Lab for Testing Security of Top-Secret Wireless Systems Opens
Kathleen Hickey writes on GCN.com:
Government defense and intelligence agencies have taken the wraps off a lab opened in the first quarter of this year for testing and evaluating wireless systems that transmit classified data.More here.
The lab, developed by systems integrator Lockheed Martin, allows the agencies to test 802.11 Wi-Fi or broadband satellite links on a top-secret/sensitive compartmented information network.
The agencies will be able to test a broad spectrum of wireless networks, including Bluetooth, 802.16 WiMax, cell phones, and Ku- and C-band satellite communications. The lab is sealed and reinforced to ensure that signals from the systems stay within the chamber.
The Wireless Cyber Security Center, based in Hanover, Md., will allow agencies to define and evaluate wireless security strategies, policies and concepts of operation. The facility also will support projects to evaluate next-generation security technologies and assess vulnerabilities. Officials can also use the installation to evaluate mobile ad-hoc networks, which play an increasing role in battlefield communications.
posted by Fergie @ 4/17/2008 01:36:00 PM
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