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WiFi: Boon or Boondoggle?
Author(s) -
Burnett Royce D.,
Daniels Bobbie W.,
Freidel Alan,
Friedman Mark
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of corporate accounting and finance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1097-0053
pISSN - 1044-8136
DOI - 10.1002/jcaf.20411
Subject(s) - laptop , hacker , the internet , internet privacy , computer security , computer science , work (physics) , wireless , world wide web , telecommunications , business , engineering , operating system , mechanical engineering
How often do you go on a business trip, pull out your laptop, and access your firm's proprietary information? Perhaps you use an airport's WiFi system to connect to the Internet. You answer some e‐mail, check some facts or news on the Web, and get some work done. But while you're doing that, some hacker can also be intercepting your wireless transmissions—and gaining unfettered access to your company's records or your personal data. How can you protect yourself? © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.