Getting Personal with WPA3 Wi-Fi Security

Getting Personal with WPA3 Wi-Fi Security is a hands-on, practitioner-oriented deep dive into modern 802.11 security. The course builds from Wi-Fi key management fundamentals and the RSN framework—covering PMK/PTK derivation and the 4-way EAPOL handshake—to the evolution from WPA2 to WPA3, emphasizing why PBKDF2-based PSKs are crackable and how SAE (Dragonfly) delivers per-session keys and forward secrecy. You’ll configure and validate WPA3 features, including Protected Management Frames, Beacon Protection (BIGTK/MME), and WPA3 Transition/Transition-Disable, and explore open-network hardening via OWE (Enhanced Open) as well as WPA3 Easy Connect (DPP) workflows. Along the way, you’ll see where and how to implement these capabilities on Cisco Catalyst 9800 WLCs and current AP platforms, and be able to explain, differentiate, and defend modern WLAN security designs in production.