Integrating Wired and Wireless IDS Data

The types of attacks that target wired networks and those that target wireless networks are very different. Wireless attacks may span the protocol spectrum from physical denial of service to upper layer attacks against many of the authentication protocols. Wired networks have exposures at the physical layer as well but the biggest risks are from threats that operate at the network layer and above. The solution described in this paper will provide a foundation for further research by exploring open source tools that can be used to discover indications of attack in both the wired and wireless networks. In addition, we will begin to correlate these cross platform attacks using a security incident and event management framework.