| This book was written to give the reader a well-rounded understanding of wireless network security. It looks at wireless from multiple perspectives, ranging from auditor, to security architect, to hacker. This wide scope benefits anyone who has to administer, secure, hack, or participate on a wireless network. Going through this book, the reader will see that it tackles the risk of wireless from many angles. It goes from a policy level to mitigate certain risks that wireless brings. It talks about the most cost-effective solutions to deploy wireless across a large enterprise. It talks about financial and technical controls that one can apply to reduce any unforeseen risk involved in a large wireless project. It covers the technical details of how to design, build, and hack almost all wireless security methods.
The wide scope of knowledge that this book brings will help one become acquainted with the many aspects of wireless communications. This book also has career advancement in mind by covering all the objectives of the three widely upheld wireless certifications currently on the market. These certifications are administered by Planet3 Wireless and Cisco Systems. The focus of this book is on wireless local area networking technologies to meet these objectives, although this book looks at the security of almost all mobile communications. So if you are interested in obtaining a certification or just a deep knowledge of wireless security this book is for you. |