The Building Blocks of a Manageable, Scalable and Secure WLAN

Date Published: 01 FEB 2005

About the White Paper: As wireless access becomes pervasive in corporate networks, network utilization and dependence will grow. Businesses can't afford to shift mission-critical activities onto wireless unless those networks can provide robust, non-stop access under heavy loads. This paper details why using voice and data applications over wireless effectively and efficiently requires subnet roaming that is both secure and transparent to end users. You will also learn how an innovative distributed architecture provides a seamless secure mobility and automatic policy synchronization without depending on a central point or requiring change to existing networks, devices, or user behavior.

Author:

Phifer, Lisa A.

About the Author:

Lisa Phifer owns Core Competence Inc., a consulting firm specializing in network security and management technology. Phifer has been involved in the design, implementation, and evaluation of networking, security, and management products for over 20 years. At Core Competence, she has advised companies large and small regarding security needs, product assessment, and use of emerging technologies and best practices. Before joining Core Competence, Phifer was a Member of 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, and VPNs at many industry conferences and webinars. She has written extensively about network infrastructure and security technologies for numerous publications, including Wi-Fi Planet, ISP-Planet, Business Communications Review, Information Security, and SearchSecurity. Phifer's monthly WLAN Advisor column is published by searchMobileComputing.

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