WIRELESS CERTIFICATIONS:
Wireless certifications are currently being
offered by 5 organisations:
Planet3 Wireless
offer the Certified Wireless
Network Professional (CWNP) program.
SANS
offer the Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC)
Assessing Wireless Networks or GAWN
OSSTMM
offer the OSSTMM Wireless Security Expert (OWSE)
certification
ThinkSECURE
offer the Organisational Systems Wireless Auditor (OSWA) and
Open Source Wireless Integration Security Professional (OSWISP)
certifications.
Cisco offer
the Cisco Wireless LAN Specialists program.
AreTec
offer the AreTec Wireless Career Certifications (AceWP)
program.
NARTE offer
the Wireless System Installers
Certification program.
Certification homepage:
http://www.cwnp.com/
Planet 3 currently offer
5 vendor-neutral wireless certifications:
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Wireless# an
the entry-level wireless certification for the IT industry.
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Certified Wireless
Network Administrator (CWNA) is a foundation level wireless LAN
certification for the CWNP Program.
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Certified Wireless
Security Professional (CWSP) designed to give you the knowledge you need
to keep hackers out of your wireless network.
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Certified Wireless
Analysis Professional (CWAP) designed to give you the knowledge to
troubleshoot and increase the performance of your wireless network.
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Certified Wireless
Network Expert (CWNE) designed to give you the skills to administer,
install, configure, troubleshoot, and design wireless network systems
including: Packet analysis, intrusion detection, performance analysis and
advanced design.
Certification homepage:
http://www.giac.org/certifications/security/gawn.php
SANS offer GIAC
certifications for all of the major IT Security competencies and the GAWN is
their Wireless Security offering. The course to accompany the
certification is the GIAC Assessing Wireless Networks (SEC-617) which can be
studied for with the
SANS mentor
program or covered in one of their global
SANS training events.
Official SANS
GIAC Certification overview
"The GAWN
certification is designed for technologists who need to assess the security of
wireless networks. The certification focuses on the different security
mechanisms for wireless networks, the tools and techniques used to evaluate and
exploit weaknesses, and techniques used to analyse wireless networks."
-SANS
Certification homepage:
http://www.isecom.org/projects/owse.shtml
"The OWSE
certification program is designed for those who want to learn more about the
various ways to technically execute a comprehensive and professional wireless
security audit within the internationally recognized Open-Source Security
Testing Methodology Manual (OSSTMM) framework." -OSSTMM
The OWSE certification
exam is a practical examination requiring a total number of 100 responses within
the 4 hour examination period.
Certification homepage:
http://securitystartshere.net/page-training-oswisp.htm
ThinkSECURE currently
offer the following vendor neutral WLAN certifications:
"Accredited by the
international security institute ISECOM (Institute of Security & Open
Methodologies), the OSWiSP™ teaches a vendor-independent approach to practical
deployment, auditing and securing of both private and public Wireless Local Area
Networks (WLANs) based on the PRACTICAL WIRELESS DEPLOYMENT METHODOLOGY (PWDM),
a peer-reviewed, open-source methodology." -ThinkSECURE
Certification homepage:
http://www.cisco.com/
Cisco currently offer 3
wireless certifications:
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Cisco
Wireless LAN Design Specialist: Associated exam: Wireless LAN for System
Engineers (642-577 WLANSE)
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Cisco
Wireless LAN Sales Specialist designed for Cisco device resellers.
Associated exam: Wireless LAN for Account Managers (646-102 WLANAM).
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Cisco
Wireless LAN Support Specialist: Associated exam:
Wireless LAN for Field Engineers exam (642-582 WLANFE).
Certification homepage:
http://www.aretechnologies.net/
AreTec currently offer 4
vendor-neutral wireless certifications. All of the AreTec Certifications
cover Applications Development, Wireless Telecom Carriers and Networks, Wireless
Networking and Security and Wireless Embedded Systems just to an ever increasing
level. In order the certifications are:
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AreTec Certified
Wireless Engineer (ACWE)
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AreTec Certified
Wireless Developer (ACWD)
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AreTec Certified
Wireless Architect (ACWA)
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Certified AceWP
Instructor (CAI): designed for ACE WP program trainers.
Certification homepage:
http://www.narte.org/
NARTE offer 2 wireless
installer certifications both designed to certify those who install wireless LAN
systems, Bluetooth, UNII devices, AVIS, and unlicensed PCS Systems:
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