Amrutek Services Inc.

Presents a Symposium on

Wireless LAN Security: Standards, Business Plans and Deployment issues

by

Dr. Amruthur Narasimhan

President, Amrutek Services Inc.

&

Dr. Manu Malek

Indusry Professor and Director of CyberSecurity Certificate Program,Stevens Institute of Technology

Sponsored

by

IEEE NJ Coast, PACE & Consultants Network sponsors

ABSTRACT

      The dramatic cost reduction of Wireless LANs (WLANs) in the Small Office Home Office (SOHO) market has fueled their proliferation in enterprise.  The explosion of wireless devices requiring network services is driving the need to evaluate, implement and support WLAN applications in the network.  While WLANs provide flexibility, cost savings, and convenience, their presence introduces security vulnerabilities apart from limitations of scalability, performance, resilience and manageability.   In this symposium, we discuss the impending challenges of deploying wireless, how wireless and wired networks can be deployed assuring security. The growing number and intensity of security incidents, coupled with the post-9/11 heightened security concerns, have made security the most important issue relative to the progress of WLAN deployment.  Recently, new security methods based on IEEE 802.1x and strong EAP authentication methods, such as EAP-TTLS, have emerged, which offer strong WLAN security.

       An overview of WLAN, standards, deployment and security needs will be described.  Some related security services and mechanisms will be discussed.  A general introduction to the field of security, covering threats, countermeasures, as well as design principles, and practical examples of how to integrate security services into WLAN will be discussed.  Security vulnerabilities will be explained by presenting a few examples of security attacks and the safeguards needed to counter them. A brief description of players such as Cisco, AirFlow, Aruba, and Symbol will be provided.  Also, deployment challenges, covering typical architectures for WLANs, with the related security issues, will be provided.  The symposium will conclude with pointers to future trends in WLAN on secured roaming and privacy issues.

What you will Learn WILL LEARN

Date & Time: December 10, 2003; 1 PM to 5 PM; Refreshments will be provided.

VENUE: Meeting Rooms 108/109 Magill Commons, Monmouth University. DIRECTIONS

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