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Good primer site for wireless security efforts

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User education is an ongoing task with new devices being deployed--both authorized and unauthorized--within the enterprise. A good resource to provide users, as well as other partners and parties tapping into your wireless network, is a Web site created by security vendor Symantec and the nonprofit group Internet Education Foundation. The Wireless Security Initiative offers lots of good advice, insight and tips on securing wireless devices, from how to avoid theft of data to making sure the access point is secured. There are also flash video tutorials to make wireless security setups easy. Article