Risk Of Rouge Access Points- Wireless Denial Attacks- Social Engineering As It Relates To Wireless

Risk Of Rouge Access Points- Wireless Denial Attacks- Social Engineering As It Relates To Wireless

Introduction

With the increase in the advancements in the information technology and with the increase in the utilization of informational technologies and tools in the societies and companies, the threats have also raised for the people. At one end the information technologies are being used for the betterment of the societies. The information technology tools are giving various benefits to the people and are making the lives of the people easy. However, on the other hand, the information technologies also have given threats to the people by allowing some people to misuse the information technologies. Many mishaps have been occurred around the world by the use of information technologies in the negative manner.

Many organizations have found that the thefts of the organizations' important data are occurred by the use of various types of wireless information technologies. The wireless technologies along with other type of tools, have given great threats to the people and particularly to the organizations. Despite of various laws implemented in the organizations, the risks are being easily found by the use of wireless information technologies. The companies and the organizations are now required to implement the various types of monitoring tools in order to monitor the information technologies within the organizations in order to minimize the risks that are confronted to the organizations. The following section aims at discussing the certain types of the risks that are associated with particularly the wireless technologies and the steps that can be taken by the companies in order to minimize the risks.

Discussion

Risk of rouge access points

A rogue access point is a type of wireless point that provides the right of entrance in ...