Yes, WiMax is a standard based design, and WiMax standards are well defined to provide much better and flexible security than wi-fi networks.

★ WiMax security stack supports two encryption standards one is popular DES3 (Data Encryption Standard) and other is AES (Advanced Encryption Standard).

★ Additionally it requires dedicated security processor for base station.

★ It also defines minimum encryption requirements for the traffic and for end to end authentication.