Web Site Documents Wireless Threats, Vulnerabilities

Andrew R. Hickey of SearchMobileComputing.com writes:

Protecting a wireless network from attack may have just gotten a little easier.

Network Chemistry Inc., a Redwood City, Calif.-based wireless security vendor today will launch Wireless Vulnerabilities & Exploits (WVe), a public Web site listing risks and threats that could strike wireless networks and ways to fix and avoid them.

Understanding wireless threats and vulnerabilities has become a concern for many companies and IT managers, but there has been no single resource they could rely on for up-to-date information and risk assessments. But through the site, www.wirelessVE.org, Network Chemistry and a host of wireless and security experts hope to change that.

Lisa Phifer, vice president of Core Competence Inc., a network and security consulting firm, said WVe fills a void for administrators who, until now, didn’t have access to a one-stop shop that focused solely on wireless security threats.

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