Sonus and Palo Alto Networks Team to Deliver Advanced Mobile Network Protections from Cyber Threats Targeting Rich Communication Services

Sonus and Palo Alto Networks Team to Deliver
Advanced Mobile Network Protections from Cyber Threats Targeting Rich Communication
Services

For Release: March
21, 2017

Key Takeaways:

·         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.

APJ – Sonus
Networks, Inc., a global leader in securing Cloud
and real-time communications, today 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.

Quotes:
“The Sonus and Palo
Alto Networks architecture brings together the unique capabilities offered by
each company to deliver a best-in-class security solution for mobile operators
that unifies LTE data and VoLTE security policy and enforcement,” said Kevin
Riley, Sonus CTO and senior vice president, Engineering.  “Establishing a
secure mobile network for the Internet of Things will be a key differentiator
for mobile operators and their customers in the coming years.  We are
looking forward to working with Palo Alto Networks to continue this momentum as
we get ahead of identity and security issues and redefine this evolving
landscape together.”

“Mobile network operators must have full visibility into all
types of mobile network traffic in order to prevent cyberattacks.  The
joint architecture announced today by Sonus Networks, in collaboration with
Palo Alto Networks, provides MNOs with comprehensive traffic visibility within
their infrastructure, and combines the cyber breach prevention capabilities of
our Next-Generation Security Platform with Sonus’ advanced security for the
VoLTE/voice network,” said Scott Stevens, Palo Alto Networks senior vice
president of Global Service Provider Sales.  “This joint architecture
provides active coordination between our platforms to provide a new level of
security into the VoLTE/VoWifi network.”

Other Facts:

·         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.

Additional Resources:

·         Download the joint whitepaper “Secure The Mobile Network”
whitepaper by Sonus and Palo Alto Networks here.

·         Listen
to a replay of the Sonus sponsored webinar Your UC Network Will Be
Attacked! Get Ahead of the Threat Now.

·         Download the e-book Securing Real-Time Communications For
Dummies, detailing potential
cyber-attacks and ways enterprises can secure their own systems to prevent
them.