WLAN and IP Network Risk Assessment

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OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, there has been a huge influx into the workplace of wireless local area network (WLAN) technology and mobile devices. Even before the advent of bring your own device (BYOD), security departments considered it a risk to introduce new technologies and devices into the workplace. However, the desire of those in business to accept these new technologies and their advantages has outweighed these security fears. This has put the onus for mitigating the risk onto security departments.

Of course, before members of a team can properly mitigate the risk of new technologies or new technology policies, they must first fully understand the risk in the context of their specific ...

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