• Cisco Warns of Vulnerabilities in Wireless LAN Controllers by Mike Lennon Managing Editor at Security Week

• Cisco Wireless LAN Controllers Wireless Intrusion Prevention System Denial of Service Vulnerability via Cisco Vulnerability Alert

Particularly interesting is Cisco’s proposed workarounds which state:

Proposed workarounds for vulnerabilities in Cisco wireless LAN Controllers

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Hemant Chaskar 802.11n, Wireless security, WLAN networks Cisco aWIPS, DDoS, security alert, skyjacking

As Wi-Fi deployments extend into large distributed environments, management of these Wi-Fi networks poses unique challenges. It could be the clinic-wide deployment for the medical facility running into 100’s of sites, branch-wide deployment for the bank running into 1000’s of sites, or store-wide deployment for the fast food restaurant running into 10,000’s sites. The network and security management needs for such deployments are very different from the traditional campus Wi-Fi. Accordingly, the network management console has to deliver on a number of fronts. Read more…

Hemant Chaskar Cloud computing, WiFi Access, Wireless security, WLAN networks ap tagging, ap tags, cloud Wi-Fi, console, GUI, Network management, WIPS