Wireless Security Best Practices

To secure critical business applications, servers and most important, sensitive information transmitted on a wireless infrastructure, healthcare organizations must:

• Conduct risk analysis
• Develop security policies
  • Wireless
    • Mobile devices
  • Encryption
    • Wireless protocols

• Remediation: Design infrastructure
  • Firewall
  • IDS
  • Wired network

A critical component of any wireless fabric are the access points deployed. To secure wireless points, consider the following:

• Minimize number of access points
• Implement strong physical access controls
• Install access points away from exterior walls
• Change the default SSID
• Evaluate disabling the broadcast SSID feature so that the client SSID must match that of the AP
• Disable all unnecessary protocols
• Ensure strong authentication for all APs
• Review logging capabilities of APs
  • Review log files regularly

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