Network Protection Articles

The biggest and most obvious differnce between the two articles is that one article is talking about securing a network for a company or business, and the other is talking about securing a network for a home. Another big difference is the language. The article for the business network uses abbreviations, and a lot of technical terminology. The article for the home network does include technical terms but it breaks it down into plain English so that the average reader understands what to do. The article for business networks gives more instructions to test the security settings by going out side and using an antenna to check how for out the signal radiates from the building. One thing that I thought that both articles should've included, that only the home network article included, was the importance of a firewall software on the computer. Firewalls are a necessity for any network, business or other. The two articles did however share a lot of similarities. For instance the changing of the SSID, or network name. They both specify that it is important to disable the SSID broadcast so that hackers can't find locate the network as easily. The business network article seems to give more instruction on what not to set the SSID to, such as the address or the different departments of the company. The home network article advises to turn of the network when it isn't being used. Both articles make it very clear that these instructions won't make either network 100% secure,  but that it does help in preventing a hacker from getting in. Both of the articles seem to have made it clear that this is only the first step in preventing a hacker from getting into the network and causing a security breach, but only the business network article refers to it as a security breach. The business article treats a hacker as a threat to the well being of the company, and someone who is a very serious threat. The home network article seems to treat hackers as just being neighbors trying to use your internet for free, and not being so much a threat as an annoyance. The main thing that I learned from these articles is that the SSIP address is the name of the network and that if you dont change it the hackers can find the manufactures password and get into the network. I never bought a wireless router for my internet because I didn't know that you could put a password on it to prevent hackers. I was always told that anyone could tap into it at any time and there was nothing you could do to stop it. My friends would tell me how they use the internet connection finder on their PS3's to find their neighbors internet connection and use it for themselves. I figured if it was that easy then it wasn't worth the money, and the risk. After reading these two articles I think I will go buy a wireless router.