12 Steps to Secure your Small Business Wi-Fi Network

A guest author at InformIT has put together a list of 12 tips to consider when securing your small business wireless network. The list was put together by Eric Geier, author of WiFi Hotspots: Setting Up Public Wireless Internet Access, a book released as part of the Networking Technology Series from Cisco Press.

The recommended 12 steps to a secure small business wi-fi network are:

1. Use WPA Encryption — preferably WPA2
2. Use the Enterprise version of WPA/WPA2
3. Secure Ethernet Ports
4. Use Extra Encryption (VPNs)
5. Don’t Connect to Other Networks
6. Separate Traffic with VLANs
7. Secure Shared Folders and NAS Devices
8. Verify Firewalls
9. Use MAC Address Filtering
10. Disable SSID Broadcasting
11. Keep Hardware Updated
12. Keep Wi-Fi Signals Contained

Learn more about these 12 steps here