Wireless LAN Executive Workshop:
The Essentials of Wireless LAN Security & Management

One-day Intensive Executive Workshop

As wireless LANs deployments grow throughout enterprises, IT executives and directors struggle to define their real ROI and understand the essential requirements for security and management. This one-day intensive workshop for IT executives and directors explains the basics of wireless LANs and dives into the essential elements for WLAN deployments.

Workshop attendees will learn how their organizations can reap the benefits of wireless LANs through proper deployment, management, security and policy enforcement. The workshop combines live demonstrations with actual case studies from multiple industries to provide a productive, one-day workshop for IT executives and directors to fully understand WLANs.

Who Should Attend:

	Decision makers for networking and security
	Chief Information Officers
	Consultants and integrators for security and IT services.
	Vice Presidents and Directors of network infrastructure or information security
	Wireless industry consultants
	Wireless OEMs and VARs

Workshop Dates and Locations

Course Fee: $495

Course Agenda

1: Wireless LAN Overview
		Making Sense of Wireless LANs, Cellular & Bluetooth Technology Standards - An Alphabet Soup
		How WLANs Work & Deployment Scenarios
		The Future of WLANs
2: Challenges of Managing Wireless LANs
		Maintaining Network Coverage
		Channel Overlap, Noise & Signal Degradation
		Insecure Network Configurations
3: Challenges of Securing Wireless LANs
		The Hacker's Wireless LAN Toolbox
		War Driving
		Live attack demonstrations
			Cracking WEP
			MAC Spoofing - Identity Theft
			Denial-of-Service Attacks
4: Security & Management Technologies & Solutions
		Layered Approach to WLAN Security
			Perimeter Control
			Authentication & Authorization
			Encryption
			Network Monitoring
		WLAN Management Requirements
			Configuration
			Fault Diagnostics
			Performance Monitoring
			Accounting - Network Usage
			Policy Enforcement
		Overview & Demos of Leading WLAN products
			Access Points & WLAN Stations
			WLAN Switches
			Encryption, Authentication & VPN Gateways
			Sniffers, Scanners, & Site Survey tools
			24x7 Monitoring
5: Wireless LAN Policies for Security & Management
		WLAN Usage Policies
		Configuration Policies
		Security Policies
		Network Performance Polices
		Audit & Monitoring
		Enforcement - Get Proactive
6: Detecting Rogue WLANs
		Rogue WLAN Devices - More than Just Access Points
		Accidental Associations & Rogue Ad-Hoc Networks
			Accidental Associations
			Rogue Ad-Hoc Networks
		Requirements to Detect Rogue WLANs
		Approaches to Detect Rogue WLANs
7: Business Justification & ROI for WLANs
		Measuring the Benefits for WLAN Users
		Accounting for a WLAN's Total Cost
		Defining a WLAN's Return on Investment