One of the most common ways to help keep a secure connection is to only do things online that you know should be safe. Shopping online, banking, email, and chats are all very safe. Our networks have some of the most sophisticated security implemented to help prevent hackers, theft, and spy ware.  A rule of thumb is to always read everything you see, and keep your antivirus software up to date.  If you think you have had a problem or had a hack attempt, please don't hesitate to contact us. Below will outline some of the practices and references from various groups and organizations that assist in the on going endeavors of “Wireless Security”

Since each site and location will be unique and no two sites are the same; equipment may vary from time to time with different features, reliabilities, and functions that will impact mostly on cost and dynamics of your situation.  Some equipment may come available with more or less security features than others.   Some security methods are not needed. The most common security methods that you will notice our company doing is a combination of WPA2/LEAP/PEAP/RADIUS. For more information about your locations security, please contact your Wire Fly representative.

Security risks 

The risks to users of wireless technology have increased as the service has become more popular. There were relatively few dangers when wireless technology was first introduced. Crackers had not yet had time to latch on to the new technology and wireless was not commonly found in the work place. Currently, however, there are a great number of security risks associated with the current wireless protocols, encryption methods, and in the carelessness and ignorance that exists at the user and corporate IT level. Cracking methods have become much more sophisticated and innovative with wireless. Cracking has become much easier and more accessible with easy-to-use Windows-based and Linux-based tools being made available on the web at no charge.

Wireless being used to crack into non-wireless networks

Some organizations that have no wireless access points installed do not feel that they need to address wireless security concerns. This is a common deceptive inference. In-Stat MDR and META Group have estimated that 95% of all corporate laptop computers that were planned to be purchased in 2005 were equipped with wireless. Issues can arise in a supposedly non-wireless organization when a wireless laptop is plugged into the corporate network. A cracker could sit out in the parking lot and break in through the wireless card on a laptop and gain access to the wired network.