Question

Wireless Security Systems

Earlier in the course, you reported on wireless behaviors and antennas and conducted your own site survey for UTU. In this unit, you will research and report to UTU on wireless security systems and potential risk factors specific to college campuses.

What do I have to do?

Please address the following items:

• Using the Internet, research wireless intrusion prevention systems and vendors that supply such systems. Choose 2–3 vendors to recommend to UTU and write a brief report explaining why this type of system is necessary.
• Certain campus buildings, such as the registrar’s office, the financial aid office, and any other department that houses student records, are at higher risk if security is breached. In your report, explain to UTU how your wireless intrusion prevention system would protect these sensitive areas.

Write a one to two page double-spaced report as if you were presenting to the client. Include an introduction and a conclusion, and make sure that what you are presenting is clear, detailed, accurate, and free of errors. Be sure to fully answer all questions and prompts, and provide justification for your answers when necessary.

Answer 1

Hi,

WIRELESS INTRUSION PREVENTION SYSTEM

Introduction:

Today everyone is very much dependent on internet . There are many advantages of using this internet . For the development of any areas this internet is an important part . But using this internet there is some disadvantages too . There is a big chance of attackers to hack the personal details if internet is not properly used . That is authentication is an important part . Internet can be used to secure storage of data . Proper secuity criteria have to be used , otherwise there is chance of hackers to hack all the data and all the datas may be lossed . In such cases wireless intrusion prevention systems are used . This systems are very much used to provide better security in any organization . They detect what are the problems with the systems and they not only detect the problems but also do measure to prevent the problems too.

Today in every organization there is competition takes place and every one is compete with each other and they try to hack the proper funcitoning of the other organization by hacking through the internet . And this are done by unauthorized access , and by unauthhorize access the hackers will collect all the secret informations and datas . This affect the organization very much and their proper functioing may block . If every organization uses this intrusion systems , this types of attacks will never occur as they protect the organization and prevent form external attacks.

An intusion prevention systems main function is that it contionously monitor the system activities and if it detect anything unwanted activities, it prevent that activities. The main advantage is that it can detect if there is any attack is going to happen and it can prevent from that attacks . It provides a signature . That is the   organizations have a signature and it uses the signature to detect the attack . If there is any mismatch in the signature occurs then it is sure that an attack occurs.

The three main advantages of wireless intrusion prevention system is that :

• Availability : It is one of the main advantage that is it available any time if an unauthorised access is occurs.
• Integrity : It prevents any altration occurs to the actual data.
• Confidetiality : It prevent the copying or veiwing of data from any unauthorized users .

The vendors are the providers of the intrusion prevention system . some of the vendors are given below:

• Cisco Wireless Intrusion Prevention system : It is one of the most important vendors of intrusion system . It provide most accurate and cost effective security . It monitors performance across the system. If any wireless htreats are detected it notifies the threats to the administrators and helps to detect the attacker . The main advantage of cisco is that it can detect the attacker and can detect the correct location of the hacker.
• Hill stone s series wireless intrusion prevention system : It is anothe r vendor of the intrusion prevention system. It is a rule based methodology . It block the threats using signature analysis. It provide high detection rate and the cost is very low .
• NGIPS Next Generation Intrusion Prevention system : It is another vendor of intrusion detection their main advantage is that it cna detect the data leakage and any illegal security breach is occuring .

An intrusion prevention system can detect any malicious attack so it can be act as an antivirus. In an institutional environment there is datas regarding the student details and these data should be protected from any unauthorized access so   inorder to prevent this attack if an intrusion detection system is there in that system they can identify the attackers and can locate where the attacker is . So it avoid the risk .

Conclusion :

This intrusion detection system are very important now a days because they are very effective to determine the attacks . They are very cost effective and easy of use . Comparing with any other technologies for protection against attack this intrusion prevention is the best one . It can be used in any organization or any networks without considering the size . It is very useful one .

Thank you...