Chief Security Officers, LLC Wireless Security Assessment

Wireless Security Assessment

Market opportunity

Organizations today are expanding their businesses through the Internet daily. In this promising business environment, threats are also increasing right along with growth opportunities.

Our customers need a secure infrastructure they can rely on. Accordingly, our commitment is to mitigate their risk exposure and protect their information assets from a multitude of threats, including identity theft, intruders, legal liability, security compromises, hackers, malicious software, and viruses.

Customers

Our customers operate some of the largest and most sensitive networks and applications in the world. They include the majority of the Dow Jones Global 50 Titans and numerous organizations in the Fortune 1000, as well as banking, financial services, healthcare, telecommunications, manufacturing, public utilities, schools, and federal and local governments. Overseas, our customers are concentrated primarily in Europe, Japan, China, the Pacific Rim, and Latin America.

This service takes a detailed look at existing wireless network deployments and the variety of security risks that are commonly found when using this new and primarily unproven technology. The analysis and report given at the conclusion of this service provides the knowledge required to best secure the Wireless network(s) against today's high tech criminals.

The Wireless Security Assessment can also be employed by companies planning to utilize wireless technology in the future and desire to enter into this new realm with the full understanding of security and how to best keep their network private.

This security service provides a variety of test and assessment technologies to include:

Analysis of physical wireless LAN (WLAN) perimeter. If the WLAN extends outside of the physical building, then it is very susceptible to extended range eavesdropping through the use of various techniques.
Testing of existing security utilized with the WLAN in an attempt to prevent successful eavesdropping such as WEP, DMZ enforcement, and other current strategies.
Analysis of network traffic that utilizes the WLAN for transport to see if it exceeds the client's understanding of accepted use and corporate policies.
Testing for the existence of potential rogue (unauthorized) WLAN devices which effectively create Trojan access points or other vulnerabilities.
Additional testing on client systems that are portable and could voluntarily offer up unauthorized network access to valuable resources due to poor planning and/or configuration.

Risks associated with vulnerable wireless networks include:

Full access to files being transmitted or even sitting on the server
Stolen passwords
Intercepted emails
Back-door entry points into your wired network
Denial-of-service attacks causing downtime and productivity losses
Violations of state, federal, or international laws and regulations relating to privacy, corporate financial reporting, and more
Zombies - A hacker using your system to attack other networks making you potentially liable
Spamming - A spammer using your email server or workstations to send out spam, spyware, and viruses

We can also provide a no knowledge assessment. A no knowledge assessment is conducted with our clients giving us no up front information on their network infrastructure (Network topology, IP addresses etc.). We attempt to gather information just like a hacker would. We use a number of very sophisticated tools and techniques to test the security of your wireless network. We provide a detailed report on our findings and our recommendations on how to fix any vulnerabilities.

We also take any regulatory compliance issues into account when conducting our assessments. Our testing methodology and reporting is tailored to address HIPAA, Sarbanes Oxley, Graham Leach Bliley, VISA CISP and SEC 17a-4, to mention just a few.

We are experts in Wireless Security Assessments, please call us at 888-237-3899 or email us at info@chiefsecurityofficers.com to learn more about how we can help you.