Joint
Event between Bedford College and the Bedford branch of the British Computer
Society
Date: Tuesday, 26
February 2013
Speaker: Geraint Williams, Information Risk
Consultant and Trainer, IT Governance Ltd., Honorary Visiting Fellow at the
University of Bedfordshire.
Time: 6.00pm
for 6.30-8.00pm
Location: Studio
Theatre, Bedford College, Cauldwell Street, Bedford MK42 9AH
Abstract
Continuing the
programme of highly successful events held at Bedford College, there will be
another joint British Computer Society (BCS) and Bedford College free evening
lecture on Tuesday 26 February 2013.
“WiFi
Networks: The Practicalities of Implementing A WiFi Network” is the topic of a
talk by Geraint Williams, Information Risk Consultant and Trainer, IT
Governance Ltd., and Honorary Visiting Fellow at the University of
Bedfordshire.
Secure
configuration is becoming ever more important as an increasing number of
devices are incorporating wireless technology - from laptops, smartphones,
tablets, projectors and cameras, to multimedia entertainment systems and games
consoles. The growing demand for allowing BYOD (“Bring Your Own Device”)
within the corporate network means that larger numbers of organisations are
implementing wireless networks.
The wireless
network standard 802.11 was originally released in 1997 by the IEEE and, by
computing timescales, is a mature technology with a large base of manufacturers
and both commercial and domestic users. Despite initiatives like Wireless
Protected Setup (WPS) to make installation easier, there are still issues in
implementing a network using wireless technology in both the corporate and home
environments.
The courts
have already convicted paedophiles for piggybacking neighbours wireless
networks to download material, and hackers for using wireless networks for pirating
software, music and films and for spying on occupants using their own security
cameras.
Wireless
networks have a history of security problems with flaws in the implementation
of WEP and recently with WPS. This talk will look at these issues, the (open
source) tools that can be used, and how these apply to the wireless
environment. The talk will include practical demonstrations of the tools
and techniques discussed in the presentation and will unravel the alphabetic
soup of the available standards.
Geraint
Williams is an Information Risk Consultant and Trainer for IT Governance Ltd.
and an Honorary Visiting Fellow at the University of Bedfordshire.
Geraint is a knowledgeable and experienced Information Security
consultant with experience including vulnerability testing, digital forensics,
secure networking, and wireless security issues.. Geraint has a strong
technical knowledge of security and IT infrastructure including high
performance computing. Geraint has a number of certifications in security
and digital forensics including CISSP, CISA, CEH and CHFI.
Agenda
6.00pm
Registration, refreshments and networking
6.30pm Introduction
WiFi Networks: The Practicalities of Implementing A WiFi Network
7.20pm
Opportunity to question the speaker
7.45pm
Thanks
Opportunity to network and talk to the speaker
Details
available : http://www.beds.bcs.org.uk/
