The Wi-Fi Alliance, which is the non-profit organization that promotes Wi-Fi technology/products that conform to certain standards of interoperability, has announced the finalized protocol WPA3 standard for securing Wi-Fi connections.
While this iteration of the Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) next generation security will ensure Wi-Fi protections for businesses, as the WPA3 affords better security with “robust authentications” and increased cryptography for encryption of data, among others.
The WPA3 protocol is coming precisely 14 years after the launch of WPA2, which is now over a decade, and it comes in two modes of operation, WPA3-Personal and WPA3-Enterprise.
According to the Wi-Fi Alliance, WPA3-Personal offers more resilient, password-based authentication for home users, even though they choose passwords that fall short of typical complexity recommendations. The WPA3 leverages Simultaneous Authentication of Equals (SAE), a secure key establishment protocol between devices, to provide stronger protections for users against password guessing attempts by third parties.
And WPA3-Enterprise brings the equivalent of 192-bit cryptographic strength, ensuring additional protections for networks transmitting sensitive data, such as government agencies or finance companies. The 192-bit security suite provides a consistent combination of cryptographic tools which are deployed across WPA3 networks.
The tons of sensitive information floating over the Wi-Fi connections has made it increasingly mandatory to secure this important gateway, with new Wi-Fi routers coming with stronger protections for the data that's exchanged between computers, phones or smarthome devices and the internet connection.
The new protocol, WPA3 continues the evolution of Wi-Fi security and maintains the brand promise of Wi-Fi Protected Access.
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