Wi-Fi is a wireless networking technology that uses the 802.11 standard developed by IEEE to allow for wireless local area network computer communication in public spectrum bands. Securing wireless networks is important and can be done by securing all wireless devices and educating users, actively monitoring the network for weaknesses, and using stronger security protocols like WPA2 instead of the deprecated WEP. While SSL encryption provides some security, public Wi-Fi connections can still be intercepted using man-in-the-middle attacks, so using a VPN service or SSH tunneling can further improve security when connecting over unknown networks.