Wireless Local Area Network (Security)

Wireless Local Area Network (Security)

Paper details Task 2: (total: 50 marks) Wireless Internet access technology is being increasingly deployed in both office and public environments, as well as by the Internet users at home. The use of a wireless network enables enterprises to avoid the costly process of introducing cables into buildings or as a connection between different equipment locations. The basis of wireless systems are radio waves, an implementation that takes place at the physical level of network structure. The wireless network can be found in different types, for example: wireless local area network (WLAN), Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks (WMAN), Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN), wireless sensors networks (WSN). Referring to at least three research papers, Student is required to study a wireless network architecture and recommend a security architecture by answering the following tasks: Task 2.A: summarize and describe any type of wireless network. (10 marks) (Hint: you should include definition, uses, and structure of your selected wireless network) Task 2.B: Analyze and describe different security concerns (threats, vulnerabilities, attacks) of your selected wireless network. (20 marks) (Hint: identify and describe the threats, vulnerabilities and attacks on your selected wireless network, describe the scenario of each attack and its effect on wireless network performance. Also clarify the attacks by diagrams) Task 2.C: Suggest security services and mechanisms to countermeasure the attacks. Provide a detailed description for each service and mechanism. Then, provide a clear diagram of your security architecture of wireless network. (20 marks) (Hint: identify the security service that could detect/prevent the attack, then describe mechanisms to implement the identified services.)