Wireless operational security /

This comprehensive wireless network book addresses the operational and day-to-day security management requirements of 21st century companies. Wireless networks can easily be reconfigured, are very mobile, allow for potentially nonstop exposure, and require the level of security be scrutinized even m...

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Main Authors: Rittinghouse, John W
Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology
Group Author: Ransome, James F
Published: Elsevier/Digital Press,
Publisher Address: Burlington, MA :
Publication Dates: 2004.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781555583170
Summary: This comprehensive wireless network book addresses the operational and day-to-day security management requirements of 21st century companies. Wireless networks can easily be reconfigured, are very mobile, allow for potentially nonstop exposure, and require the level of security be scrutinized even more than for wired networks. This includes inherent security flaws in various wireless architectures that result in additional risks to otherwise secure converged wired networks. An even worse scenario is one where an insecure wireless network is connected to a weakly secured or insecure wired net
Item Description: Includes index.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xxvi, 468 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780080521190
0080521193
9781555583170
1555583172
Index Number: QA76
CLC: TP309-532
Contents: Front Cover; Wireless Operational Security; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Section I: General Network Security; Section II: Wireless Network Security; Glossary; A Wireless Policy Essentials; B Wireless-related Legislative Links; C Additional WLAN References; Index.