Wireless network vulnerabilities for Physician Practices

Unsecure Wireless (Wi-Fi) networks that are not setup and configured optimally are one of the top IT liabilities for Physician Practices. Unless the practice is allowing guest accounts for – patients, visiting physicians, or vendors – there should be no broadcasting and promotion of the networks SSID (network name). There is no reason. Wi-Fi routers should be setup with WPA or better encryption. MAC addresses should be integrated into router tables and nobody else should know you have a wireless network.

SupportNet provides 24x7 monitoring of customer Wi-Fi networks. Our monitoring can identify outside threats and malicious attack attempts as well as abnormal internal activity such as larger than normal data traffic which could equate to unauthorized usage.