Chapter 5. Internal and Integrated External Security Mitigations

Mitigating Wireless Vulnerabilities

Wireless networks send data over the air with radio frequency (RF) energy; this is why wireless has security requirements that differ from any other medium. Cisco addresses this with a multilayered security approach built in to their wireless products: Control and Provisioning of Wireless Access Points (CAPWAP) Protocol access points (AP), controllers, and Cisco Wireless Control System (WCS). Cisco includes rogue identification and location, wireless intrusion prevention, management frame protection, and secure guest access management with reporting for all detected security events being transmitted up the chain from APs to controllers to WCS. ...

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