- Authors:
- Murugiah P. Souppaya,
- Karen A. Scarfone
A wireless local area network (WLAN) is a group of wireless networking devices within a limited geographic area, such as an office building, that exchange data through radio communications. The security of each WLAN is heavily dependent on how well each WLAN component including client devices, access points (AP), and wireless switches is secured throughout the WLAN lifecycle, from initial WLAN design and deployment through ongoing maintenance and monitoring. The purpose of this publication is to help organizations improve their WLAN security by providing recommendations for WLAN security configuration and monitoring. This publication supplements other NIST publications by consolidating and strengthening their key recommendations.
Recommendations
SIM-based subscriber authentication mechanism for wireless local area networks
Authentication and roaming are two critical issues for the integration of heterogeneous networks, such as the integration of WLAN access networks and mobile cellular networks. Due to the strong points of mobile cellular networks, it is favorable to ...