- Sonus helps Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) prevent advanced cyber-attacks targeting their Evolved Packet Core (EPC) networks and IP Multimedia Subsystems (IMS) through security architecture developed with Palo Alto Networks.
- Sonus addresses evolving MNO security challenges in 4G-LTE networks with a security architecture developed with Palo Alto Networks that provides full visibility and enforcement associated with signaling and multimedia traffic, with a focus on preventing malware.
- The security architecture is designed to increase mobile subscriber security, improve customer experience, reduce mobile operator costs of ownership (TCO) and protect mobile network infrastructure from service abuse and revenue losses.
Sonus Networks has announced a new architecture designed to mitigate the impacts of rogue LTE endpoint devices and erroneous IP traffic crossing 4G-LTE mobile networks. The Sonus security architecture, developed with Palo Alto Networks, includes existing Sonus Session Border Controller (SBC) elements, providing the Interconnection Border Control Function and Proxy-Call Session Control Function (IBCF and P-CSCF), as well as the Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Platform to move security to the network edge, lowering mobile networks costs and customer churn.
The joint architecture allows MNOs to implement new policies that block unauthorized traffic on EPC networks, increase security, reduce network congestion and associated costs and enhance the user experience of MNOs’ mobile subscribers by providing protection from mobile malware.
MNOs can now leverage their Sonus P-CSCF and IBCF deployments to detect and mitigate anomalous IP communications traffic from rogue endpoints, as well as obtain complete visibility and threat prevention capabilities provided by the Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Platform. With this security architecture in place, MNOs can reduce capital costs by limiting the over-provisioning of networks while implementing a more effective overall security posture in conjunction with growing IP Communications services, such as VoLTE and VoWiFi. Additionally, MNOs can deter theft of service and ensure greater network availability and quality of experience for mobile subscribers by preventing targeted network attacks and blocking malware targeting mobile devices.
- In 2017, over a third of the world’s population is projected to own a smartphone, an estimated total of almost 2.6 billion smartphone users in the world, a majority of which will support VoLTE.
- The Sonus SBC SWe was named a 2016 Cloud Security Excellence Award Winner by TMCnet and Cloud Computing magazine.
