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Security Issues in large scale wireless and VoIP deployment Andrew Yeomans VP Global Information Security Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein Andrew.Yeomans@drkw.com Wi-Fi Summit - October 2005
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2 Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW) DrKW is the investment bank of Dresdner Bank AG Member of the Allianz Group Headquartered in London and Frankfurt, offices in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Boston, Tokyo, Sao Paulo, Paris, Milan, Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Luxembourg, Kuala Lumpur, Warsaw, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Singapore, Johannesburg, Madrid, Zürich Employs approximately 6,000 people around the world More than € 2 billion operating income in 2004
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3 Relocation to 30 Gresham Street, London
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4 With latest technologies Voice-over-IP (fixed and mobile) Wireless 802.11 Guest wireless internet access for visitors Staff access in meeting rooms
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5 With latest technologies
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6 Desire and lust for shiny new technology! Truly mobile computing – Work from the coffee lounge or canteen Wireless IP phone from anywhere in building Technology is cool Of course it’s secure!
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7 Fear, Loathing and Rejection (Jim Herbeck) Protocol flaws Implementation flaws Usability – need another mobile? War driving, War chalking AirSnort, Kismet, WEPcrack Denial of Service … but are these real?
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8 What can you do with an old laptop and a scenic view?
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9 And a couple of old techies?
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10 Results 150 + wireless networks seen Just using internal PCMCIA aerial Only half used WEP encryption (some are hotspots) With aerial can pick up Canary Wharf – 4 km away “The Feds can own your LAN too” – in 3 minutes http://www.tomsnetworking.com/Sections-article111.php Packet injection attacks
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11 And that’s not all … Use in hotspots – real or fake? Home networks – set up securely? Location-sensing required – e.g. personal firewalls Insider threats – inadvertent and malicious Stolen devices (with keys) Other wireless devices
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12 Floods of vulnerabilities
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13 Means anticipating failure
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14 But the new devices fix it, don’t they? "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." - George Santayana, The Life of Reason WEP -> WPA -> WPA2 (802.11i) -> ?? But devices are upgradable.. Or are they? And it takes years to flush out the old equipment So hotspots support least common denominator So have to run IPsec or SSL/TLS instead Unless you really can design from new
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15 In conclusion Assess risks Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability are still key Anything can go wrong – so be prepared for failure Put appropriate policy controls in place Trust – but verify – check configurations, monitor data Work with your security people And reap the business benefits!
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Questions? Andrew Yeomans VP Global Information Security Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein Andrew.Yeomans@drkw.com Wi-Fi Summit - October 2005
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