A library floor walk finds a printer softAP advertising WPS while corporate controllers look clean. Why does that matter for Domain 6 inventory?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
The controller can look perfect while a printer in the stacks runs its own little WPS carnival. Unmanaged softAPs are real inventory—easy to miss, easy to abuse. Sweep beyond the shiny enterprise dashboard.
Full Explanation
A library floor walk that finds a printer softAP advertising WPS while corporate controllers look clean matters because consumer and printer softAPs often leave WPS enabled and can become overlooked footholds outside controller policy. Domain 6 inventory literacy includes non-controller devices in civic spaces. SoftAPs bypass the clean controller story.
'Printer softAPs cannot implement WPS, so the scan result must be a false positive' fails because printer softAPs can implement WPS—the scan result is not automatically a false positive. 'Only controller-managed APs can ever expose WPA passphrases through WPS flaws' fails because controller-managed APs are not the only devices that can expose WPA passphrases through WPS flaws. 'Library printers automatically inherit WPS disable policies from the wireless controller' fails because library printers do not automatically inherit WPS disable policies from the wireless controller.
Exam caveat: shadow WLAN devices are in-scope for inventory even when the controller dashboard is green. Operational check: walk municipal floors with wash scans, inventory softAPs/printers, disable or isolate WPS-enabled outliers, and add them to the authorized asset list. Assign owners for each non-controller AP found. In municipal wireless operations, record the rationale in the engagement notes so future assessors know which control or technique class was chosen and which failure modes the rejected options would create for city services.