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Wireless Security: WEP, WPA, WPA2 and WPA3 Explained

eSecurity Planet

Wireless security is the protection of wireless networks, devices and data from unwanted access and breaches. It involves a variety of strategies and practices designed to preserve the confidentiality, integrity and availability of wireless networks and their resources. What is Wireless Security?

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How to Configure a Router to Use WPA2 in 7 Easy Steps

eSecurity Planet

And even though it’s been around since 2004, WPA2 remains the Wi-Fi security standard. WPA2 is a security protocol that secures wireless networks using the advanced encryption standard (AES). WEP and WPA are both under 4%, while WPA2 commands a 73% share of known wireless encryption connections.

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Achieving PCI DSS Compliant Firewalls within a Small Business

Security Boulevard

Establish a network diagram to identify all connections between the cardholder data environment and other networks, including any wireless networks. Install perimeter firewalls between all wireless networks and the cardholder data environment and configure these firewalls to filter only the authorized traffic for business purposes.

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Cyber CEO: The History Of Cybercrime, From 1834 To Present

Herjavec Group

1903 — Wireless Telegraphy — During John Ambrose Fleming’s first public demonstration of Marconi’s “secure” wireless telegraphy technology, Nevil Maskelyne disrupts it by sending insulting Morse code messages discrediting the invention. Dateline Cybercrime .

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Best Network Monitoring Tools for 2022

eSecurity Planet

First released to the open-source community in 2004, founder Alexei Vladishev formally launched Zabbix the year after to develop and extend the solution’s capabilities to an enterprise audience. Reviews highlight the quality and timeliness of technical support, ease of deployment, and service delivery monitoring capabilities.

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Top SD-WAN Solutions for Enterprise Security

eSecurity Planet

Launched in 2002 and specializing in wireless networking , Aruba Networks’ success led to its acquisition by Hewlett-Packard in 2015. Launched in 1996, Juniper Networks covers the gamut of networking hardware, but with the acquisition of NetScreen Technologies in 2004, the vendor also has almost two decades in the cybersecurity space.

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Creating an IR Nightmare Drop Box

LRQA Nettitude Labs

X NAC bypasses (2004). 2004 bypass method to set up the transparent bridge. If [ “${result} -ne “0” ] then # turn up AP Wireless hotspot ifconfig wlan0 down /etc/init.d/dnsmasq hostapd start sleep 1 fi sleep 3600 done Alternatively, # turn up AP Wireless hotspot can be added to the NAC bypass script of your choice.