| Manufacturers of wireless broadband
routers, such as Netgear, DLink, Buffalo and even BT, strive
to make their products easy to install and configure for the
average home user. Part of this ease-of-use is to have the
wireless encryption and security disabled by default. The
common problem is that once the wireless is working, many
users do not take the extra step to setup security and data
encryption. An insecure wireless connection is leaving
your network and Internet connection wide open for anyone
within range with a wireless PC or laptop to easily connect
to and use, all without your knowledge.
Personal data on your network is open to unauthorised
access, wireless data traffic is open to interception and your
Internet connection is open to unauthorised use (be it for
email access, file downloading or Web surfing).
VCS specialises in securing wireless networks.
Sometimes following a specific request and sometimes where
an insecure wireless network has been found while working on
the wireless router or client PCs.
Securing a wireless network is not a time-consuming job,
and usually can be done within the first hour of a home
visit. Customers will be left with full details of the codes that
will be required to add additional wireless devices to the
network.
If you're not sure that your wireless network is secure,
or if you need assistance to secure your wireless network,
contact us
and we can arrange to visit your home or home office to ensure it's
as secure as
the hardware on your network will allow*.
*Please note that wireless hardware that supports only the
older WEP
encryption standard should be upgraded to support WPA-PSK or WPA2-PSK
encryption. This is due to WEP encryption being inherently
insecure and easily hackable. The more secure WPA standards
are accepted throughout industry as being the wireless
encryption protocol of choice for the foreseeable future. |
