A Survey on Wireless Security A study and review of the modern trends in Wireless Security Abdulrashid Abubakar Cred Mugwidi Nuwani Siriwardana Souti Dutta

Contents 1 Purposes of the Survey 2 Survey Techniques and Methods 3 Main Results Problems Faced in Conducting Survey and Recommendations 4 Sheffield Hallam University | MSc. Information System Security 2013

purposes Obtaining data and information about the need for protecting private information and managing identities in a wireless environment Conducting analysis and evaluation of the collected data and portraying their implications in the present day wireless networks Wireless networks growing exponentially, administrators and owners are failing to protect this technology matching with its pace Sheffield Hallam University | MSc. Information System Security 2013

Progress ✓ 1 Purposes of the Survey 2 Survey Techniques and Methods 3 Main Results Problems Faced in Conducting Survey and Recommendations 4 Sheffield Hallam University | MSc. Information System Security 2013

Techniques and Methods Stage 3 Consolidation of collected responses Analysis of those responses Stage 2 Selection of survey service provider Design and conduct the survey Stage 1 Setting up of objectives Choosing a method: Online survey Sheffield Hallam University | MSc. Information System Security 2013

The Online Questionnaire Designed to sound practical and keeping present trend in mind Designed to find out the generic understanding of wireless security of owners and administrators Designed to collect enough information in a short period of time to draw significant conclusions Designed to allow analysis of collected data in scientific way Click to view the Online Questionnaire Sheffield Hallam University | MSc. Information System Security 2013

Personal / Home based Installations Coverage Online Questionnaire 76 responses Includes 27.63% 72.37% Response Domains Small Office (1-25) Small to Med. (26-500) Large Enterprise (1000+) Personal / Home based Installations Sheffield Hallam University | MSc. Information System Security 2013

Progress ✓ ✓ 1 Purposes of the Survey 2 Survey Techniques and Methods 3 Main Results Problems Faced in Conducting Survey and Recommendations 4 Sheffield Hallam University | MSc. Information System Security 2013

Main Results Sheffield Hallam University | MSc. Information System Security 2013

Main Results Sheffield Hallam University | MSc. Information System Security 2013

Main Results Sheffield Hallam University | MSc. Information System Security 2013

Main Results Sheffield Hallam University | MSc. Information System Security 2013

Main Results Sheffield Hallam University | MSc. Information System Security 2013

Main Results Sheffield Hallam University | MSc. Information System Security 2013

Progress ✓ ✓ ✓ 1 Purposes of the Survey 2 Survey Techniques and Methods 2 ✓ 3 Main Results Problems Faced in Conducting Survey and Recommendations 4 Sheffield Hallam University | MSc. Information System Security 2013

Problems Encountered difficulties while setting up of the scope of the survey and preparing the questionnaire It is difficult to promote surveys via discussion forums, blogs, community web sites It is difficult to obtain a good response rate due to lack of motivation / participation The lack of knowledge of respondents has observed It is difficult to determine how truthful a respondent is being Sheffield Hallam University | MSc. Information System Security 2013

Recommendations Planning of survey like this should done ahead of deadline The questionnaire is the main tool, should be design well enough to avoid misleading results The volume of data collection can affect the accuracy of the survey outcome A periodic survey (half yearly, annually) help the data construction to get improved Sheffield Hallam University | MSc. Information System Security 2013