Mike Hohnka - Institute for Networking and Security Research
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Wireless Network
Security
PRESENTED BY:
Mr. Michael J. Hohnka
Wireless Technologies Department Head
Communications and Imaging Division
Applied Research Laboratory
[email protected]
(814) 867-4145
Mission
The Wireless Technologies Department is part of the
Communications and Imaging Division within the
Communications, Information and Navigation Office at ARL.
In the Department...
We perform basic and applied research, exploratory development,
and advanced development in support of program sponsors
We champion the transfer of advanced technologies to naval
acquisition programs and fleet operations as well as to other
government agencies and the private sector
One hundred years ago.…
April 14/15, 1912
Titanic hits iceberg
and sinks in North
Atlantic.
~ 1500 lives lost
Let’s look at the role that wireless played in this disaster
Titanic Wireless Technology
After Titanic hit iceberg,
SOS sent almost
continuously until ship
ultimately sunk
SS Californian nearby
(~10 miles)
Consisted of “Marconi” set
Comms simply by Morse
Code (…---…)
Enabled comms to other
ships in vicinity and shorebased stations
Why didn’t Californian aid Titanic?
Titanic sent SOS for ~ 3
hours
Californian certainly
capable of receiving SOS
Californian had Marconi
set powered off for night!
It was not the technology that failed; it was failure in the way that the
technology was used
Laws were then implemented requiring 24 hour monitoring of Marconi
systems
This was an attempt to correct the way that the technology was used
What does this have to do with Network Security?
Titanic Wireless Security Issues
Was there concern over lost/stolen
Marconi devices?
How about malware and viruses
getting inadvertently loaded onto a
Marconi system?
Were open Wi-Fi networks and Public Hotspots an issue?
What about the problems associated with a personal Marconi being put on a
company network?
Titanic Wireless Security Issues
Was there concern over lost/stolen
Marconi devices?
How about malware and viruses
getting inadvertently loaded onto a
Marconi system?
Were open Wi-Fi networks and Public Hotspots an issue?
What about the problems associated with a personal Marconi being put on a
company network?
The answer to all of these questions is obviously NO.
But they are all concerns 100 years later with current
wireless devices!
BYOD
Bring Your Own Device
We are in an era where a personal device can be used to
access corporate data
Email, appropriately mapped storage, Intranet
Basically to do work outside of work
What’s the Big Deal?
According to Forrester Research, more than half of US
information workers now pay for their smartphones and
monthly plans to do work for their employers……
BUT!!!!
What’s the Big Deal?
According to Forrester Research, more than half of US
information workers now pay for their smartphones and
monthly plans to do work for their employers……
BUT!!!!
Studies also show that consumers are lax about mobile
security……
What’s the Biggest Risk?
Is it malware or viruses?
•
If you own an Android phone or iPhone you’re 2.5 more
times likely to accidently download malware today than you
were in January.
What’s the Biggest Risk?
Is it malware or viruses?
•
If you own an Android phone or iPhone you’re 2.5 more times
likely to accidently download malware today than you were in
January.
NO!
What’s the Biggest Risk?
Is it malware or viruses?
•
If you own an Android phone or iPhone you’re 2.5 more times
likely to accidently download malware today than you were in
January.
NO!
Is it using your device on an open Wi-Fi or public hotspot?
•
In 2011 the UK based newspaper The Guardian set up a mock WiFi hotspot in an airport and was easily able to obtain user
information ranging from email passwords to credit card
information.
What’s the Biggest Risk?
Is it malware or viruses?
•
If you own an Android phone or iPhone you’re 2.5 more times
likely to accidently download malware today than you were in
January.
NO!
Is it using your device on an open WI-FI or public hotspot?
•
In 2011 the UK based newspaper The Guardian set up a mock WiFi hotspot in an airport and was easily able to obtain user
information ranging from email passwords to credit card
information.
NO!
The Biggest Risk
It is a lost or stolen device
•
“Security experts agree most of the threats to mobile devices
come in the form of people losing their devices or having them
stolen”
- eWeek.com, “Dealing with Enterprise Mobile Security” Oct 6, 2010
In Closing…..
Protect your device
Don’t be the “iceberg that
sinks your company’s data!”
The Applied Research Laboratory
The Pennsylvania State University
Questions?
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P.O. Box 30
State College, Pennsylvania 16804