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Wireless Security
This two day course will present security guidelines and considerations in wireless networking. The participants will learn the latest security standards, including all 802.1x/EAP types used in WLANs , how to locate and triangulate rogue access points and implement Wireless Intrusion Prevention Systems, assess the security of wireless networks using the same hacking tools the bad guys do.
Who should attend
  • Ethical Hackers and Penetration Testers
  • Network Security Staff
  • Network and System Administrators
  • Incident Response Teams
  • Information Security Policy Decision Makers
  • Technical Auditors
  • Information Security Consultants
Course Contents
Session One: Wireless Security Overview
  • Module 1: Wireless Technology Background
  • Module 2: Risks of using Wireless Technologies
  • Module 3: Current Wireless Security
  • Module 4: Wireless Standards
Session Two: Introduction 802.11 Standard
  • Module 5: Features of 802.11 Standard
  • Module 6: Packet types of 802.11 Standards
  • Module 7: 802.11 authentication types
  • Module 8: Finding and Connecting to Wireless Networks
Session Three: 802.11 Discovery
  • Module 9: Wireless Hardware and Drivers
Session Four: Scanning and Enumerating 802.11 Networks
  • Module 10: Windows Discovery Tools
    • Module 10.1: NetStumbler
    • Module 10.2: AiroPeek
  • Module 11: Linux Discovery Tools
    • Module 11.1: Kismet
    • Module 11.2: Wellenreiter
  • Module 12: Network Identifiers
  • Module 13: UNIX Based Sniffers
    • Module 13.1: Tcp-Dump
    • Module 13.2: Lib-pcap
    • Module 13.3: Wireshark
Session Five: Attacking 802.11 based Networks
  • Module 14: De-authenticating users
  • Module 15: Countermeasures for De-authenticating Users
  • Module 16: Defeating MAC Filtering
  • Module 17: MAC Filter Avoidance Countermeasures
  • Module 18: WEP Cracking
  • Module 19: Rouge or Fake AP
Session Six: Securing 802.11 Networks
  • Module 20: Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)
  • Module 21: WPA/WPA2 deployment
  • Module 22: Adding extra layer of external security
  • Module 23: Wireless IDS (WIDS)
  • Module 24: Considering choice of RADIUS
Session Seven: BlueTooth
  • Module 25: Introduction to BlueTooth Technology
  • Module 26: BlueTooth functionality
  • Module 27: BlueTooth Security