CWSP (ABWM) case studies
CWSP · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Certified Wireless Security Professional (CWSP) is CWNP's professional-level, vendor-neutral certification for securing enterprise Wi-Fi networks. It sits above the foundational CWNA and is aimed at network administrators, security engineers, consultants, and analysts who assess WLAN vulnerabilities, design authentication and encryption architectures, run security audits, and deploy Wireless Intrusion Prevention Systems. The CWSP case studies are 5 cases and about 4,109 words.
1Loading-Dock Alarm: Evil Twin, or the Contractor's Label Printer?
A 900-employee manufacturer runs a WIPS with 55 APs and 8 dedicated sensors. At 02:15 the console raises an SSID-match rogue alarm: BSSID 00:1A:2B:xx:xx:xx, SSID identical to the corporate SSID, channel 6, RSSI -52 at sensor 3 near the loading dock, open authentication, 802.11n enabled.
780 words, about 4 min2Channel 6 at 84 Percent: Finding the Real Airtime Consumer
A 400-person insurance office has 60 APs. 2.4 GHz users report slow file saves and video stalls; 5 GHz users are fine.
803 words, about 4 min3Per-Device-Class 802.1X Design for a Regional Hospital
A 2,400-staff regional hospital runs WPA2-PSK with a single shared passphrase on all clinical WLANs. An auditor requires unique credentials and per-user revocation.
778 words, about 4 min4Voice Roams That Fall Back to Full 802.1X
A 310,000 sq ft distribution centre runs 140 APs on 5 GHz at 40 MHz with WPA2-Enterprise (EAP-TLS), serving 250 VoWiFi handsets and 900 handheld barcode scanners. Handsets are configured for 802.11r in adaptive mode and 802.11k; scanners use FT-PSK on an IoT SSID.
869 words, about 4 min5Sixty Stores of Guest Wi-Fi Inside a PCI Scope
A 60-store specialty retail chain runs cloud-managed APs at each store behind a local firewall, with a 50 Mbps direct internet circuit per store and a hub-and-spoke IPsec tunnel to HQ. Marketing wants guest Wi-Fi at every store with a captive portal and social-login, plus guest analytics.
879 words, about 4 min