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Offering products and services in secure wireless networks for hospitality industry, MaxWiFi Communications has announced that it can provide hotel guest security and save them from theft of corporate information through monitored Network Operation Center (NOC (News - Alert)).

 

The company refers to a study from the Center of Hospitality Research at Cornell University of U.S. hotels, which shows a mixed picture with regard to the security of guests' connections to the hotels' network, whether by cable or WiFi (News - Alert). The study indicates that the potential for theft of corporate information exists because a number of business travelers connect remotely to continue working while on the road.

 

Hackers find it especially easy to attack the hotels that still rely on relatively rudimentary hub technology for their networks. Smarter hotels have upgraded to more secure switches or routers and even use encryption for WiFi connections, but according to the study, this still does not prevent malicious users from intercepting guests' transmissions. The virtual local area network (LAN) inhibits attackers from using their computer to imitate the hotel's main server, and this is the mechanism hackers use to intercept other people's data, reveals the study.

 

Today, hotels have several solutions that can help them increase their network’s security, and could be blamed by guests for not taking the necessary steps to protect them from hackers. The study also shows that several hotels have flaws in their network topology that allow for exploitation by malicious users, which could ultimately harm their reputation as well as bottom line.

 

The study from the Center of Hospitality Research at Cornell University of U.S. hotels also says that business travelers like to be in touch on the road by finding internet hotspots, and often overlook the potential security implications of having their data thus exposed. A number of companies have realized this problem and have begun to implement security measures.

 

Unfortunately, the approach used that typically requires valid login and password combinations is not always sufficient to stop would-be hackers. This is mostly because the company has no control over the hotel’s network.

 

Having identified this risk within the hospitality industry, MaxWiFi, Inc. has since 2004 invested more than three million dollars on research and development to provide secured broadband access, which is monitored Network Operation Center (NOC).

 

The primary objective of NOC, according to Shiva Prakash, CEO and president of MaxWiFi Communications, is to protect the hotel guests from any malicious security threats.

 

 

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