Mobile Devices
With increasing number of mobile devices with 802.1x interfaces, security of such mobile devices becomes a concern. While open standards such as Kismet are targeted towards securing laptops, access points solutions should extend towards covering mobile devices also. Host based solutions for mobile handsets and PDA's with 802.1x interface.
Security within mobile devices fall under three categories:
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- Protecting against ad-hoc networks
- Connecting to rogue access points
- Mutual authentication schemes such as WPA2 as described above
Wireless IPS solutions now offer wireless security for mobile devices.
Mobile patient monitoring devices are becoming an integral part of healthcare industry and these devices will eventually become the method of choice for accessing and implementing health checks for patients located in remote areas.For these types of patient monitoring systems, security and reliability are critical.
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