How can our wireless network make us vulnerable?

Wireless networking, or WIFI, is ubiquitous in most company networks today, rapidly matching and possibly entirely replacing the traditional wired/ethernet networks. It’s convenient and easy to extend networking into parts of an office or shop that would otherwise be inaccessible and allows pretty much any digital device today to connect to the network and the Internet. Wireless is a broad-spectrum signal, which can bleed outside of your office space which allows unauthorized users to see the network and possibly listen to the traffic, or connect to it and use your network to do bad things against other people’s network without you being aware. Many SMB networks are compromised for extended periods of time and the company never knows about it until it’s too late and data is being stolen or systems are infected with ransomware. Strong wireless passwords help, restricting access to your wireless network to authorized devices only can also be a strong deterrent to minimize your risk.