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Course Name: Securing Wi-Fi Networks Training
   
Deployment Options: Onsite - Instructor-Led Training
   
Course Duration: 2-3 days depending on audience background and options
   
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Introduction:
 
This unique course provides detailed, hands-on instruction in the detection, assessment and security of 802.11 wireless networks. During the course, a range of tools and techniques are introduced, which are not documented by the manufacturers of 802.11 wireless LAN products.
 
Audience:
 
  • Network planners
  • Network designers
  • Security managers
  • Security auditors
  • IT management personnel
  • Anyone concerned with the security of their organisation
  • IT professionals wanting to move into the rapidly growing wireless networks industry.
 
Prerequisites:
 
Implementing 802.11 Wireless LANs, or equivalent experience with 802.11.
 
Customize it:
 
This 2-3-day Securing Wi-Fi Networks course will be customized to your needs and specifications. Eno.com will assist you in identifying those needs and specifications. A word to the wise, there are many vendors of Wireless training. They will typically have a broad and general course, one size fits all, already developed and just put your organization?s name on the title slide. This minimizes their effort and time investment. At Eno.com, every course is made to your exact and exacting specifications. We help you ensure what you are getting is what you really need even if at the beginning you weren't too sure of what that was. We fit the class to your needs. We never fit you into our standard, one size fits all, class. Please call or e-mail to schedule a no-obligation conference call to help us understand your audience background and training objectives.
 
Objectives:
 

On completing this course, you will be able to:

  • Explain both the documented and undocumented security vulnerabilities that are immediately created in every organisation when 802.11 wireless networks are introduced.
  • Describe in detail the types of attacks that occur.
  • Demonstrate practical 802.11 security vulnerabilities.
  • Detect authorised and unauthorised 802.11 wireless networks and access points.
  • Assess their security vulnerabilities using the latest 802.11 audit tools.
  • Secure 802.11 (Wi-Fi) wireless networks using state-of-the-art techniques.
  • Implement advanced intrusion detection, auditing and logging facilities for Wi-Fi networks.
  • Perform a security site survey (WiFi Security Audit).
 
Course Outline
 

The Dangers of 802.11 WLANs

  • The vulnerabilities of 802.11 WLANs:
  • Open Access Points
  • Unencrypted networks
  • The weaknesses of WEP
  • Hacking into 802.11 WLANs
  • The World-wide "hacker" community
  • WLAN "hobbyists"
  • Available hacking tools: hardware, software, maps, papers, community resources.

Wi-Fi and Radio Frequency (RF) essentials

  • Review of Wi-Fi standards
  • RF fundamentals
  • RF bands and channels
  • Power levels, dBm
  • Antenna types and gains

Review of 802.11 WLAN Operation

  • Joining a wireless LAN
  • Understanding access point security
  • Authentication and association
  • Roaming in a wireless LAN
  • Beacons and Probe Frames

Understanding Wireless LAN Security

  • Understanding Wired Equivalence Privacy (WEP)
  • The vulnerabilities of WEP
  • Revealing WEP insecurity
  • Practical War Driving
  • Working with:
  • --High gain antennas
  • --NetStumbler, Kismet
  • --Aircrack-ng
  • --Backtrack

Understanding Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)

  • WPA version 1
  • "Personal" Security
  • WPA Pre-Shared KEY (WPA-PSK)
  • How to choose a Passphrase
  • Disadvantages of WPA-PSK
  • "Enterprise" Security
  • WPA version 2

802.11i Robust Security Networks (RSN)

  • TKIP, RC4, MIC
  • Understanding Temporal Key Integrity Protocol (TKIP)
  • AES, CCMP
  • Counter mode with CBC-MAC (CCMP)

Authentication with 802.1X and EAP

  • Extensible authentication protocol
  • Understanding 802.1x and EAP
  • Commonly-employed EAP types:
  • --LEAP (EAP Cisco Wireless)
  • --EAP-TLS
  • --EAP-PEAP
  • --EAP-TTLS
  • --EAP-GTC
  • --EAP-FAST

Configuring the Supplicant

  • Configuring and Managing Windows XP Clients
  • Using Vendor-supplied clients and utilities
  • Using third-party Supplicant software:
  • --Juniper (Funk) Odyssey Client

Implementing RADIUS Authentication

  • Commercial RADIUS servers
  • Using Microsoft IAS
  • Using FreeRADIUS

Alternative and Complementary Security Architectures

  • Overlay security networks
  • Centralised Management tools
  • Using VPN over wireless
  • Using SSL over wireless
  • Enterprise Encryption Gateways (EEG)
  • Enterprise Wireless Gateways (EWG)

Your Wi-Fi security policy

  • 802.11 and corporate security policies
  • Security policy recommendations
  • Auditing your WiFi networks:
  • --Audit checklist
  • --Audit toolkit
  • The future challenges of 802.11n and security
 
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