Wireless intrusion detection of covert channel attacks in ITU-T G.9959-based networks

Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security, ICCWS 2016

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 137-145

  Fuller, Jonathan ^a   Ramsey, Benjamin ^a   Pecarina, John ^a   Rice, Mason ^a  

^a AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Covert channel; Intrusion detection; Wireless sensor networks; Wireless threats; Z Wave

Indexed keywords

ACCESS CONTROL; COMPUTER CRIME; CONTROLLERS; GATEWAYS (COMPUTER NETWORKS); INTRUSION DETECTION; MALWARE; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; MERCURY (METAL); NETWORK SECURITY; RADIO COMMUNICATION; RADIO TRANSMISSION; SOFTWARE RADIO;

COVERT CHANNELS; INTRUSION DETECTION SYSTEMS; MEDIA ACCESS CONTROL; RADIO FREQUENCY TRANSMISSION; SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIOS; UNIVERSAL SOFTWARE RADIO PERIPHERALS (USRP); WIRELESS INTRUSION DETECTIONS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORK (WSNS);

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 84969243995     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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