Wireless Security: Models, Threats, and Solutions

This comprehensive guide catalogs and explains the full range of the security challenges involved in wireless communications. Experts Randall K. Nichols and Panos C. Lekkas lay out the vulnerabilities, response options, and real-world costs connected with wireless platforms and applications. Read this book to develop the background and skills to--

* Recognize new and established threats to wireless systems

* Close gaps that threaten privary, profits, and customer loyalty

* Replace temporary, fragmented, and partial solutions with more robust and durable answers

* Prepare for the boom in m-business

* Weigh platforms against characteristic attacks and protections

* Apply clear guidelines for the best solutions now and going forward

* Assess todays protocol options and compensate for documented shortcomings

A COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO THE STATE OF THE ART

* Encryption algorithms you can use now

* End-to-end hardware solutions and field programmable gate arrays

* Speech cryptology

* Authentication strategies and security protocols for wireless systems

* Infosec and infowar experience

* Adding satellites to your security mix

Contents         

    Chapter 1Why is Wireless Different?    

   Chapter 2 Wireless Information Warfare    

   Chapter 3 Telephone System Vulnerabilities   

   Chapter 4 Satellite Communications   

   Chapter 5 Cryptographic Security    

   Chapter 6 Speech Cryptology    

   Chapter 7 The Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN)    

   Chapter 8 Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)    

   Chapter 9 Wireless Transport Layer Security (WTLS)    

  Chapter 10 Bluetooth    

  Chapter 11 Voice Over Internet Protocol    

  Chapter 12 Hardware Perspectives for End-to-End Security (E2E) in Wireless Applications   

  Chapter 13 Optimizing Wireless Security with FPGAs and ASICs    

  Bibliography    

  Index