Instructions on Assessment:
You are to perform a study on various 802.11 wireless networks in order to choose a suitable security measure that should be put in place for a given scenario.
This assignment is divided in two parts. The study will be partially theoretical and technical. The technical part (part A) will require you to evaluate the effectiveness of using various standards against known attacks. You will then in part B identify what are the security measures that the company in the chosen scenario should consider implementing.
PartA:Technicalflawsresearch
You will need to investigate several known security flaws on the various 802.11 security protocols. You should demonstrate that were able to exploit those security flaws by exploiting them in your test environment either at home or in the lab.You should also consider the various possible types of deployment such as in infrastructure deployment of 802.11 or in enterprise mode.
- 1. WLAN authentication if SSID is hidden and if administrators use MACfiltering.
- 2. WLAN encryption flaws (WEP,WPA2).
- 3. 802.11 clients and identify flaws and they can be exploited.
PartB:Scenario based interpretation
Based on yourfindings in part A, youare required to analyse results obtained and choose suitable security measures for your chosen scenario. Following this, you are expected to defend your security choices by comparing your justifications with different research papers discussing the effectiveness of wireless security protocols in different environments.
Effectiveness of the chosen security measures should be evaluated in term of how they can be exploited (if possible), how suitable they are for the environment they will be used in and the threats that the scenario is subject to.
You will need to choose one scenario from the list below:
Instructions
Wordcount
You should not exceed 5 pages using the template with the same font size. This is roughly around 2000 words.
Mapping to Programme Goals and Objectives
Learning Outcomes tested in this assessment:
The following Learning out comes will be addressed in this assignment:
Module Specific Assessment Criteria and Rubric
ASSESSMENT REGULATIONS
- Academic Misconduct The Assessment Regulations for Taught Awards (ARTA) contain the Regulations and procedures applying to cheating, plagiarism,the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Systems, and other forms of academic misconduct.
- Late submission of work Where coursework is submitted without approval, after the published hand-in deadline, the following penalties will apply.For coursework submitted up to 1 working day (24 hours) after the published hand-in deadline without approval, 10% of the total marks available for the assessment (i.e.100%) shall be deducted from the assessment mark.
- Students must retain an electronic copy of this assignment (including ALL appendices) and it must be made available within 24hours of them requesting it be submitted.
The full policy is availablehere
You are reminded that plagiarism, collusion,the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Systems, and other forms of academic misconduct, as referred to in the Academic Misconduct procedure of the assessment regulations, are taken very seriously. Assignments in which evidence of plagiarism or other forms of academic misconduct is found may receive a mark of zero
For clarity: a late piece of work that would have scored 65%, 55% or 45% had it been handed in on time will be awarded 55%, 45% or 35% respectively as 10% of the total available marks will have been deducted.
The Penalty does not apply to Pass/Fail Modules, i.e. there will be no penalty for late submission if assessments on Pass/Fail are submitted up to 1 working day (24 hours) afterthe published hand-in deadline.
Coursework submitted more than 1 day (24 hours) after the published hand-in deadline without approval will be marked as zero but will be eligible for referral. The reassessment should where appropriate, and as determined by the Module Leader, be the same method (e.g. essay) but maybe with a different task (e.g. different essay title) or with the same task (e.g. the same essay title) as indicated in the Module handbook. In modules where there is more than one assessment component, Students are not required to complete all assessment components if an overall Pass Mark (40% UG, 50% PGT) has been achieved.
The only permitted exception will be in cases where the University is prevented from doing so by a PSRB requirement. In the case of PSRB requirements, a variation order will be required from the regulations.
In modules, where there is more than one assessment component and an overall pass mark has not been achieved, Students will be eligible for a referral* in the individual failed module and/or not attempted component(s) of assessment.
These provisions apply to all assessments, including those assessed on a Pass/Fail basis.
The full policy can be found here
Word limits
Word limits
The word count is to be declared on the front page of your assignment and the assignment cover sheet. The word count does not include:
The following word counts will not be included e g.appendices, glossary, footnotes, tables and references
Please note, in text citations [e.g. (Smith, 2011)] and direct secondary quotations [e.g. “dib-dab nonsense analysis” (Smith, 2011 p.123)] are INCLUDED in the word count.
For those assessments where students are required to keep to the word limit, it is proposed that they should be informed that the marker will stop reading at the point when they judge that the word limit exceeds the recommended word count by more than 10%. The marker will indicate the point at which they stop reading on the text.
