ISC2 Systems Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP) Practice Question
A security administrator is migrating the company's WLAN from WPA2-Personal to WPA3 to mitigate offline dictionary attacks. Some warehouse scanners and legacy IoT sensors cannot be firmware-upgraded to support SAE. The team wants the strongest protection for modern laptops while avoiding connectivity outages for older devices during the cut-over period. Which WPA3 deployment mode best meets these goals?
Keep the network on WPA2-Personal but mandate Protected Management Frames as optional.
Enable WPA3-Personal exclusively so all clients must authenticate using SAE.
Configure access points for WPA3 Transition Mode, broadcasting both SAE and WPA2-PSK support.
Implement WPA3-Enterprise with the 192-bit security suite across the WLAN.
WPA3 Transition Mode allows an access point to advertise both WPA3-Personal (SAE) and WPA2-Personal (PSK) simultaneously. WPA3-capable clients automatically negotiate the stronger SAE handshake, gaining protection against offline password guessing, while legacy clients continue using WPA2-PSK until they can be replaced. Enabling WPA3-Personal only would break connectivity for non-compliant devices. WPA3-Enterprise with the 192-bit security suite requires 802.1X support and does not accommodate pre-shared-key IoT gear. Leaving the network at WPA2 with optional Protected Management Frames does not provide the desired upgrade to WPA3 security.
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