Deloitte Releases Navi Mumbai Wireless Security Survey
Far fewer networks, but similar results as that of Mumbai
October 17, 2008
After the positive reception and success of the Mumbai Wireless Survey conducted in September 2008, Deloitte India conducted a wireless security survey in the month of October for Navi Mumbai. Today, Deloitte released the results of this survey titled, " Navi Mumbai Wireless Security Survey." The survey was aimed at addressing the security risks in a wireless environment with a special focus on Navi Mumbai.
The key findings of the survey are:
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 Of the 485 wireless networks seen, 39% appeared to be unprotected i.e. without any encryption. This was slightly higher than the 36% unprotected networks detected in Mumbai.
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- 43% were using low level of protection i.e. Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) encryption. This marks a 9% improvement over the figures discovered in Mumbai.
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- Balance 18% were using the more secure Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA).
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- This makes 82 % of the observed wireless networks relatively easy to compromise.
The survey points out that the major risks that one might be exposed to including, unauthorized access to objectionable or banned sites, access to post objectionable material on websites, send threatening emails, extract bank account details causing monetary losses etc. This survey also provides guidelines for protecting wireless networks from unauthorized elements.
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