wireless networks are springing up everywhere and the exponential growth doesn't seem to show signs of stopping anytime soon. for home and office users, the ability to network computers at opposite ends of a building without having run cables all over the place is very appealing. but it comes at a price. as your confidential, private or personal information is being beamed from your computer across the network, how do you ensure that nobody else intercepts it? if any computer with a wireless network card can connect to your access point, how do you ensure that prying eyes aren't surfing around your network?
war driving
with the easy availability of wifi sniffing software on the internet it, scanning for 'open' or unsecured networks is child's play. even supposedly protected networks can still be at risk due the low security offered by some wi-fi protocols.
the issues do not end with confidential information being at risk to snoopers, do you really want your neighbour stealing your bandwidth, or downloading illegal material? as recently as two years ago, surveys revealed that most public and private Wi-Fi networks used no encryption at all, meaning that anyone with a laptop and Wi-Fi card could intercept and read data packets being sent or received by legitimate users. while more home networks use encryption now, they often use WEP, which is easily cracked. all hackers need are readily downloadable "sniffing" tools, such as those used by "wardrivers." (Wardrivers are those who wander the streets with Wi-Fi gear looking for networks to join -- most are hobbyists or simple bandwidth seekers, but some are malicious.
security evaluation
we offer wi-fi network security evaluation. for a one off charge we will evaluate your wi-fi network for security vulnerabilities and give you a break down of the issues we find.
we will then address those issues by implementing our 10 point action plan where necessary. .
