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Wi-Fi Protected Access-2

nounid 4665·updated May 9, 2026
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The approved Wi-Fi Alliance interoperable implementation of the IEEE 802.11i security standard. For federal government use, the implementation must use FIPS-approved encryption, such as AES.

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Classifications

Entity Type

Control92%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Sensitivity

Regulated88%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

acronym
WPA2
plural
Wi-Fi Protected Access-2s
possessive
Wi-Fi Protected Access-2's
pluralpossessive
Wi-Fi Protected Access-2s'

Framework definitions

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
§1
The approved Wi-Fi Alliance interoperable implementation of the IEEE 802.11i security standard. For federal government use, the implementation must use FIPS-approved encryption, such as AES.
CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →
§1
The approved Wi-Fi Alliance interoperable implementation of the IEEE 802.11i security standard. For federal government use, the implementation must use FIPS-approved encryption, such as AES.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
The approved Wi-Fi Alliance interoperable implementation of the IEEE 802.11i security standard. For federal government use, the implementation must use FIPS-approved encryption, such as AES.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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