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Department of Defense updates is wireless LAN policy.
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06-14-06
(Philadelphia & Conshohocken, PA)
June 12, Federal Computer Week - DoD toughens up wireless LAN security rules. The Department of Defense (DoD) has tightened policies on the use of wireless local-area networks (WLANs), in a memo released earlier this month, which requires beefed up encryption and security since the last DoD wireless policy memo was released in April 2004. The new policy also requires all 802.11a, b and g DoD WLAN systems to be equipped with an around-the-clock intrusion detection system that can geo-locate hackers or operators of rogue access points. The new DoD WLAN policy, signed by the assistant secretary of Defense for networks and information integration Friday, June 2, states that any WLAN products connected to the DoD Global Information Grid must be certified and validated for secure end-to-end communications and interoperability.
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