Wireless Security Handbook

The Wireless Security Handbook addresses some of the newest issues arising in the wireless industry. This book was written to give the reader a well-rounded understanding of wireless networking security. Wireless local area networking (WLAN) is explained in detail allowing someone to go from ground zero to certifiable wireless network administrator. To obtain the most immediate usable content, the book looks at wireless security from multiple perspectives ranging from auditor, to security architect, to hacker. The wide scope benefits anyone who has to administer, secure, hack, or participate on a wireless network. To give the readers a more in depth background other wireless technologies such as cellular and GPS are explored. Understanding how these other technologies address hackers and security will help a wireless administrator secure their own WIFI network. Going deeper into this handbook, strategies are explained to deploy wireless across the enterprise with low risk and adequate controls. The book also reveals tips, tricks and techniques from an attacker's point of view. This information gives the reader a full understanding of how and why hackers attack wireless networks.To combat these attacks the book details many of the wireless security architectures that have been developed over the years looking at what risk and threats each of them bring or mitigate. The author also addresses all objectives in the current version of the Certified Wireless Network Administrator (CWNA), the Certified Wireless Security Professional (CWSP), and the Cisco Aironet Wireless LAN Fundamentals (AWLF) certifications. So if you are interested in obtaining a wireless certification or just a deep knowledge of wireless security this book for you.