Unlocking the Power of Software-Defined Radios in Modern Wireless Cybersecurity

Benefits of Using an SDR for Wireless Cybersecurity

Benefits of Using an SDR (Software Defined Radio) for Wireless Cybersecurity

In today's rapidly evolving digital threat landscape, the integration of software-defined radio (SDR) into wireless security strategies represents a pivotal advancement in safeguarding against sophisticated cyber threats.

SDR technology stands at the forefront of addressing the unique challenges presented by the expanding realm of the Internet of Things (IoT) and wireless communications. By harnessing the versatility and comprehensive spectrum coverage of SDR, organizations can dynamically adapt to detection new threats, ensuring proactive and resilient defense mechanisms.

This technological innovation enables real-time threat detection, broad-spectrum monitoring, and a high degree of flexibility in responding to and mitigating risks. The adaptability of SDR to evolving threats, coupled with its capability for deep integration into existing cybersecurity infrastructures, makes it an indispensable tool in maintaining the integrity and security of wireless networks.

As we navigate the complexities of this increasingly wireless world, the SDR role in enhancing security measures is crucial and a game-changer in the proactive defense against emerging and sophisticated cyber threats.

SkyShield Mapped to the Executive Order Requirement

Connect with LOCH in Houston at Maritime Security East – Booth #22

Join Us at the Security & Policing Home Office Event – Farnborough, UK, March 11th - 13th, 2025

LOCH.io AirShield: Defending Against the Nearest Neighbor Attack and Beyond

Securing Our Water: Strategies for Strengthening Cybersecurity Post-American Water Breach

Creating the Next Frontier in Wireless Technology: The Critical Need for Wireless Airspace Defense

Gartner® Recognizes LOCH for Medical Device Risk Management Platforms

The Silent Threat of Rogue Wi-Fi Networks on Navy Ships – How LOCH's AirShield Could Have Prevented a Security Breach

Which Industries are most vulnerable to LLM attacks?

Strengthening National Security with LOCH AirShield Wireless Airspace Defense and ACS - Autonomic Cybersecurity: Mitigating the Risks of Chinese Maritime Cranes

Software Defined Radios (SDRs) play a crucial role in enhancing wireless security and preventing high-profile cyber attacks in several ways:

Broad Spectrum Monitoring

SDRs can monitor various frequencies, including cellular, CBRS (Citizens Broadband Radio Service), IoT-specific spectrums, Bluetooth, and GPS signals. This allows for the early detection of unauthorized or suspicious activities across these frequencies.

Real-Time Threat Detection

SDRs can be programmed to identify specific patterns or anomalies in wireless signals that may indicate a cyber attack, such as unusual signal strengths, spoofed communication, or unauthorized access attempts.

Dynamic Response Capabilities

Given their programmable nature, SDRs can be quickly reconfigured to respond to emerging threats or to adapt to changes in the wireless technology landscape, ensuring continual protection against new vulnerabilities.

Identification of EMI (Electromagnetic Interference)

SDRs can detect and analyze sources of EMI, which may indicate Malicious activities stemming from compromised hardware, counterfeit products/microchips on the motherboard, creating stealthy covert communications.

GPS Spoofing and Jamming Detection

By monitoring GPS frequencies, SDRs can detect spoofing and jamming attempts, ensuring the integrity and reliability of location data, which is crucial for many IoT applications.

Integration with Security Systems

SDRs can be integrated with existing SIEM/SOAR cybersecurity systems and NDR infrastructure, enhancing the ability to detect and respond to wireless threats in real-time.

Training & Simulation

SDRs can be used for cybersecurity training, simulating various attack scenarios to test and improve wireless network defenses.

Developing Countermeasures

Once a threat is detected, SDRs can assist in developing countermeasures, such as signal jamming, encryption enhancements, or protocol changes to mitigate the risk.

Compliance & Regulation Adherence

Ensuring wireless communications comply with regulatory standards and detecting deviations that might indicate security breaches.

Forensic Analysis

After an attack, SDRs can aid in forensic analysis by providing insights into how the attack was carried out, helping to strengthen defenses against future attacks.

Wireless Airspace Defense - a new era in cybersecuriity

LOCH's AirShield SDR offers an advanced solution for real-time analysis and threat detection across various wireless deployments, including cellular, CBRS, broad-spectrum IoT, Bluetooth, GPS, EMI, and WiFi.

The AirShield Wireless Airspace Defense system delivers a significant competitive edge over fixed chipset WLAN solutions. The platform is dynamically aligned with the constantly evolving customer environment, ensuring more adaptive and responsive protection against threats.

Wireless Airspace Defense for Critical Infrastructure & Emergency Services

Broad-Spectrum Threat Detection

Learn More

Utilizing an SDR (software-defined radio), AirShield can detect, assess, and mitigate a wide range of IoT threats within the 300MHz to 6GHz Spectrum. This includes LorWAN, Zigbee, Zwave, 4G/5G rogue cell towers, GPS jamming/spoofing attacks across L1 satellite connections, and threats in WiFi 2.4GHz—6GHz, including the new 6E standard to detect rogue access points and more.

Offensive Pen-Testing Features

Learn More

AirShield includes capabilities for offensive penetration testing, such as WPA cracking and IP-based vulnerability assessment.

Comprehensive Wireless Attack Library

Learn More

AirShield has extensive capabilities for detecting a wide range of wireless attacks from Man-In The-Middle, WPA cracking, rogue cell tower detection, and EMI power fingerprinting to prevent layer 0 attacks via the supply chain.

Cellular Device Spectrum Monitoring

Learn More

AirShield continuously monitors the cellular device spectrum for UE detection using PEAK-SPECTRO(TM) - AI UE behavior fingerprinting.

Advanced Machine Learning

Learn More

AirShield employs enhanced machine learning for asset discovery, classification, and behavior analysis. This is achieved through Auto Encoders, ZCODE with NGAM for Wireless Deep Packet Inspection, ensuring high accuracy with minimal false positives.

LTE Back-Haul Connectivity

Learn More

AirShield uses LTE back-haul for internet access, completely independent of the production network.

External Attack Surface Management

Learn More

The platform offers wired attack surface management features, including IP-based network asset discovery, OS fingerprinting, protocol dissection, open port discovery, and services, all managed from a single AirShield sensor.

Advanced GPS Detection and Reporting

Learn More

AirShield decodes various satellite signals, monitors for deviations in location/time (indicating spoofing or meaconing), and reports changes in state like signal loss, lock, jamming, and spoofing. This information is presented on a centralized cloud dashboard and can be forwarded to third-party platforms via a notification and API system. The dashboard also shows epoch-based histories and the overall health of GPS AirShields.

Extensive Coverage Area

Learn More

Each AirShield sensor provides threat protection for up to 25,000 sq ft.

Patented Wireless Zero-Trust Architecture

Learn More

This architecture provides a robust framework for secure wireless communications.

Fake Cell Tower Detection

Learn More

The system can identify and report the BTS presence of fake cell towers across 3G/4G and 5G Networks.

AirShield -AI smart sensors offer the industry's first AI/ML wireless threat detection platform for next-generation security whereby the 'unseen' invisible threats could infiltrate from layer 0, layer 1, or layer 2 - BEFORE AN IP is assigned

What is the Response?	What is the Policy?	What is the Threat?	What is the Source?
Interrogate target access point	Define rules based on observed events	Signature and heuristic anomaly detectors	Machine learning modulation detection
Isolate access point from client connectivity	Define a policy when rules are met	AI/machine learning based anomaly detectors	RF signal detection and collection
Physically track & remove devices with LOCH's incident application	Activate notification & response on triggers	Trust level & behavior monitoring	Codecs & protocol dissectors

Ready to protect your airspace using SDRs?

Schedule an Assessment

About LOCH Technologies

LOCH Technologies, Inc. is a global leader in innovative threat monitoring, detection, and mitigation.

Our cutting-edge ACS solution deliver actionable intelligence on every Device, Network, or Thing, empowering organizations to enhance their security posture and eliminate risk.

At LOCH, our mission is to secure and enable the new world of innovation driving the next generation of digital transformation. We are committed to protecting the digital ecosystem, ensuring a safer and more resilient future for businesses and communities worldwide.

Autonomic Cyber Security

Ultimate Guide to Wireless Airspace Defense

Benefits of Using SDR for Wireless Cybersecurity

Wireless Machine Vision

Wireless Airspace Advantage

AirShield

AirGuard

On Demand Cellular Insights

Platforms

GPS for Aviation

Invisible Threat Datasheet

Unlocking the Power of Software-Defined Radios in Modern Wireless Cybersecurity

Benefits of Using an SDR for Wireless Cybersecurity

Benefits of Using an SDR (Software Defined Radio) for Wireless Cybersecurity

SkyShield Mapped to the Executive Order Requirement

Connect with LOCH in Houston at Maritime Security East – Booth #22

Join Us at the Security & Policing Home Office Event – Farnborough, UK, March 11th - 13th, 2025

LOCH.io AirShield: Defending Against the Nearest Neighbor Attack and Beyond

Securing Our Water: Strategies for Strengthening Cybersecurity Post-American Water Breach

Creating the Next Frontier in Wireless Technology: The Critical Need for Wireless Airspace Defense

Gartner® Recognizes LOCH for Medical Device Risk Management Platforms

The Silent Threat of Rogue Wi-Fi Networks on Navy Ships – How LOCH's AirShield Could Have Prevented a Security Breach

Which Industries are most vulnerable to LLM attacks?

Strengthening National Security with LOCH AirShield Wireless Airspace Defense and ACS - Autonomic Cybersecurity: Mitigating the Risks of Chinese Maritime Cranes

Frequency Detection Range

Software Defined Radios (SDRs) play a crucial role in enhancing wireless security and preventing high-profile cyber attacks in several ways:

Broad Spectrum Monitoring

SDRs can monitor various frequencies, including cellular, CBRS (Citizens Broadband Radio Service), IoT-specific spectrums, Bluetooth, and GPS signals. This allows for the early detection of unauthorized or suspicious activities across these frequencies.

Real-Time Threat Detection

SDRs can be programmed to identify specific patterns or anomalies in wireless signals that may indicate a cyber attack, such as unusual signal strengths, spoofed communication, or unauthorized access attempts.

Dynamic Response Capabilities

Given their programmable nature, SDRs can be quickly reconfigured to respond to emerging threats or to adapt to changes in the wireless technology landscape, ensuring continual protection against new vulnerabilities.

Identification of EMI (Electromagnetic Interference)

SDRs can detect and analyze sources of EMI, which may indicate Malicious activities stemming from compromised hardware, counterfeit products/microchips on the motherboard, creating stealthy covert communications.

GPS Spoofing and Jamming Detection

By monitoring GPS frequencies, SDRs can detect spoofing and jamming attempts, ensuring the integrity and reliability of location data, which is crucial for many IoT applications.

Integration with Security Systems

SDRs can be integrated with existing SIEM/SOAR cybersecurity systems and NDR infrastructure, enhancing the ability to detect and respond to wireless threats in real-time.

Training & Simulation

SDRs can be used for cybersecurity training, simulating various attack scenarios to test and improve wireless network defenses.

Developing Countermeasures

Once a threat is detected, SDRs can assist in developing countermeasures, such as signal jamming, encryption enhancements, or protocol changes to mitigate the risk.

Compliance & Regulation Adherence

Ensuring wireless communications comply with regulatory standards and detecting deviations that might indicate security breaches.

Forensic Analysis

After an attack, SDRs can aid in forensic analysis by providing insights into how the attack was carried out, helping to strengthen defenses against future attacks.

Wireless Airspace Defense - a new era in cybersecuriity

Wireless Airspace Defense for Critical Infrastructure & Emergency Services

Broad-Spectrum Threat Detection

Offensive Pen-Testing Features

Comprehensive Wireless Attack Library

Cellular Device Spectrum Monitoring

Advanced Machine Learning

LTE Back-Haul Connectivity

External Attack Surface Management

Advanced GPS Detection and Reporting

Extensive Coverage Area

Patented Wireless Zero-Trust Architecture

Fake Cell Tower Detection

AirShield -AI smart sensors offer the industry's first AI/ML wireless threat detection platform for next-generation security whereby the 'unseen' invisible threats could infiltrate from layer 0, layer 1, or layer 2 - BEFORE AN IP is assigned

Ready to protect your airspace using SDRs?

About LOCH Technologies

Ready to utilize SDR Technology to secure your organization?