But before that approval, the Wi-Fi Alliance, an industry consortium that promotes Wi-Fi technology, previously adopted most of the features already assumed to be part of the 802.11i standard and built them into a temporary set of enhancements that it called Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) which is available on most newer Wi-Fi access points.

FORBES: Wireless Standards On The Move

As an escape hatch, he instead abandoned the gold standard (although he said that the move was temporary).

FORBES: Give The Gold Standard Its Due