I’m going to cast my vote as ‘no’. It’s like this article states; companies are more focused on producing the technology and making it function properly than its security. This is pretty sad to think about, because these decisions will eventually come back to the company that produced the technology, but this time it will not only affect their costs, it will affect their reputation as well. Especially when it comes to wireless security, hacks and identity theft schemes are becoming more widespread since all the traffic is passed through the air instead of through wires.

Because WiMax promises to deliver 70 million bits per second (BPS) of bandwidth at prices lower than current 1 million BPS connections, the new wireless network option is gaining interest among telecommunications providers. As this occurs, questions are arising about its security functions.

“Security is typically an afterthought to vendors,” Shawn Merdinger, an industry analyst focusing on security issues, told TechNewsWorld. “That is, they make their products work, ship them and decide to secure them later. Typically, they have not subjected their products to real world attacks.”[more]

Tags: Wireless Security