Compliance Node Overview
A wireless local area network (WLAN) is a group of wireless networking devices within a limited geographic area that exchange data through radio communications, based on the IEEE 802.11 standard. The security of each WLAN is heavily dependent on how well each WLAN component-including client devices, access points (APs), and wireless switches-is secured throughout the WLAN lifecycle. This publication provides recommendations for improving the security of their WLANs through security configuration and monitoring, supplementing other NIST publications by consolidating and strengthening their key recommendations. Core obligations for organizations include having standardized security configurations for common WLAN components, considering how a WLAN may affect the security of other networks, and implementing logically separated WLANs for internal and guest use. Organizations should have policies that clearly state which forms of dual connections are permitted or prohibited for WLAN client devices and enforce these policies through appropriate security controls. It is crucial to ensure that the organization’s WLAN client devices and APs have configurations at all times that are compliant with the organization’s WLAN policies. To support this, organizations must perform both attack monitoring and vulnerability monitoring, and conduct regular periodic technical security assessments for their WLANs, at least annually, to evaluate overall security.
Pillar: Cybersecurity · Authority: National Institute of Standards and Technology · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/Legacy/SP/nistspecialpublication800-153.pdf
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- Section 2.1: Organizations should have standardized security configurations for their common WLAN components, such as client devices and APs.
- Section 2.1.2: When planning WLAN security, configuration designers should consider the security not only of the WLAN itself, but also how it may affect other networks that are accessible through it, such as internal wired networks reachable from the WLAN.
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