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Is your Wi-Fi network putting you at risk? How to secure it properly

Home Wi-Fi has quietly become the backbone of daily life, carrying everything from bank logins to baby monitor feeds. When that network is left wide open or only half protected, it is not just the ...
Computerworld

Encryption: The Achilles’ Heel of Wireless

Michael Murphy, director of information systems support services at Minneapolis-based Carlson Hotels Worldwide, parent company to more than 300 hotels in North America, would like to use stronger ...
Network World

Wireless voice calls gain encryption

Fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) start-up Agito Networks Monday plans to announce voice-over-Wi-Fi encryption and other features for its RoamAnywhere Mobility Router. The RoamAnywhere router is customer ...
Network World

WPA encryption not so safe for wireless networks, research says

Security researchers say they’ve developed a way to partially crack the Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) encryption standard used to protect data on many wireless networks. The attack, described as the ...
Computerworld

How to protect your wireless network

Bad guys don’t target just big, corporate networks. If you have a Wi-Fi network at home or in a small office, intruders may be after you, such as casual “war drivers” who troll city streets, looking ...
Security

Gulf Area Banks Beef up Security with Wireless Encryption System

ERF Wireless encryption solution being deployed with Motorola's broadband technology ERF Wireless said that its specialized data encryption solution is being deployed along with Motorola's wireless ...
Macworld

Wireless standards group addresses security issues

The chairman of the Standards Working Group for IEEE’s 802.11 — the wireless standard used in Apple’s AirPort system — has released a statement regarding a recent report of a security hole in the ...