Hybrid Intrusion Detection System for Wireless Networks

Abstract

Local wireless networks (WLAN) are vulnerable to various types of security threats ranging from session hijacking to denial of service (DoS), and password attacks, to name a few. They are also subject to a wide range of 802.11-specific threats. The risks can become even higher and more serious when the WLAN network is made up of a number of IoT objects. As a remedy these failures, an intrusion prevention system (WIPS) has been on the network. However, the breadth of the network, the diversity of the elements to be secured and the approaches to be adopted make this integration sometimes complicated or ineffective in certain types of WLAN network. The main concern in this document is to develop, on the basis of free solutions, a flexible, easy-to-deploy and manage WIPS system that provides both intrusion detection and flow monitoring to reduce the rate of false positives, especially during home deployment or on small-scale networks.