The Guest WiFi Standard for IT Leaders

Benchmark your guest WiFi against Bronze / Silver / Gold, and turn gaps into a clear plan for upgrades, renewals, or vendor selection.

Guest WiFi used to be simple: put up a captive portal and move on.

Now it's a front door to your network, touching security, compliance, operations, and user experience all at once.

It touches security, compliance, operations, and user experience — and the ‘small’ decisions add up fast.

This practical guidebook helps you benchmark your current guest WiFi and set a clear standard for upgrades, renewals, or procurement without overcomplicating it.

Use a simple tier system

Define what ‘good’ looks like in your environment

Bronze

Compliance baseline

Silver

Operational standard

Gold

Zero trust standard

What's inside? Use the guidebook to:

Find your ideal solution step by step:

Choose your target tier (Bronze / Silver / Gold)
Audit your current setup with a simple Have / Partial / Missing checklist

Turn “Missing” into:

an upgrade plan, or
a vendor requirements list, or
a renewal pressure-test

Covers requirements across:

Branded guest access + legal/privacy fundamentals
Cloud-native management, analytics, and integrations
Verified identity, per-session encryption, and threat prevention