As wireless networking has become near ubiquitous, the ability to discover, identify, and locate mobile cyber assets is becoming increasingly important to information security auditors, penetration testers, and network administrators. We are currently developing a visual analytics system to visualize wireless transmitters’ locations, their security attributes, and the relationships among transmitters.

Our long-term goal for MeerCAT is to support the analytic process of information security auditors, penetration testers, and network administrators after performing a wardrive or site survey. To do so, we are incorporating both information and geographic visualizations into a visual analytics system that security practitioners can use for post hoc, interactive analysis of wireless discovery data.

MeerCAT is a project underway at Secure Decisions.