SURVIVAL GUIDE BY CLAUDIO SILVESTRI, VICE-PRESIDENT AND CIO, NAV CANADA Download Now Privacy & Security hacking, networks, Protocol, virus, Wireless Networks Mitel to extend PBX to outsiders EMC's new Symmetrix array targets virtual data centers Related Content U.S. Justice Department says Canadian to plead guilty to laundering money stolen by North Korean cyberattackers Microsoft AV now blocks applications with malicious SolarWinds binaries Saint John, N.B. shuts IT systems after ‘significant cyber attack’ Cyberattack on healthcare is ‘criminal activity that cannot be tolerated’ says Microsoft
