Case Study MTA Wireless Network

AIT's involvement in this project included the installation and configuration of wireless access points allowing bus & rail maintenance workers to input work orders remotely with a PDA device. This saves the worker more time and fewer mistakes are made because the information is entered directly to the server. Security for the access points is provided by ensuring all the Access Points and PDA's employ the appropriate security by validating WPA, WEP, LEAP, PEAP, TKIP, MIC, 802.11x, and Fortress encryption. Rogue Detection mechanisms identify all Rogue APs, clients, and built-in tools that actively block or trace rogues. The Security Access Points are proprietary and utilized for Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) services at all 21 MTA Divisions. These Access Points are capable of detecting dozens of wireless attacks including Denial-of-Service Attacks, Dictionary Attacks, MAC Address Spoofing, Soft APs, various "stumbler" probes, and Faked APs.