Meeting wireless LAN security concerns: Industry Report

Meeting wireless LAN security concerns

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: Datamonitor
Published: January 2006
Product Code: R313-14261

Description

Introduction
The penetration of wireless LAN (wLAN) solutions in both Europe and North America has been strong as organizations open up to the benefits of hot desking and greater internal mobility. While many security fears have been overcome others still remain unresolved and more must be done to ensure that a new wave of security fears do not undermine further wLAN investment.

Scope
Examines the current uptake of wireless LAN solution in Europe and North America.
Highlights key differences between the continents in terms of solution uptake and security perceptions.
highlights many of the key security threats today and the steps taken by the industry to mitigate them.
Highlights
Fears that the furore over weak wireless LAN security would bury the technology have, thankfully, not been realized. While the damage caused by the weaknesses inherent in WEP threatened to sink wireless LAN implementations, the industry has managed to overcome many concerns to the extent that wireless LAN penetration is now very healthy.

For customers to increase the number of users that these networks serve, however, vendors still need to ensure that sufficient security is in place should a new wave of security threats emerge.

Reasons to Purchase
Provides end-user interview data to back up our analysis.
Highlights further areas for upsell and the development of significant professional services opportunities.
Presents and independent, third-party onion as to the steps need to be taken to improve current wireless LAN penetration levels.

Table of Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ABOUT DATAMONITOR 2

ACTION POINTS 4

Outline of the brief 4

4 key things you need to know about meeting wireless LAN security concerns 4

1. Vendors should focus more of their education efforts on convincing their European customers that security risks can be mitigated. 5

Regional variances 5

2. Solution providers should encourage customers to develop granular wLAN security policies to supplement the technologies they deploy to ensure more complete protection against wLAN threats. 7

Profiting from the need for wLAN security best-practice 9

3. More security measures are needed to shield mobile wLAN hotspot users against spoofed hotspots. 10

Spoofed access points 10

Understanding the threats is the best way to protect against them 11

4. Vendors should do more to promote a greater use of more advanced security solutions and avoid a fresh wave of embarrassing security breaches 12

CONCLUSIONS 15

APPENDIX 16

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