You are concerned about rogue wireless access points being connected to your network. What is the best way to detect and prevent these?

The correct answer is D. Site surveys. Routinely doing site surveys (or better still, having them automatically conducted frequently) is the only way to know what is connected to your network. And it will reveal any rogue access points. Answer: B is incorrect. While anti virus software is always a good idea, it will…

Network & Perimeter Auditing

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Options

ANetwork anti-spyware software
BNetwork anti-virus software
CProtocol analyzers
DSite surveys

How the community answered

(59 responses)

A
10% (6)
B
15% (9)
C
3% (2)
D
71% (42)

Explanation

Routinely doing site surveys (or better still, having them automatically conducted frequently) is the only way to know what is connected to your network. And it will reveal any rogue access points. Answer: B is incorrect. While anti virus software is always a good idea, it will do nothing to prevent rogue access points. Answer: A is incorrect. While anti-spyware software is always a good idea, it will do nothing to prevent rogue access points. Answer: C is incorrect. A protocol analyzer will help you analyze the specific traffic on a given node, but won't be much help in directly detecting rogue access points.

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