Wireless Security

In 2005, the discussion of upgrading the wireless system to the standard WAP was raised in the information department. However, they choose to focus more on constraining the budget rather than to invest on wireless security system. According to the corresponding email between the CIO and the employee, they were aware the necessity of upgrading the system, but decided to overlook on the potential risk and the contingency plan they relied on was hope, hoping that they will not get compromised. And it was the same year when the first major intrusion into the company’s system had occurred at Marshalls. The criminal hacked into the network and established connection with the main TJX server, then downloaded card information with their program installed onto the server.

Specifically, MDM (mobile device management) protocol has it’s own category in BYOD Management due to the growing presence of cellphones within the network. When a cell phone attempts to connect to the network, a Device Enrollment Program will require the user to adhere to the same, if not more defined, BYOD policies other systems within the network are required to follow if the device’s eligible to connect. For example, when a student at NCC is signing into the school network a web page appears on a student's device requiring them to agree with adhering to policy. The MDM protocol is HTTP-based. The Device Enrollment Program

All in all, the NIST published on July 10th, 2012 A special revision for managing and securing MD against a variety of attacks for both personally-owned and organization-provided devices [39,38]. Stating the two approaches first, centralized management of the MD and alert massaging system to worn server’s management authority, both management methods contribute MD security policies and restrictions provided by the enterprise security administrations to limit the use of application, managing Wi-Fi network connections and constant monitoring system, in addition to third party applications and providing encrypted data communication with intrusion detection and device authentication control. Preventing installing of unauthorized software and prohibit the use rooted or jailbroken

Abstract -This paper addresses the internal and the external security challenges in organizations that implements wireless networks. Distributed security is designed to provide a more secure data communication among faculty members, staff and students. A description of the technique used to protect and keep PC 's up and running is illustrated with applications.

 Policies for personal devices are being ignored by many of the executives who have local administrators install the clients on their unsupported, non-standard personal laptop computers and workstations that interface with the internet. These devices

As technology has advanced throughout the years, so has the threat of infected devices compromising enterprise networks. For the most part, the main focus has been to secure the perimeter of the network. This leaves the interior of the network vulnerable to allow attack to originate. This threat has increased exponentially as the use of cell phones, laptops, tablets, among others, has increased as well. Since these mobile devices can be used on unsecure networks such as wireless hotspots, they have the potential to bring viruses, worms as well as other malware into the enterprise network.

Though Dell is very advanced in the technology arena, the company also carefully approaches BYOD. Dell does allow employees to access the network and email on a personal device. However, the company does not offer any reimbursement or stipend for personal phone use. Similar to Eli Lilly, Dell also provides employees with the ability to make and receive calls through use of a company-provided laptop. The laptop communication feature enables greater mobility and flexibility, reducing the need for employees to use a personal device for

Workstation use and security. Terms for the applicable use of workplace and the features of the physical setting of workstations that can have access to PHI. It is required to use login features in order to access PHI, where security login should be unique and changed every 90 days. Password should include at least 8 characters in length and should include upper and lower cases, at least one number and other symbols. The workstation needs to log off after the use. Workstations must be placed in secure areas of the facility. Any conversations about PHI are confidential and should be hold behind the close doors and lower voice.

Standard and Professional users will need to register their devices through a mobile device management platform (Williams, 2014). A portal can be set up on the network that a standard and professional user can enter once they sign the user acceptance agreement. Once their BYOD is registered on the MDM platform, the IT department will have the ability to wipe data on that device in case of a breach (Williams, 2014; Vignesh & Asha, 2015). In phase 1, the likelihood of this occurring is low since no patient data will be accessed; however, by installing this platform in phase 1, the IT department ensures that all devices that will access the VPN are registered and

The Center for Internet Security (CIS) Critical Security Controls (CSC) will provide a starting point for security controls and procedures not in place. The first CSC covers consistently managing (inventorying, tracking, correcting) all hardware devices on the organizations network making sure that only authorized devices have access. Unauthorized devices must be found or detected and prevented from gaining access to the network. A malicious person could take advantage of a workstation which had not been on the network for an extended period of time due to the workstation missing crucial security updates. Devices do not need to be directly connected to the external network in order them to be compromised.

Some organizations disallow wireless networks and therefore believe they don’t need to address wireless security issues. These organizations overlook the fact that wireless security issues can still arise when a wireless laptop is plugged into the corporate network. A hacker could sit out in the parking lot and gather info from it through laptops and/or other devices as handhelds, or even break in through this wireless card-equipped laptop and gain access to the wired network.2

In addition to the threats and vulnerabilities inherited with wired local area networks (LAN) there are many more risks associated with the use of wireless and mobile technologies. The use of laptops, smartphones, and tablets create vulnerabilities that can fall outside our network securities measure. Attackers will be able to bypass the firewalls and gain direct access to the doctor’s data. Once an intruder has access to the network the intruder will be able to launch denial of service

As organizations rapidly add IoT and BYOD devices, it is critical to ensure this access does not compromise network security. In the past, enterprise networks were self-contained within

Nowadays, most of us use a local wireless network to connect onto the internet. This has become the norm since more and more devices, such as smartphones and tablets, are being introduced into our lives. Protecting a wireless network can be more complicated that a wired network, since wired networks are an A-to-B connection through a cable. Wireless networks broadcast data to every device that happens to be listening. This makes wireless networks much more vulnerable

Protection for confidential data is critical so that they can’t be accessed either by network attacks, physical tampering or access by unauthorized software en-tities in the device. Often embedded devices can be reprogrammed remotely as a part of fixing bugs and adding new features. In due course, devices should ensure that attackers don’t attack and insert their own malicious code and hi-jack confidential data as it flows through the system.