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Wireless connectivity is one of the fastest growing industries in the tech sector today and experts predict a 30 percent growth per year in the wireless industry between now and 2006. (Meta Group) In fact, hotspots, nearly 200,000 worldwide already, are springing up every day in diverse locations such as cafes, libraries, stadiums, golf courses, and civic centers, and according to wireless enthusiast site WiFi Planet, half of all business professionals have "tried" using a wireless network. However, the biggest hurdle keeping many corporations and government agencies from deploying WiFi is the fear of security breaches. No organization wants to be the next public example of how an outside hacker or disgruntled employee stole private employee data or unreleased product information from their WiFi network.

Wireless connectivity is one of the fastest growing industries in the tech sector today and experts predict a 30 percent growth per year in the wireless industry between now and 2006. (Meta Group) In fact, hotspots, nearly 200,000 worldwide already, are springing up every day in diverse locations such as cafes, libraries, stadiums, golf courses, and civic centers, and according to wireless enthusiast site WiFi Planet, half of all business professionals have "tried" using a wireless network. However, the biggest hurdle keeping many corporations and government agencies from deploying WiFi is the fear of security breaches. No organization wants to be the next public example of how an outside hacker or disgruntled employee stole private employee data or unreleased product information from their WiFi network.

Hardware/Software Solve Wired/Wireless Security Concerns
ASR provides both hardware and software applications are addressing the issue. In a "wired" office environment, there generally exists some combination of firewalls, patches, anti-virus software, antispyware software, routers, proxy servers, and secure login schemas to protect the corporate network as well as the individual user. Even with a vast array of hardware and software security solutions, as well as dedicated personnel to monitor the technology, there are still continual breaches of security, originating both internally and from external sources.

There are certainly many things that WiFi providers and individual users can do to help safeguard their wireless connection. The provider can make use of Wireless Equivalent Privacy (WEP) or WiFi Protected Access (WPA), and in turn make their wireless customers use these standards. While WEP is the current "standard," hackers have found it extremely easy to circumvent. WPA, which was evolving as a replacement for WEP, is much stronger in warding off a hacker but still not infallible and not expected to be widespread enough immediately to curb the wireless hacker's capabilities and potential interception of information.

Contact ASR for a consultation to discuss Wireless possibilities for your organization.
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