{"id":456518,"date":"2020-12-11T13:57:11","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T11:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=456518"},"modified":"2020-12-11T13:57:11","modified_gmt":"2020-12-11T11:57:11","slug":"ensuring-your-wi-fi-network-is-ready-for-the-android-11-qpr1-security-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/industry-news\/456518\/ensuring-your-wi-fi-network-is-ready-for-the-android-11-qpr1-security-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Ensuring your Wi-Fi network is ready for the Android 11 QPR1 security update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Android 11 QPR1 security update is a minor one, but will have far-reaching consequences on enterprise Wi-Fi networks when it is implemented during the course of December.<\/p>\n<p>Most organisations with 802.1x Wi-Fi networks are still using relatively-ancient legacy EAP methods (such as PEAP and EAP-TTLS) and credentials.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.duxbury.co.za\/?utm_source=MyBroadband&amp;utm_campaign=Axiz_Aruba&amp;utm_term=December_2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Click here to visit the Duxbury Networking website and learn more about the Android 11 QPR1 security update.\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The security update is intended to force organisations to update their Android security through a process of eliminating the \u2018do not validate\u2019 option when prompted for CA Certificate details in the dropdown menu for network settings.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe last thing that organisations need is to return to business to discover that they can no longer connect to their Wi-Fi network, said Andre Kannemeyer, CTO for Duxbury Networking.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This could be catastrophic for organisations who do not take proactive action immediately, as wireless connectivity has become a cornerstone of most organisations,\u201d he warned.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">What the update will do<\/h3>\n<p>Kannemeyer pointed out that the security update will provide an added layer of protection against hackers who are intent on setting up fake access points with a spoofed SSID that harvests user credentials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe security update makes provisioning certificates to Android devices mandatory. Managed devices are easy to configure and enrol, but provisioning certificates to Android devices could be a problem without the right tools.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s not a case of \u2018if\u2019 this will happen, it\u2019s a case of \u2018when\u2019 it happens. However, by taking action as quickly as possible, the effects will be negated,&#8221; Kanneymeyer stated.<\/p>\n<p>Kanneymeyer noted that Duxbury has an experienced team of technical specialists in place to provide advice and suggest solutions to mitigate the potential consequences.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We strongly urge organisations to contact us as soon as possible to discuss remedial options,&#8221; said Kannemeyer.<\/p>\n<p>For more information contact Duxbury Networking on 011 351 9800, email <a href=\"mailto:info@duxnet.co.za\"><strong>info@duxnet.co.za<\/strong><\/a>, or visit <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.duxbury.co.za\/?utm_source=MyBroadband&amp;utm_campaign=Axiz_Aruba&amp;utm_term=December_2020\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>www.duxbury.co.za<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Android 11 QPR1 security update is a minor one, but will have far-reaching consequences on enterprise Wi-Fi networks when it is implemented during the course of December.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":57,"featured_media":387229,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10459],"tags":[15690,14323,15692],"class_list":["post-456518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-industry-news","tag-android-11","tag-duxbury-networking","tag-enterprise-wi-fi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/57"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=456518"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":456544,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456518\/revisions\/456544"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=456518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=456518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}