When we think about providing “security” for our customers — be they residential, institutional or commercial — our thought process usually revolves around physical parameters, such as perimeter security, motion detection, access control, and video surveillance. But step back for a minute and consider this: Most of your clients generally keep all of their critical information on their networks. Whether it’s their financial information, customer lists, employee records, music, surveillance video, pictures or other data, these files are sitting on PCs and storage servers attached to their local network.
We have all read computer hacking stories, which seem to pop up every day (thanks, Equifax!). A recent article detailed the security problems with the commonly used Wi-Fi encryption WPA-2. Virtually every network having Wi-Fi accessibility means that almost all LANs are subject to potential wireless hacking.