President, Core Competence Inc.
Lisa Phifer owns and is president of Core Competence Inc., a consulting firm specializing in
leading-edge network technology. She has been involved in the design, implementation and evaluation
of networking and security products for over 25 years. She has advised companies large and small
regarding needs, product assessment and the use of emerging technologies and best practices. Before
joining Core Competence, Phifer was a member of the technical staff at Bell Communications
Research, where she won a president's award for her work on ATM network management. Phifer teaches
about wireless LANs, mobile security, NAC, and VPNs at many industry conferences and webinars. She
has written extensively about network infrastructure and security technologies for numerous
publications, including SearchSecurity.com, Information Security, Wi-Fi Planet, ISP-Planet,
Business Communications Review, and Network World. Phifer's monthly wireless tips are published by
SearchNetworking.com and SearchMobileComputing.com.
Contributions from Lisa Phifer
- Controlling embedded Wi-Fi device access
- Why enhance Wi-Fi ad hoc mode? Most go with Wi-Fi Direct
- Mi-Fi and Android smartphone mobile hotspot comparison
- How to secure a wireless network for small business
- Be aware of Wi-Fi security to deal with Firesheep at public hotspots
- Designing WiFi access for a hotel
- Wireless access for mall kiosk
- Wireless network troubleshooting: Connectivity problems
- Access point problems running on PoE
- Hunting down the source of a wireless attack
- How to upgrade the WLAN for mobile applications
- Extending 802.11n wireless LAN and connecting two WLANs
- How to troubleshoot Android Wi-Fi connection problems
- How to troubleshoot iPad and iPhone Wi-Fi connection problems
- Do I need 802.11n wireless adapters for laptops and PCs to install 802.11n?
- iPad WLAN performance problems emerge
- Preparing your wired network for wireless network integration
- How to reach maximum 802.11n speed and throughput
- Wireless or Ethernet LAN? An apples-to-apples cost comparison
- How does rain affect wireless network data transfer?