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Secure your enterprise wireless network with this Cisco Press sample chapter

Overview This sample chapter, taken from Cisco Press' Network Security First-Step, explains a few issues concerning wireless security, such as how it works and why it's important.

Learn about the overall characteristics of network security, including how it works and why it's important.

This sample chapter, taken from Cisco Press' Network Security First-Step, explains a few issues concerning wireless security. The chapter covers the following topics:

The essentials of wireless LANs, including their benefits and risks
The major threats to a wireless network
The breadth and scope of possible attacks and exploits that are available to attackers

Title: Network Security First-Step
ISBN: 1587200996
Published: May, 2004
Author: Tom M. Thomas
Chapter: Chapter 8: Wireless Security
Published by Cisco Press

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Further White Paper Details
Publisher	TechRepublic	File Format	PDF
Date Published	September 2005	Downloads	2
Format	Downloads
Topics	Network Security, Mobile - Wireless Communications

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