For those who are interested in mobile/wireless in general,
and wireless LANs in particular, this page provides resource links
about 802.11 and related security and mobility topics.
-- Lisa Phifer,
Core Competence, Inc.
Upcoming and Recent Events
You can hear me speak about wireless/mobile security at these events:
- Interop Panel: Mobile Security: New Challenges, Practical Solutions, October 21, 2010, Interop NYC
- Interop Interview: 802.11n upgrade considerations in a nutshell, April 30, 2010 (available on-demand)
- Videocast: Protecting corporate data on employee smartphones, April, 2010 (available on-demand)
Mobile/Wireless Tips
Monthly columns for searchMobileComputing, searchNetworking, and searchMidmarketSecurity include:
- Offering wireless security services
- Myth vs. Reality: WLAN automation
- Step-by-step Wi-Fi connection troubleshooting for Android Clients
- Step-by-step Wi-Fi connection troubleshooting for iPhone/iPad/iPod Clients
- Step-by-step Wi-Fi connection troubleshooting for Windows Clients
- Mobile WAN routers: Comparison and considerations for your enterprise
- Integrating NMS across wired/wireless infrastructures
- Preparing your wired network for wireless network integration
- How to reach maximum 802.11n speed and throughput
- Best practices to secure wireless networks
- Smartphone insecurity: There's an app for that
- Integrating wired and wireless LANs: Making the business case
- Leveraging new WLAN standards
- How to keep networks secure when deploying an 802.11n upgrade
- Offering FMC services can benefit WLAN solution providers
- Upgrading customers to 802.11n wireless networks
- How to use Microsoft Windows 7 AppLocker for whitelisting applications
- How to automate and apply Microsoft Windows 7 AppLocker rules
- Revamping MDM strategy
- Mobile device management checklist
- Future proofing mobile device management
- Managing mobile device diversity
- Dealing with smartphone theft: Part 1 - Remote device lock and tracking
- Dealing with smartphone theft: Part 2 - Remote device wipe on a budget
- Easing the iPhone into the enterprise
- Avoid the security risks of Free Public WiFi
- Eliminate rogue wireless access points in five steps
- How 802.11n Greenfield mode affects nearby networks
- 802.11n security series
- Persistent security when roaming WiMAX, 3G and 802.11n
- Securing embedded 802.11n devices
- 802.11n's impact on WLAN security
- Three steps to secure smartphones on a budget
- Safe but simple wireless authentication (Part 1 of 2)
- Choosing a midmarket authentication server (Part 2 of 2)
- iPhone hacking: Lessons from the front line
- How to avoid the WPA wireless security standard attack
- Boosting business productivity with Bluetooth
- Smartphone security: The growing threat of mobile malware
- Deploying 802.11n access points: Best practices
- How to plan for 802.11n wireless LAN upgrades
- Mastering 802.11n: Implementation tips and answers
- Measure wireless network performance using testing tool iPerf
- How to prioritize wireless traffic
- Mobile Malware: Coming to a phone near you?
- Mobile Malware: On-device defenses
- Mobile Malware: In the Cloud defenses
- 802.11n: Preparing for your enterprise deployment
- Securing your Windows Mobile devices
- Protecting data on your BlackBerry
- Symbian: Protect your data, not just your device
- Ten steps to wireless LAN security
- New challenges in mobile device discovery
- Upgrading to 802.11n: Key considerations
- Mobile Security: Effectively Protecting Your Mobile Devices
- Mobile device security: Guarding the gate
- Mobile device security: Auditing the airwaves
- Checklist: Top five tools for troubleshooting a WLAN
- Understanding 802.11n wireless antennas
- Avoiding data breaches through mobile encryption
- Improving mobile authentication
- Mobilizing your workforce: Key questions to ask
- WLAN troubleshooting with spectrum analyzers
- Mobile device compliance and workforce management
- Using 3G phones for laptop Internet access
- Regulatory compliance: The impact of mobile devices on the enterprise
- Defending Wi-Fi clients
- Wireless Internet access -- 3G vs. Wi-Fi
- Choosing your next mobile device
- Mobile devices: Corporate security strategies
- Location-based services for your mobile
- Wireless options for PDAs and smartphones (Part 1)
- Wireless adapters for PDAs and smartphones (Part 2)
- Taking the bite out of Bluetooth
- Mobile VPN Roadtest: NetMotion
- Mobile VPN: Closing the gap
- Troubleshooting wireless networks: A systematic approach
- Going 3G: Can you hear me now?
- Security Spotlight: Wi-Fi firewall appliances
- 3G wireless: The long and winding road
- Five steps to stamp out unsafe Wi-Fi use
- Trimming mobile telecomm costs with Skype
- Policies for reducing mobile risk
- Keep an eye on the sky: WLAN usage monitoring
- Helpful steps in troubleshooting your wireless connectivity problem
- Purchasing the right Wi-Fi client
- Staying safe in Wi-Fi hot spots
- Wireless laptop evolution
- Challenges posed by 802.11 wireless
- Chasing away your wireless blues
- Show me the money: WLAN ROI
- When quality counts: 802.11e, WMM, and beyond
- B vs. G: Understanding mixed WLAN performance
- Eliminating interference thru Wi-Fi spectrum analysis
- Upgrading your WLAN to WPA2
- Creating a Wireless Security Policy
- Managing Wi-Fi Stations
- Going The Distance With MIMO
- Understanding Wireless LAN Signal Strength
- Moving Freely Between Access Points
- Beyond Wireless Intrusion Detection
- Using WPA Without Enterprise AAA
- Locking Down Wireless Hotspots With 802.1X
- Spyware: Is Someone Watching You?
- WLAN Enhancements in XP SP2
- 802.11i: Robust and Ready To Go
- Using Virtual APs to Enable Coexistence
- Lisa Phifer's 2004 Predictions
- Wireless Adapters for your PDA
- Policy-driven WLAN Security
- Bolstering Wireless LAN Security
- Choosing between 802.11a and 802.11b
- Migrating to 802.11g
- The buzz over VoWLAN
- Signs of WLAN intrusion
- Understanding wireless antennas
- Upgrading to Wi-Fi protected access
- Keeping tabs on 802.1X
- Securing teleworker wireless LANs
- Configuring service set identifiers
- Consolidating control using WLAN switches
For more Wireless Advisor tips, see this
column index.
Wireless networks have become pervasive, yet challenges remain. Historically,
security has been the primary concern, but enterprise-wide implementations
raise additional issues involving management, performance and reliability.
These E-Guides explore enterprise concerns related to the benefits and
ROI of upgrading to 802.11n and offers advice and insight about how to
implement these bigger, faster, more robust WLANs:
Today many security functions are embedded into the fabric of IP-based networks.
This Networking Security Workshop offers an in-depth look at how the integration
of security-related and networking-related teams, products and processes are
affecting enterprise network security. To learn more about this workshop, browse
the Workshop Outline.
Lesson #6 covers integration of wireless LANs into wired networks:
This Wireless Security Lunchtime Learning program, developed
for TechTarget SearchSecurity and SearchNetworking sites, lets
you develop an in-depth understanding of WLAN security risks
and countermeasures. Broken into four lessons, each lesson
presents a security strategy in a short on-demand webcast,
supported by tactical tips that explain how to apply that strategy.
Lesson quizzes and entrance/exit exams let you test what you
have learned. To learn more, browse
the Series Outline.
Some on-demand webcasts and podcasts that I've presented about wireless:
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As a frequent contributor to searchMobileComputing and searchNetworking, Wireless tutorials, product evaluations, and the occasional news
For more of my ISP-Planet columns, see this
column index.
WLAN security content developed for NWW can be found here:
My posts to AirMagnet's new AirWise Security Forum can be found here:
My Mobility Loop blog articles have been reposted here:
You can also find some of my WLAN blog posts at Tech Target's Expert Answer Center:
CoreCom's Dave Piscitello also blogs an occasional piece about WLANs
at his personal blog.
Hardware and software of interest to mobile professionals reviewed
For more, see the
Wireless-to-Go column index.
Articles about wireless and mobile technologies written for
For more of my BCR articles, see this
column index.
Columns and podcasts about wireless and mobile security written by
For more LiveSecurity columns written by CoreCom, see this
column index.
Our hot-linked index of shareware and commercial 802.11 (Wi-Fi) security tools:
Some useful links to other Wi-Fi security resources that we highly recommend:
I'll be adding more to this page, including
resource lists of links to other wireless websites and tools that I find useful.
Please send suggestions and comments to
Lisa Phifer. To learn more about
my company, please visit Core Competence, Inc..
E-Guides: 802.11n Wireless
Network Workshop: Integrating Networking and Security
Wireless Security Lunchtime Learning
Webcasts/Podcasts About Wireless
Wireless Questions and Answers
I answer reader questions submitted through this Ask-the-Expert URL:
Wi-Fi Planet, eSecurity Planet, and ISP-Planet Wireless Articles
post written for these Quin Street publications include:
Network World Articles
Wireless LAN Blogs
Wireless-to-Go Product Reviews
in my searchMobileComputing Wireless-to-Go column include:
Business Communications Review Articles
Business Communications Review include:
WatchGuard Columns and Podcasts
CoreCom for WatchGuard's LiveSecurity publication include:
Wi-Fi Security Tools List
Wireless Security Papers and Resources
More To Come...