If you’ve ever driven through a mobile network blackspot while talking on your phone, you know how frustrating an inadequate wireless network design can be. Transfer that problem into the halls of your own company, however – where users know who to complain to when things don’t work – and you’ve got a sense of just what’s riding on a successful voice over wireless LAN (VoWLAN) deployment.

The challenges of securing a wireless network are now widely recognised, but beefing up your wireless security can offer business benefits as well as the crucial element of protection. Angus Kidman explains how and looks at the key elements of building a wireless security policy,

Technology is easy. Pragmatism is in. Outcomes are everything. Solution is king.

In a world where the only certainty is change, the astute manager learns to read the “tells in the sails” to move with the building breeze to be positioned and in motion before the winds firm to gale force.