Wireless security policy development for sensitive organizations

Manley, Michael; McEntee, C.A.; Molet, A.M.; Park, J.S.

doi:10.1109/iaw.2005.1495946

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“…Less than half of wireless networks are well configured and are running correctly. In addition to that most APs default settings do not implement any type of encryption or authentication [9].…”

Section: Best Practicesmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…In this situation a security policy must be described and written down to allow managers as well as technicians to react correctly to undesired circumstances [9]. It is not surprising that the main reason for security breaches is the human error factor or what is also known as social engineering, where the network security is shared or revealed intentionally or unintentionally to unwanted parties.…”

Section: Security Policymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…There are three levels of security policies: Organization specific, Issue specific (for certain type of technologies), and Systems-specific for individual PCs that hold important information [9]. The availability of the wireless network and the downtime for the network must be taken into consideration while writing these specifications.…”

Section: Security Policymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Security in Wireless Data Networks

Al-Tamimi¹,

Jain²

2011

Handbook of Security and Networks

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This chapter illustrates the key concepts of security, wireless networks, and security over wireless networks. Wireless security is demonstrated by explaining the main specifications of the common security standards like 802.11 WEP, 802.11 WPA, WPA2 (802.11i) and Bluetooth security standards. Moreover, it explains the concept of WMAN (Wireless Metropolitan Access Network) and its security specifications. Finally, it sums up with thoughts and suggestions about wireless security, along with chosen examples of the current proposals in wireless security.

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Section: Best Practicesmentioning

confidence: 98%

Section: Security Policymentioning

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Security in Wireless Data Networks

Al-Tamimi¹,

Jain²

2011

Handbook of Security and Networks

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“…An early study explains wireless network security as a combination of wireless channel security and network security [6]. Many challenges of the wireless network exists like the jamming of radio frequency signals using an attack called Denial of Service (DOS) which interferes with transmission over the wireless network [11]. A major reason for the success of most of this attacks has been due to the loopholes present in existing wireless network security protocols [15].…”

Section: Technical Wireless Network Challenges and Solutionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Research on Wireless Network Security Awareness of Average Users

Ochang¹,

Irving²,

Ofem³

2016

IJWMT

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Network insecurity has become an increasing problem in the world of computer networks. Technical experts have tried to combat this by improving the technical awareness of the threats and technical solutions involved in Wireless Local Networks (WLAN) through technical reports and policy enforcement. The average users' knowledge and awareness of network security, how they react to the warnings and implement security measures is also very important. Current studies on users' awareness of security policies, whether it has been communicated well enough and how aware WLAN users are to the threats and issues involved are still not fully ascertained. To fill this gap it is important to find out the users basic knowledge of the security measures and policies. In this paper, statistical methods were developed and adopted in other to compare the knowledge of Information Technology (IT) related employees and that of non-technical employees on how aware they are of WLAN security threats and security measures. The techniques the paper has adopted revealed the knowledge gap between non-technical and technical users. This revelation is significant and therefore requiring more efficient methods for creating awareness on WLAN threats and countermeasures among average users.

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“…Manley et al [11] pointed out a major security concern with wireless security: they stated that 70% of the data transmitted through wireless access points is unencrypted. They proposed a framework of a reliable wireless security policy and examined the wireless security policies of the Department of Defense based on their framework.…”

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Policy-Based Security for Wireless Components in High Assurance Computer Systems

Wahsheh¹,

Alves-Foss²

2007

J. of Computer Science

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Abstract:To enable the growth of wireless networks in high assurance computer systems, it is essential to establish a security engineering methodology that provides system security managers with a procedural engineering process to develop computer security policies. Our research demonstrates how wireless communication technology is deployed using the Multiple Independent Levels of Security (MILS) architecture for high assurance computer system design of security and safety-critical multi-enclave systems to provide a framework for supporting the enforcement of diverse security multi-policies. The established wireless inter-enclave multi-policy paradigm manages multiple wireless security policies within heterogeneous systems. Applying the policy refinement rules presented in this work for a security enforcement procedure of an application system will reduce the proof effort for secure components.

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Wireless security policy development for sensitive organizations

Cited by 10 publications

References 6 publications

Security in Wireless Data Networks

Security in Wireless Data Networks

Research on Wireless Network Security Awareness of Average Users

Policy-Based Security for Wireless Components in High Assurance Computer Systems

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