We’ve already witnessed a massive evolution with mobile networks across the globe as 4G-LTE continues to expand. Mobile network operators, or MNOs, are now evolving these networks rapidly with an eye toward reaching 5G, but there remains a large gap in their security architectures that only widens as they add more bandwidth, lower network latency, and expand overall network capacity to accommodate the exponential growth in device connections and digital application usage that 5G will bring.
This is a perfect storm for cybercriminals, especially as more mobile subscribers with advanced devices are added, along with massive numbers of connected “things” that are projected to attach to mobile networks in the billions of numbers worldwide. Traffic growth between interconnected roaming LTE networks is also accelerating, giving cybercriminals yet another expanding threat vector they can exploit – the roaming interfaces between these networks. Within EU countries, for example, there was approximately 800 percent growth in roaming traffic in 2017. All these factors are increasing business risk over time for mobile operators, and the internet of things, or IoT, is especially a game changer.
A continued reliance on legacy security approaches leaves networks blind and unable to effectively see and stop the accelerating numbers of security threats that will only expand and continue to increase. To close the gap between the 4G/5G networks and security architectures and stay ahead of today’s and tomorrow’s advanced cyberthreats, mobile operators need to adopt new tools and technologies that allow them to:
At Palo Alto Networks, we are delivering breakthrough security technologies for mobile networks that allow MNOs to not only close their network security gap but also make sure their ongoing network evolutions are matched with a strong evolutionary security architecture that enables them to protect and maximize their future business growth.
Now, for the first time, MNOs can leverage deep traffic inspection of data and signaling traffic to enable complete and unprecedented levels of visibility within 4G/5G networks, and tightly couple this visibility with an advanced, cloud-based threat analysis environment to efficiently and effectively process these unique sets of mobile network data and deliver automated protection mechanisms. MNOs can now establish the advanced and automated mobile network security framework needed to stay ahead of their network evolution curve.
These key breakthrough mobile network technologies, which we will be officially unveiling next week at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, include:
With our Next-Generation Security Platform, MNOs will transform their overall security posture, enabling them to deal with the expanded attack vectors across their 4G/5G networks and the continually increasing cyberattacks that are impacting their mobile users and disrupting delivery of their mobile services. Our platform also provides the flexibility and agility needed by MNOs to ensure the same levels of security and performance are achieved across all deployment scenarios, plus an open Application Framework that will allow for MNOs to continue to easily integrate new security innovations over time as needed.
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