BITHGROUP Technologies, an award-winning information technology consulting firm, has created a Wireless Engineering and Security Practice for the express purpose of using wireless as an enabling technology to enhance a user’s experience in a very cost effective manner. We bring you the efficiency, mobility and cost-effectiveness of wireless systems with the highest level of security. We lead the industry in experience and technical proficiency. Our Wireless Center of Excellence (WCoE) tests and promotes the latest wireless security products and architectures. Our Federated Wireless Security Policy (FedWiSP) develops secure wireless intellectual property. Trust our leadership in wireless security, from design to implementation.

Our WiFi security architectures include:

• WiFi Perimeter Protection
• Secure Tiers of Service (Hot Spots)
• WiFi Virus Quarantine and Inoculation
• WiFi Location-Based Services

A few of our recent engagements include:

Housing Authority of Plainfield - Wireless Engineering and Security, Network Engineering, Systems Design and Integration
BITHGROUP Technologies, created and iImplemented an Infrastructure Upgrade Plan for the Housing Authority of Plainfield (HAPNJ). Housing Authority employees were faced with an extremely slow network as well as network outages. BITHGROUP Technologies implemented an infrastructure that addressed these issues. The network covered three locations with approximately 30 employees managing 1200 rental dwellings. The infrastructure called for three wireless networks connected across a private Frame-Relay line to central servers that run the Housing Authority Management software (Tenmast). Project Deliveries included:

• Specification and purchase of all hardware and software
• Windows 2000 Server installation and configuration
• DNS installation and configuration
• DHCP server installation and configuration
• Active directory installation and configuration
• Citrix Metaframe installation and configuration
• IIS installation and configuration
• Exchange server installation and configuration
• Wireless Access Point (Cisco Aironet 350) installation and configuration
• Wireless USB Lan Adapter (Intel 802.11b) installation and configuration
• 128-bit Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP) configuration
• Wireless 802.1x (Extensible Authentication Protocol) Security Software (Funk Software Odyssey) installation and configuration

InPhonic - Wireless Engineering and Security, Network Engineering, Systems Design and Integration
BITHGROUP Technologies, performed a Wireless Network Analysis with recommendations for improvement for InPhonic. InPhonic has wired and wireless networks in Largo, MD, Georgetown and Reston, VA. The Largo environment has both administrative access (laptops) and warehouse access via WiFi scanners. The analysis included both tactical and strategic components to improve the current environment and implement additional capability to support the requirements not met by their current infrastructure. BITHGROUP Technologies expects to do the strategic wireless implementation as a follow-on project.

JHU/APL - Wireless Engineering and Security, Network Engineering, Systems Design and Integration
BITHGROUP Technologies designed and implemented an indoor and outdoor wireless network for JHUAPL. The applications used on this network included wireless surveillance and secure mobile data acquisition via a wireless mesh network. The latest security available was implemented on this network for both the wireless mesh and WLAN portions. This network is being used as a prototype to determine how best to support mobile data access and security requirements from their sponsor.

Department of Energy (DoE) – Oak Ridge National Labs (ORNL) - Wireless Engineering and Security, Network Engineering, Systems Design and Integration
BITHGROUP Technologies is currently providing a Wireless Security Architecture consulting services for the Department of Energy’s (DoE) National Nuclear Security Agency (NNSA) Y12 facility in Oak Ridge National Laboratories, Oak Ridge, TN. 

BITHGROUP Technologies is creating both Functional System Design and Risk Assessment documentation for Y12 that allows Compliance with:

1. NNSA Policy Letter (NAP) MANDPP Compliance for the Unclassified Mandatory Protection Information Group Protection Profile.

2. DoDD 8200.2 Compliance with the Department of Defense Directive 8100.2 “Use of Commercial Wireless Devices, Services and Technologies in the DoD GiG, DoD Directive (DoDD) 8100.2, April 14, 2004” and it’s update memorandum of June 2, 2006. 

BITHGROUP Technologies has also facilitated the building of a wireless laboratory to implement and test this Wireless Security Architecture. This architecture will provide a secure wireless infrastructure upon which applications such as Secure WLAN access, Wireless Intrusion Protection,  Asset Management utilizing active RFID tags, Remote Wireless Cameras and Wireless Backhaul may be utilized.

New York and American Stock Exchanges Wireless Security Architecture Services
BITHGROUP Technologies has provided Information Security Architecture services to the Securities Industry Automation Corporation (SIAC) in support of the New York and American Stock Exchanges (NYSE/AMEX). 

BITHGROUP Technologies developed a Secure Application Development Standard.  This standard encompasses the integration of Security in the Software Development Methodologies of both AMEX and NYSE including Best Practices and templates for developers to help get them jump-started.  This standard includes:

• Web Server Security Practices
• Database Server Security Practices
• Secure C++ Programming Practices
• Secure Java Programming Practices
• Secure Programming Learning/Testing Tools
• BITHGROUP Technologies developed the Nextgen Security Architecture platform.  This is a customized Linux workstation platform developed to replace X-Terminals on the NYSE Trading Floor.  BITHGROUP Technologies worked with development team to evaluate and recommend security countermeasures
• Developed a Wireless Security Infrastructure for the NYSE Corporate LAN and NYSE Trading Floor.  Evaluated Wireless IDS and Secure Wireless Data products for recommendation for integration both on the NYSE Corporate LAN (CLAN) and the NYSE Trading floor’s wireless infrastructures.  BITHGROUP Technologies presented Wireless Security Architectures for both the Data and Wireless Intrusion Protection (WIP) networks to SIAC’s Data Security Review Board (DSRB).  Both documents passed and are being utilized by SIAC’s Audit team to ensure the proper countermeasures are implemented.
• Performed a Wireless Penetration Test on the AMEX Wireless Data System (AWDS) Network.
• Developed a Windows 2000 Platform Security Standard.  BITHGROUP Technologies utilized Microsoft Enterprise Services Framework to develop, maintain and optimize secure W2K server and workstation builds for the AMEX.
• Developed a Security Architecture for the Intraday Comparisons of Equities (IDCE) project.  Recommended and help design RMISecurityManager and cookie vs hidden-field implementation to make application more secure.  General support on other architecture issues such as load balancing and database security.
• Created the following publications: Wireless Security Roadmap, W2K Security Standard, Web Server Security Standard, Terminal Emulation (X11 Security) Standard
  

• Federated Wireless Security Policy (FedWiSP™)
• Wireless Center of Excellence (WCoE)
• Wireless Penetration Test & Security Countermeasure Deployment