Mobile Security

About this book

-- Delivers information every enterprise IT manager needs in these insecure times -- Complements Rhoton\'s Wireless Internet Explained -- Comprehensive coverage of weaknesses in 802.11b WEP and their solutions, end-to-end security, and device security This book describes the many security challenges facing wireless networks and mobile devices. These include many focus areas for traditional security but with the additional considerations of networks that share a common and unprotected medium (the air) as well as devices that are not physically under the control of an IT department. Concerns about security are generally the biggest technical inhibitor to wireless technology, which is poised to take off in the coming years as the transmission mechanism of choice for mobile professionals. Many of the worries are justified since there are certainly risks in using this new technology. However, with careful planning it is possible to maintain a network that is at least as secure as most corporate cabled networks.