SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING WIRELESS ACCESS SECURITY BY INTERROGATION

Security is provided for enterprise local area networks (LANs) by pre-vetting and identifying the security characteristic and actions of any new wireless networks that tries to connect to a secure LAN network. The disclosure herein provides for identification and classification of IEEE 802.11 wireless networks by using monitoring sensor system within and managed by a centralized cloud. The monitoring sensors interrogate the network mimicking the behavior of known platforms, such as an end-user's workstation or mobile device followed by random actions simulating a human person. The response characteristics of the wireless network including the behavior patterns relating to the LAN system and human behavior are collected. The security system uses methods of classification provided through analysis of the collected information using methods including data science approaches, correlation analysis, and machine learning classification methods to determine the security classification of the newly detected wireless network.