Wireless networks are more difficult to protect than wired ones. Which of the following is not a control or practice recommended by your textbook for protecting wireless networks?
A) Organizations should ensure that each wireless device connected to the network matches an authorized configuration and security profile, with a documented owner of the connection and a defined business need.
B) Organizations should ensure that all wireless APs are manageable using enterprise management tools.
C) Organizations should prohibit employees from using social media and cloud-based APs because they increase the risk of security breach.
D) Organizations should use Wireless Intrusion Detection Systems WIDS) to identify rogue wireless devices and detect attack attempts and successful compromises.

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The recommendation to prohibit the use of social media and cloud-based access points is not a control or practice recommended by the textbook for protecting wireless networks. Instead, the textbook recommends implementing controls such as ensuring authorized configurations and security profiles, using enterprise management tools for APs, and using WIDS to detect threats.

Wireless Networks Are More Difficult to Protect Than Wired Ones