From WEP to WPA: Securing Wireless Networks With the Flick of a Switch

At Network Box, one of the most common questions it asked by IT directors and managers is how to protect wireless networks. Obviously, there are many security technologies on the market that are capable of securing wireless networks; but what businesses - and home users - don't appear to understand is that they can greatly increase the security of their wireless networks simply by switching protocols from Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) to Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA).