Wireless Security Glossary

Fast definitions for the terms that appear across our troubleshooting and setup guides. Each entry is intentionally short and practical.

Wi-Fi terms

Protected Management Frames. A Wi-Fi control that protects some management frames from spoofing abuse.

Common Wi-Fi security mode based on a shared passphrase and 4-way handshake.

Modern Wi-Fi authentication scheme replacing WPA2-PSK behavior with stronger handshake properties.

The AP radio MAC address. Useful when SSID names overlap or are hidden.

BLE data model composed of services and characteristics.

Process that negotiates keys and security parameters.

Storing negotiated keys so security context survives reconnects.

Rules controlling whether reads/writes require encryption or authentication.

Low-frequency RFID commonly used in older proximity systems.

Higher-frequency ecosystem for NFC tags and many modern access cards.

Tag identifier. Important for inventory, but not sufficient as a sole security control.

On-off keying modulation where presence/absence of carrier represents data.

Frequency-shift keying modulation that encodes data by shifting carrier frequency.

Complex baseband sample format used by SDR tools for analysis and decoding.

Receiver saturation from strong signals; can create false peaks and unstable decodes.

Continue with practical usage: Wireless Lab Setup Guide and Troubleshooting Hub.