MOD Standards For 802.11a/b/g/n

[Curiosityx]

Greetings, ive just acquired a project to implement a secure Cisco Controller based wireless network for an MOD site.

Now i haven't a problem on the technical side involving the Cisco Unfied Wireless Network and ACS technologies but have limited experience with MOD site security.

My initial thoughts would be Wpa2 combined with AES and 802.1x for authentication to a backend Radius/TACACS+ server.

Is anyone aware of any specific standards outlined by the MOD for deployment of 802.11 Wireless networks within secured sites?

The site already falls under the Tempest guidelines but id like to have all available information to hand.

Regards

 

[Curiosityx]

<Boggle!> Surely 802.11 and Tempest is a complete contradiction.

Yes it does sound a tad ironic, i can imagine the look on the face of senior management..

"Right we've installed fiber and eliminated the possibility of eavesdropping.......Pardon what was that...You've installed a wireless network?!?!"


One of the niceties with the Cisco kit is that you can manually tune the power levels in order to minimize the footprint, this in combination with 802.11a makes it relatively easy to contain within a building.

Cheers for the replies guys, ill go and give the MOD a beasting.