Managed WiFi
Managed Wi-Fi is a business solution that provides your Wi-Fi network to be managed As A Service (Wi-Fi-As-A-Service). Managed Wi-Fi enables an organization to outsource all the resource-intensive tasks to a third-party vendor. The third party becomes responsible for maintenance, troubleshooting, security, and general upkeep of the Wi-Fi network, taking that burden off the shoulders of the on-site IT team.
Wi-Fi has become an essential part of the network. Proper design and maintenance is crucial to its smooth running.
Similar to managed IT, managed Wi-Fi provides many advantages. See Why Outsource Managed Wi-Fi for additional information.
The vendor managing your Wi-Fi should be able to manage and monitor the network.
Security Risks of unmanaged Wi-fi
Unless you have an internal IT team, keeping abreast of current security landscape, your network can quickly lag behind. Some of the issues you could face are
- Old firmware
- Security patches
- insecure passwords
- No security controls in place
Wi-Fi lifecycle
Technology keeps evolving at a rapid pace. These challenges can be mitigated by outsourcing the Wi-Fi network. Transforming management to an operational expense the lifecycle management is shifted to the third party.
