Trusted Wi-Fi Network

Trusted Wi-Fi Network refers to a network that is password protected and often is AD (active directory) authenticated via RADIUS. A network that is AD authenticated will have you enter your AD  username and password to validate you’re still an active employees. A trusted network is the opposite of an untrusted, or guest network, which is a network anyone can join, such as the Wi-Fi at your local Starbucks.  Personal devices should not be allowed onto Trusted networks unless they have been vetted by your IT department and approved for use.

What Should My SMB Do?

If you own a business, you need to be doing these basic things to protect your sensitive information:

1. Govern employees with policies and procedures. You need a password policy, an acceptable use policy, an information handling policy, and a written information security program (WISP) at a minimum.
2. Train employees on how to spot and avoid phishing attacks. Adopt a Learning Management system like CyberHoot to teach employees the skills they need to be more confident, productive, and secure.
3. Test employees with Phishing attacks to practice. CyberHoot’s Phish testing allows businesses to test employees with believable phishing attacks and put those that fail into remedial phish training.
4. Deploy critical cybersecurity technology including two-factor authentication on all critical accounts. Enable email SPAM filtering, validate backups, deploy DNS protection, antivirus, and anti-malware on all your endpoints.
5. In the modern Work-from-Home era, make sure you’re managing personal devices connecting to your network by validating their security (patching, antivirus, DNS protections, etc) or prohibiting their use entirely.
6. If you haven’t had a risk assessment by a 3rd party in the last 2 years, you should have one now. Establishing a risk management framework in your organization is critical to addressing your most egregious risks with your finite time and money.
7. Buy Cyber-Insurance to protect you in a catastrophic failure situation. Cyber-Insurance is no different than Car, Fire, Flood, or Life insurance. It’s there when you need it most.

Most of these recommendations are built into CyberHoot. With CyberHoot you can govern, train, assess, and test your employees. Visit CyberHoot.com and sign up for our services today. At the very least continue to learn by enrolling in our monthly Cybersecurity newsletters to stay on top of current cybersecurity updates.

Related Term: Guest Wi-Fi Network

Source: UW-Madison Information Technology

To learn more about the dangers of untrusted networks, watch this short video: