Organizations have high hopes for wireless commerce.
But before wireless e-commerce or even wireless access to the corporate network takes off, organizations are going to have to nail down wireless security. It's not that wireless isn't secure as it stands now. Rather, wireless security is difficult to implement, requiring organizations to piece together myriad technologies. Few vendors offer a complete security package, and large pieces of the security puzzle are beyond the control of corporate IT, resting instead with carriers and wireless device manufacturers. Mass. So WTLS messages must be converted into SSL before an e-commerce site or corporate network can read them.