Security Issues in Wireless Networks

Hand Held devices like Personal Digital Assistants allow the users to access calendars, emails, addresses, phone number lists,Personaldigital assistants (PDA) and smartphones can store large amounts of data and connect to a broad spectrum of networks, making them as important and sensitive comput­ing platforms as laptop PCs when it comes to an organization's security plan. Today's mobile devices offer many benefits to enterprises.Mobile phones , hand held computers and other wireless systems are becoming a tempting target for virus writers. Mobile devices are the new frontier for viruses,spam and other potential security threats. Most viruses, trojans and worms have already been created that exploit vulnerabilities. Hackers have also discovered that many corporate wireless local area networks (WLAN) in major cities were not properly secured. Mobile phone operators say that it is only a matter of time before the wireless world is hit by the same sorts of viruses and worms that attack computer software.This project will help you maximum to protect your data from hackers and virsuses if you follow suggestions given in it.

Nasser ahmad M.Sc Physics(punjab.u), M.Ed(A.i.O.U), M.Sc Electrical Engineering with emphasis on telecommunication systems, Belikinge Institute of Technology Sweden, Working as administrator in Govt. of Punjab pakistan