About this episode

The episode discusses MACsec, its encryption capabilities at Layer 2, and the reasons organizations are not implementing it despite widespread hardware support.

MACsec (IEEE 802.1AE) encrypts Ethernet frames hop-by-hop at Layer 2 — before traffic even hits IP — making it one of the strongest protections you can put on wire. It’s been in the standards for years, hardware support is widespread, and yet most organizations aren’t running it. JJ and Drew dig into why: the hardware ... Read more »

People in this episode

Hosts: JJ, Drew

Topics covered

• encryption
• Ethernet
• network security
• Layer 2
• MACsec
• hardware support

Keywords

• MACsec
• encryption
• Ethernet frames
• Layer 2
• network security
• hardware support
• IEEE 802.1AE

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: IEEE

Products: MACsec

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