What encryption protocol is used for WPA2?Group of answer choicesTKIPTKIP MICCCMPCBC-MAC

Answer

WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access 2) primarily uses AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) for its encryption. The encryption protocol used in WPA2 is called CCMP (Counter Mode with Cipher Block Chaining Message Authentication Code Protocol).

Here’s a brief overview of the related options:

1. TKIP (Temporal Key Integrity Protocol): An older encryption protocol used in WPA, but not recommended for WPA2 due to security vulnerabilities.
2. TKIP MIC (Message Integrity Check): A feature of TKIP for message integrity, but again, not used in WPA2.
3. CCMP: This is the correct answer. It uses AES for encryption and provides better security than TKIP.
4. CBC-MAC: This is a method for Message Authentication Code, which is part of the underlying components in CCMP, but not an encryption protocol itself.

Thus, the correct answer is CCMP.