CoreCom writes monthly columns, presents webinars, and answers reader
questions for these TechTarget publications. 

Wireless Questions and Answers

As a site expert for SearchNetworking, Lisa Phifer answers reader questions here:

Have a question for Lisa? Send it to her here.

Tutorials and E-Guides: 802.11n Wireless

These E-Books and E-Guides explore enterprise concerns regarding the benefits
of upgrading to 802.11n wireless and offers advice and insight into securing and
managing these bigger, faster, more robust WLANs.

Wireless Advisor

Lisa Phifer writes about WLAN design and trouble-shooting for SearchNetworking:

Mobile Technologies and Trends

Lisa's tips about Workforce Mobility are published by SearchConsumerization and SearchMobileComputing:

InfoSec Magazine Features

Lisa is a contributing editor for Information Security Magazine:

Security Tips

Lisa's tips appear at SearchSecurity, SearchSecurityChannel, and SearchMidMarketSecurity:

Security School: Strengthening policies for endpoint control

In this Security School lesson, Lisa Phifer explores new strategies, policies, practices
and tools that can be used to reign in unruly endpoints. Learn how to avoid mistakes,
inventory your organization's exposures and apply stronger endpoint controls.

Security School: Mobile policy - How to prevent data theft

In this Security School lesson, Lisa Phifer covers the technologies, policy items and
processes your enterprise needs to be considering as mobile workforces ramp up
and security and compliance concerns emerge.

Workshop: Integrating Networking and Security

This Networking Security Workshop, developed by Lisa Phifer and David Piscitello,
takes an in-depth look at how the integration of security and networking teams,
products and processes are affecting enterprises.

Wireless Lunchtime Learning Series

This series, developed by Lisa Phifer for SearchSecurity and SearchNetworking,
lets you develop an in-depth understanding of WLAN risks and countermeasures.
Each lesson consists of a short on-demand strategy webcast, followed by tactical
tips that explain how to apply that strategy.

  • Series Outline
  • Entrance Exam
  • Lesson 1
  •     Webcast: Risky business: Understanding Wi-Fi threats
  •     Tip: Wireless attacks, A to Z
  •     Tip: Wi-Fi vulnerability assessment checklist
  •     Tip: Recipe for rogue hunting
  •     Lesson One Quiz
  • Lesson 2
  •     Webcast: From the ground up: Creating a secure wireless infrastructure
  •     Tip: Using VLANs to compartmentalize WLAN traffic
  •     Tip: The role of VPN in enterprise wireless
  •     Tip: Wireless AP placement basics
  •     Lesson Two Quiz
  • Lesson 3
  •      Webcast: Who goes there?: Securing wireless access
  •     Tip: Controlling WLAN access on a budget
  •     Tip: Choosing the right flavor of 802.1X
  •     Tip: Combining 802.1X and VLANs for WLAN authorization
  •     Tip: Defeating Evil Twin attacks
  •     Lesson Three Quiz
  • Lesson 4
  •      Webcast: I'll be watching you: Wireless IPS
  •     Tip: Fighting wireless DoS attacks
  •     Tip: Rogue containment methods
  •     Tip: Overlay vs. embedded WIPS sensors
  •     Tip: Using your WIPS to monitor WLAN performance
  •     Lesson Four Quiz
  • Exit Exam

TechTarget Webcasts and Podcasts

Our on-demand webcasts and presentations include the following:

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Security Spotlight

Lisa Phifer's SearchNetworking series on security appliances:

Wireless-to-Go Product Reviews

Lisa's old product review series developed for SearchNetworking:

VPN Articles

A few of our TechTarget articles on Virtual Private Networking:

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