Discussion Board
Q1- The volume, source, sophistication, motivation, and coordination of security attacks are increasing. Security attack threats include denial of service attack, virus attack, unauthorized access, or physical threats. The main sources of these threats include internal physical threats, internal employees and consultants, suppliers and vendors, virus, and intruders. Some of these threats can be initiated internally, externally, or both. For example, virus attack could be initiated externally by outside intruders or internally by employees or consultants. While physical threats can be initiated internally by insider employees and consultants.
Discuss the common types of attacks against networks and devices on networks and the common security controls available for migrating these attacks.
Q2- Wireless networks offer mobility and flexibility that encourages several organizations to include wireless (WLANs) within their infrastructure. In addition, Wi-Fi access points are inexpensive and easy to configure. However, it opens the organizations to risks not found in a regular wired network.
Discuss the three generations through which wireless security has progressed? How are they different?
Learning Materials
1- Read sections 6.1-6.5 and 6.7-6.8 in the textbook to help you to answer ( + you can add as maximum 2 new academic papers ):
The book :\(Security in Computing, 5th Ed. (2015). Pfleeger, Charles P., Pfleeger, Shari Lawrence, & Margulies, Jonathan. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.)