DQ7

DQ7 A 100-150 words

Explain one of the security risks in a wireless network that you would not find in a wired network. How would you mitigate the risk?

REPLY TO RESPONSES 75-100 WORDS

A Marcelino Del Bosque

Piggybacking or Wadriving is when unauthorized users piggyback on your internet connection, they can use it to conduct illegal activities, monitor and capture your web traffic, or steal your personal files. A vast majority of routers and wireless access points have a broadcast range of 300 feet indoors and a 1,000 feet outdoors. Users within this range can connect to an unsecured Wi-Fi network. Malicious users will drive around neighborhoods with a computer and a powerful antenna in search of unsecured wireless network to piggyback off of. This risk can be mitigated by setting up/changing your wifi password, changing/hiding SSID name, monitoring network software, using MAC address filtering, and limiting number of connected devices on your network.

B Willie Hatfield

One security risk that can happen is eavesdropping. Since wireless networks use radio waves to carry data it is hard to protect. Hackers can intercept those radio waves and eavesdrop on wireless networks as long as they are in range of the signal. There are ways to help protect your data and that is to encrypt your data, enable web filtering, and implement end point protections. 

C Sergio Garcia

One wireless network security risk is wireless sniffing. The attacker uses a special packet analyzer to intercept data that is being transmitted over the network. They are also able to monitor and decode network data. Ways to prevent a wireless sniff attack are to use encryption, add a VPN, or a SFTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol).