SVCWireless and IEEE ComSoc Wireless Security Tutorial

SVCWireless and IEEE ComSoc have invited three industry experts to provide their expertise and insights into how Wireless Security technologies are being implemented in current and future WiFi and WiMAX networks.  

Traditionally, Network Security focuses on Authentication, Authorization and Data Integrity. Do they still apply for latest wireless technologies and networks? What kinds of security methods and procedures are being deployed in the latest Wireless standards and why?  Wireless Design Engineers, Application Engineers, Technical Marking professionals and others who want to learn wireless would find answers to these important questions through the tutorial.

Agenda:

8:30 – 9:00 AM  

      Registration (Continental breakfast and coffee provided)

9:00 – 10:15 AM

1)      The Wireless Security Big Picture – Dr. James Kempf, DoCoMo Labs USA

·     Introduction of Security and Network Architecture

·    Introduction Cryptographic Algorithms and Authentication

10:20 – 11:35 AM

2)             WiFi Security – Mr. Matthew Gast, Trapeze Inc.

·    Protocols used for Link Layer Security in IEEE 802 network including 802.1x, EAP and RADIUS

·       These protocols have been used since 2002 to provide user-based security on wireless networks, often based on user role. 

·       More recently, these protocols have become a framework for admission control technologies that enable networks to validate system state before providing network access

11:40 – 12:55 AM

3)      WiMAX Security – Mr.David Johnston, Intel

Overview of the problem and solution:

·        The problems of wireless security facing 802.16/WiMax (& compared with 802.11)

·        The structure of the security protocol in 802.16/WiMax

·        The division of roles between 802.16 and WiMax specifications

Technical details:

·        The division of roles between 802.16 and WiMax specifications

·        802.16 PKMv2 (and a bit on PKMv1) authentication and authorization

·        Keying, hey exchanges and key hierarchy

·        The Link cipher(s)

·        EAP Support within 802.16 ( & compared to 802.11i )

·        802.16 Security and Handover

·        WiMAX termination of EAP in normal use

·        Device and user authentication

·        WiMAX termination of EAP when roaming

·        Criticisms of the PKMv2 protocol

·        Future work

Fee:

SVCWireless or IEEE member: $50.

Non-Member: $80.

On-Site: Add $20.

(Continental breakfast and coffee break are included)

RSVP:

rsvp@svcwireless.org with the following subject line: "6/23: Your Name, SVCWireless, IEEE member or non-member"

Please go to www.svcwireless.org for detail information.

Contact and More information:

James Lam, james.lam@svcwireless.org

Jenny Oshima, jenny.oshima@svcwireless.org  

Speaker Biographies:

Dr. James Kempf has been active in systems and software research, with occasional dips into product development in Silicon Valley since 1983. Prior to his current position, Dr. Kempf had worked at Sun Microsystems for 13 years, where he was involved in a variety of research projects among them in 1994 a prototype of a SPARC-based tablet computer with early 802.11 supports. Dr. Kempf is active in a variety of standards organizations and industry forums, including chairing the Mobile Wireless Internet Forum (MWIF) IP in the RAN working group. In 1998, Dr. Kempf became active in the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), and from 2002 through 2004 served on the Internet Architecture Board. Dr. Kempf has chaired three working groups at IETF, including the Secure NEighbor Discovery (SEND) working group, which developed a protocol to secure IPv6 against the equivalent of ARP spoofing. In addition to SEND, Dr. Kempf has been involved in security research at DoCoMo Labs USA on location privacy and address authorization for multi-host addresses such as multicast addresses. Dr. Kempf's research interests include wireless Internet security, advanced routing algorithms, and new Internet architectures.

Mr. Matthew Gast is the Principal Engineer of Strategic Technology at Trapeze Networks, where he works on the development of open wireless network standards and their application to the Trapeze architecture.  He is a voting member of the IEEE 802.11 working group, and serves as Secretary of 802.11 Task Group U on interworking with external networks. Mr. Gast's most recent book, 802.11 Wireless Networks: The Definitive Guide (O'Reilly Media), now in its second edition, is the top selling reference work in the field and has been translated into six languages. He is also the vice chair of the Wi-Fi Alliance's security marketing task group.  In 2007, Matthew founded the OpenSEA Alliance; a group organized to support the development of open-source network security solutions, and currently serves on its board of directors and as the organization's corporate secretary. Mr. Gast is also an active participant in the Wireless LAN Security Initiative at the Interop Labs (iLabs).

Mr. David Johnston is a wireless security architect at Intel Corporation in Hillsboro Oregon. He is actively involved in the development of the 802.16 and WiMax standards and has a 17 year background in the development of wireless communication systems. He was involved in the development of the 802.11i and 802.16e PKMv2 security standards and he has served as chair of IEEE 802.21.