Signaling control system
Easy to manage, cost-efficient and future-proof core signaling networks
Protecting core network
Operators need to protect their most important asset, their core network, which is the engine behind their entire network operations. There are numerous harms and risks to overcome: network overload, denial of service, service or network operations disruptions, or attacks against operator or subscribers’ assets.
Attackers are persistent and can easily bypass even in-built security functionality in the recent core network generations. The GSMA has identified the most common attacks and basic firewall rules to prevent those. Yet today surprisingly many operators don’t have any firewall to protect their core network.
Our advanced firewall solution covers SS7, SIGTRAN and Diameter traffic. It includes all the rules identified by the GSMA, GSMA FS.11 and GSMA FS.19 rules for 2G, 3G and 4G networks. The solution is configurable and helps to stay aligned with the GSMA recommendations now and in the future.
Jörgen Tränk
Lead Product Manager
Key benefits
Core network security
Our SS7, SIGTRAN and Diameter firewall solution protects 2G/3G and 4G core networks from all known types of security attacks.
Futureproof and adaptable
Operators can add additional advanced routing rules to the pre-defined GSMA recommendations. A versatile platform enables several other network functions.
Virtualization-ready
Ready-built firewall protection for several containerized and virtualized platforms.
Key features
GSMA FS.11 and FS.19
The firewall solution protects the core network from all known types of security attacks. It implements the rules recommended by the GSMA in FS.11 and FS.19 for 2G, 3G and 4G core networks.
Protection during signaling storms
With the powerful, telecom grade virtual platform, the signaling firewalls can be set up to isolate internal home network routing from external networks traffic. Therefore, our firewall protects the home network also during a signaling storm.
Easy to configure filtering rules
The set of firewall rules can be expanded when an operator sees new types of attacks occurring in the network. Configuration of all firewall functions and features are done through an easy-to-use web-GUI.
Wide protocol support
The range of in-built protocol variants and firewall functionality ensures that the firewall solution fits with networks over SS7, SIGTRAN, IPv4, IPv6, TDM (E1/T1/J1) and Diameter, TCP, SCTP.
Advanced Web GUIready
Our firewalls come with a user-friendly Web Graphical User Interface (GUI) for operation. Flexible configuration rules for both protocol stacks as well as firewall behaviour, viewing alarms, statistics, SW repository including upgrade/downgrade functions, documentation, log, and trace-functionality, all conveniently packaged in one GUI.
Northbound REST API
Our firewall solution can also be operated via a Northbound REST API. All alarms, statistics and operations of the solution platform are available through this REST API.
Telecom grade platform
Powerful telecom grade platform as the firewall backbone
The firewall solution is powered with the virtual telecom grade platform, TietoEVRY’s Evolved Signaling Controller (ESC), which is suitable for both virtualized and bare-metal solutions. Multiple core network applications, such as STP, DRA, MNP and SoR, can simultaneously co-execute in the same platform. Benefit from the shared capacity – and forget struggling with capacity safety margins for each application separately.
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