I believe the overall message of this article is incorrect. Wireless Network technologies do present a new challenge for security professionals. While I do believe that some of the new wireless security products are somewhat useless, that does not mean that securing a wired network is exactly like securing a wireless network. Some of the same security tools may be used, however, you must take a different approach.

Also, very few individuals have the luxury of implementing technologies correctly from the ground up. In most large companies, this technology gets implemented, and it is the job of the security professional to discover the implementation, and attempt to correct them.

I think the author must step back and take more of a real world approach to this (not write the article in a perfect world state), and possibly do a little hands on security penetration of a wireless network. I believe his beliefs will change greatly.

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