Chapter 8. Targeting Wireless Devices and Networks
A decade ago, there weren't as many mobile devices in the world. Back then, only laptops were using wireless networking technology, until the smartphone industry kicked off. Modern-day organizations are adopting the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) concept, where organizations allow their employees to connect their personal mobile devices, such as a smartphone, tablet, or laptop, to the corporate network securely, as it will create an increase in overall productivity.
As more mobile devices are introduced to a corporate network, this creates a few security concerns and threatens the security posture of a corporate wireless and wired network infrastructure. In addition, the configurations on a wireless network device, such as an access point (AP) or wireless router, may not be up to the company's standards. At times, a network administrator may forget to apply a security configuration or simply deploy a device in a production network using default...
