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Assessing wireless security implementation in government and private sector companies in Malacca-a case study

Wireless local area networks (WLAN) have become a common technology in our everyday life. The use of WLAN can be seen among home users who use it to access the Internet and play games to business users who conduct daily business activities over the WLAN. The main objective of this case study was to...

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Main Authors: Mohd Fairuz Iskandar, Othman, Nazrulazhar, Bahaman, Zulkiflee, Muslim, Haniza, Nahar, Mohd Najwan, Md Khambari
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2008
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QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Online Access:http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/15095/1/Assessing%20wireless%20security%20implementation%20in%20government%20and%20private%20sector%20companies%20in%20Malacca-a%20case%20study179.pdf
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spelling my.utem.eprints.150952023-06-15T10:13:59Z http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/15095/ Assessing wireless security implementation in government and private sector companies in Malacca-a case study Mohd Fairuz Iskandar, Othman Nazrulazhar, Bahaman Zulkiflee, Muslim Haniza, Nahar Mohd Najwan, Md Khambari QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science Wireless local area networks (WLAN) have become a common technology in our everyday life. The use of WLAN can be seen among home users who use it to access the Internet and play games to business users who conduct daily business activities over the WLAN. The main objective of this case study was to ascertain the level of security with regards to wireless implementation in government and private sector companies in Malacca. To gauge the level of security being implemented, we conduct war driving sessions where we use certain hardware and software to map these wireless networks and then analyze their level of security in terms of whether they use encryption techniques such as WEP or WPA for data confidentiality. Simulation was done to show that some of these techniques are not secure. Then, comparisons are made between the use of open source software against vendor based software to collect and analyze the wireless networks before making several conclusions. The most alarming conclusion was that the level of awareness of wireless security among users in Malacca was still relatively low, especially in government sectors. Finally, we propose several steps that can be taken to minimize and counter problems faced when using wireless technology. 2008 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/15095/1/Assessing%20wireless%20security%20implementation%20in%20government%20and%20private%20sector%20companies%20in%20Malacca-a%20case%20study179.pdf Mohd Fairuz Iskandar, Othman and Nazrulazhar, Bahaman and Zulkiflee, Muslim and Haniza, Nahar and Mohd Najwan, Md Khambari (2008) Assessing wireless security implementation in government and private sector companies in Malacca-a case study. In: 2008 Student Conference on Research and Development (SCOReD 2008) , 26-27 Nov. 2008, UTM, Johor. (Submitted)
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topic QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
spellingShingle QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Mohd Fairuz Iskandar, Othman
Nazrulazhar, Bahaman
Zulkiflee, Muslim
Haniza, Nahar
Mohd Najwan, Md Khambari
Assessing wireless security implementation in government and private sector companies in Malacca-a case study
description Wireless local area networks (WLAN) have become a common technology in our everyday life. The use of WLAN can be seen among home users who use it to access the Internet and play games to business users who conduct daily business activities over the WLAN. The main objective of this case study was to ascertain the level of security with regards to wireless implementation in government and private sector companies in Malacca. To gauge the level of security being implemented, we conduct war driving sessions where we use certain hardware and software to map these wireless networks and then analyze their level of security in terms of whether they use encryption techniques such as WEP or WPA for data confidentiality. Simulation was done to show that some of these techniques are not secure. Then, comparisons are made between the use of open source software against vendor based software to collect and analyze the wireless networks before making several conclusions. The most alarming conclusion was that the level of awareness of wireless security among users in Malacca was still relatively low, especially in government sectors. Finally, we propose several steps that can be taken to minimize and counter problems faced when using wireless technology.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Mohd Fairuz Iskandar, Othman
Nazrulazhar, Bahaman
Zulkiflee, Muslim
Haniza, Nahar
Mohd Najwan, Md Khambari
author_facet Mohd Fairuz Iskandar, Othman
Nazrulazhar, Bahaman
Zulkiflee, Muslim
Haniza, Nahar
Mohd Najwan, Md Khambari
author_sort Mohd Fairuz Iskandar, Othman
title Assessing wireless security implementation in government and private sector companies in Malacca-a case study
title_short Assessing wireless security implementation in government and private sector companies in Malacca-a case study
title_full Assessing wireless security implementation in government and private sector companies in Malacca-a case study
title_fullStr Assessing wireless security implementation in government and private sector companies in Malacca-a case study
title_full_unstemmed Assessing wireless security implementation in government and private sector companies in Malacca-a case study
title_sort assessing wireless security implementation in government and private sector companies in malacca-a case study
publishDate 2008
url http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/15095/1/Assessing%20wireless%20security%20implementation%20in%20government%20and%20private%20sector%20companies%20in%20Malacca-a%20case%20study179.pdf
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