What IT Professionals Need to Know about Sniffing Wireless Traffic in 2016
Next generation wireless standards define MU-MIMO, which promises 4x capacity gains. This session compares different multi-antenna technologies (SM, STBC, BF, MU-MIMO). It describes the subtle mistakes wireless security experts make sniffing wireless traffic. It explains how MU-MIMO introduces new challenges in capturing wireless traffic, which could make wireless sniffing near impossible.
Speaker
Avril Salter (@avrilsalterUSA)
Wireless Implementation Architect, Salter & Associates
Dr. Avril Salter is an author and a world-renowned specialist in wireless deployments. She has over 20 years of experience in both the wireless and computer industries. She has held executive and technical positions at small startups and major corporations, including IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Motorola and Sprint. Salter played key roles in making first GSM phone call in Frankfurt in 1991, the first CDMA deployment in Hong Kong, and the roll-out of WiMAX in China and the United States. She has worked extensively on the highly successful 802.11 Wi-Fi technology, and is a Cisco CCNP Wireless and CCNA Security certified. Salter received her Ph.D. in engineering from the University of Reading, UK. She currently resides in California.
Detailed Presentation
(Source: RSA USA 2016-San Francisco)
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