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Wi-Fi security and government-wide roaming: solutions

Posted by: Alistair Cowan, Posted on: 17 June 2016 - Categories: Common technology services
The user.wifi service is a cloud based service that interacts with sms and email providers to allow credentials to be delivered to the end users. Wi-Fi access points pass on authentication requests to this central service.

Alistair Cowan concludes his look at Wi-Fi threats and solutions by discussing the steps Common Technology Services is taking to enable government-wide secure Wi-Fi.

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Wi-Fi security and government-wide roaming: threats

Posted by: Alistair Cowan, Posted on: 7 June 2016 - Categories: Common technology services
Diagram showing an attacker pretending to be a default gateway and forcing the victim's traffic via their device.

Last week I delivered a presentation at the CyberUK In Practice event. Here I've summarised common Wi-Fi security issues and the approaches that Common Technology Services is taking.

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