Evaluation of the security level of Aruba wireless networks in an educational center

Abstract

Wireless networks have made it possible to connect mobile devices, providing great advantages for today's communication. However, this has made communications a target of continuous security attacks. The risks can range from being left without connectivity in an organization, to the theft or hijacking of valuable information for institutions. To minimize the risk of a cyber-attack on a wireless network, there are complex and external methodologies to evaluate security, detect failures in the network and help find solutions.This research proposes the use of a methodology based on "ethical hacking" in order to evaluate, analyze and expose the vulnerabilities that may have a "cluster" formed by Aruba Network equipment within an institution of higher education in northeastern Mexico. In the application of this methodology a total of forty-seven vulnerabilities were found, four of them considered critical, eighteen are high risk, twenty-four have a medium score and one low risk level vulnerabilty.