Internet security is coming under fire as experts try and make surfing the web easy but secure.

Wireless roaming is top of the agenda as industry specialists focus on getting information to the right people, while keeping it away from others.

Simon Pamplin, Brocade systems engineer pre-sales manager, recognises that people don't have time to be blocked from sites or left open to threats.

He said: "You've got to make ease of access to the right people as seamless as possible.

"You have to control known threats and unknown threats."

But if you're anything like me, sometimes computers just seem to have a mind of their own no matter how you try to control them.

And Mr Pamplin certainly understands that from time-to-time there is just no stopping those persistent few.

He added: "We've learnt over the years that people who break into networks are incredibly talented and resourceful and always find the hole that you've plugged."

His comments come hand-in-hand with the revelation that Google StreetView cars in Germany have been picking up information from near-by unsecured Wi-Fi networks.

However, research from the Wi-Fi Alliance has shown that more of us still want to use Wi-Fi in every day life.

More than 70 per cent of people surveyed wish to watch movies or TV from any screen in their home, 54 per cent are looking to connect an iPod or mp3 to a music library and in 2009 alone 475 million Wi-Fi chipsets were shipped.

So how can we make Wi-Fi safe? Can we find a happy balance between too secure and unsafe?

Categories: Wireless Broadband

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