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With the proliferation, mobility and convenience of wireless LANs (WLANs), organizations have more and more complex challenges to face. The unique challenge created by WLANs is that the physical media used to communicate is wireless and as such is difficult to control unlike traditional wired media like fiber, copper, and coax. Attackers can gain access to an organization’s LAN without needing to gain physical access to company buildings.
M3 Security’s WLAN assessment analyzes an organization’s wireless security posture, identifies vulnerabilities in the wireless network, and provides remediation plans.
| M3 Security's Wireless assessments include the following tasks: |
System architecture and Security policy review : Review of existing system architecture and security policies. Some of the issues that are investigated are wireless encryption and authentication mechanisms, wireless access cards/points procurement and installation policy, WLAN system architecture, and operational & management control policies of access points |
| Review of configuration policy for wireless access points : Configuration and security settings policies for WAP devices are reviewed including default settings, type and level of encryption, transmit power levels, WLAN mobility settings, Wireless Wide-area Access Networks (WWAN)-WLAN handoff settings |
| Verification of wireless access point settings: Reviewing compliance of targeted set of access points with existing configuration policy and identifying non-compliance |
| Identification of Rogue Access Points: Using tools to identify rogue access points that are not authorized for use by an organization’s security department. These are typically ad-hoc networks setup by employees in test labs, conf rooms, offices etc. |
| Penetration and coverage testing: Perform penetration tests to exploit any vulnerabilities in access points. Detailed coverage maps of the wireless transmission area for each access point is developed which helps an organization in understanding their wireless network boundary |
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