Improving Mobile Device Classification using Security Events for Preventing Wireless Intrusion

Abstract

In current wireless intrusion prevention system (WIPS), the mobile devices are classified into one of three or four categories by classification algorithm for preventing wireless intrusion. But such a classification mechanism has difficulty to delicate control the wireless access of mobile device to an access point because of its simple classification. And it cannot estimate potential security threats arising from security vulnerability of mobile device itself. In this paper we improve mobile device classification for preventing wireless intrusion. In the proposed algorithm, the mobile devices are classified into nine categories. To do this we utilize the security related events of the device from the mobile device management (MDM) and authorization server.