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www.FortressTech.com Biography
Dr. Miller began his Air Force career as a Signals Intelligence Officer serving in Japan, Thailand and Viet Nam. After a tour at the Defense Intelligence Agency where he managed multi-million dollar computer support systems, Dr. Miller was selected to enter the doctoral program at the Air Force Institute of Technology. His course work focused on numerical analysis and simulation techniques, with a minor in nuclear weaponry to include physics of nuclear explosions, residual effects, and radiation transport. Dr. Miller has held several government intelligence positions to include Deputy Assistant Chief of Staff of Intelligence for the U.S. Air Force, Director of Intelligence for the European Command, and Commander of the Air Intelligence Agency. Currently, Dr. Miller is a consultant on intelligence and military technology for Burdeshaw Associates, Ltd.

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Session TE34: Wireless Security: Best Practices
February 20, 14:00 - 14:45 Wireless Security: Best Practices
Abstract:
Wireless technologies have had notoriously low built-in security almost since their inception. Today, the problem is now becoming a factor in both law enforcement and the war against terrorism. But what are the real vulnerabilities and what challenges do they pose to law enforcement and anti-terrorism personnel? What changes to traditional monitoring, evidence collection, arrest, and prosecution procedures will be required to stop both the cyber thief and the cyber terrorist? How can agencies, companies, and individuals protect themselves from these threats?

A comprehensive wireless security solution utilizing security best practices can help protect against these threats. First, this solution must provide a higher level of security through robust standards-based encryption and authentication addressing confidentiality, as well as integrity and availability of the data and the network. Secondly, Intelligence Agencies and other organizations such as NIST and DISA are vital to ensuring solutions are secure and conform to standards. Finally, the solution must be flexible, simple to deploy and interoperable with many topologies, devices and applications.

To achieve interoperability for both mobile and point to point applications, today’s wireless standards such as 802.11a/b/g as well as emerging standards such as 802.16 (WiMAX) and Free Space Optics must be addressed. An access method and device agnostic approach to securing wireless networks allowing robust security mechanisms to be applied to legacy and emerging technologies is vital for the operational requirements of today’s warfighter and law enforcement officers. This communication and device agnostic approach combined with high assurance security ultimately helps our First Responders, DOD and Intelligence Agencies effectively fight terrorism. Some of the applications where the use of this approach to securing wireless has been most effective include: Battlefield Logistics, Inventory Management, Ship Maintenance, Theater Medical, Flight Line Applications, Warehouse Systems, Emergency Command and Control, Remote Monitoring, Airfield Surveillance and Port Security.