| dc.description.abstract | The Use of Wireless Networks is on the rise and many organizations are deploying WLANs to
support their critical business applications. With the rising demand and use of wireless local area
networks and the subsequent implementation of these networks by organizations, enterprises have
been exposed to a lot of challenges and we have seen an increase in cybercrime and most of these
attacks have been launched from wireless networks. The main problem addressed in this research
is the poor implementation of security of wireless local area networks by enterprises. The main
challenge includes there not being a model that can help WLAN implementer in the designing and
the selection of security features or their configurations which make the security managers in
organizations choose methods of authentication and also mechanisms for access control that are
vulnerable. The research process will be in phases, the first phase will be a preliminary study where
a descriptive survey on selected enterprises WLAN in Kenya and an analysis of their attack
susceptibility will be done. Phase two is where a model will be designed and algorithms developed
based on the results of the preliminary study. The last phase will involve coming up with a
prototype of the design model, validation of the model concept and its verification. The main
contribution of this research will be the generation of a simulation model that will enable network
experts in enterprises to appropriately design and select good security features when configuring
WLANs for their organizations. | en_US |
