Market Segment
Telecom companies have long been a high-value target for cybercriminals and nation-state actors as they protect and operate the critical communications infrastructure used to transmit and store large volumes of private and sensitive data. Nation-state actors are increasingly targeting telecommunications providers, infrastructure, and operations to establish covert surveillance on infiltrated networks and allow them to operate undetected in the long run. In the last few years, we have seen highly sophisticated actors infiltrate telecommunications providers to monitor phone lines, mobile data, and instant messaging/video calls, such attacks are difficult to detect and remediate.
Organized cybercriminal groups also view telecom providers as high-value targets because of the large amount of personal data they collect and maintain about their customers. Financial information is especially important to cybercriminals who want to steal credit card information, commit identity theft, or compromise SMS-based two-factor authentication mechanisms. While telecom providers must defend against these threats, the future is about to create new challenges as 5G networks emerge to support billions of additional devices such as IoT devices, industrial automation, and self-driving cars. A more connected world offers many benefits, but it also makes telecom providers more vulnerable to potential cyberattacks and highlights that a solid cybersecurity posture is by far the most important prerequisite for secure 5G networks. We leverage our extensive experience securing telecom providers to protect you and your customers against internal and external cybersecurity threats.
“Telecommunications organizations have evolved from being carriers of voice and data connectivity to providers of advanced technology. This change has brought with it many cyber risks.”
“There’s a lot of excitement about the gadgets that phone companies are developing and distributing. But that raises big questions about how best to secure this innovation as it evolves.”
“Many telecommunications companies are carefully evaluating existing governance models, whether they have the right policies to stay ahead of the challenging risk landscape they face.”
Telecom is essential for everyone’s cybersecurity issues
Communication systems are accessible to both friend and foe almost anywhere, anytime.
Ever since messages were passed between people, whether written or spoken, the disclosure of their content by third parties has been a target of nation states and bad actors.
Manipulating communication processes by injecting false information or reducing the speed and quality of traffic has also been ubiquitous over time. Being the first to know – or better yet, knowing something when your opponent or competitor doesn’t know you know – is a distinct advantage of protecting sensitive information.
Methods may have evolved, but blocking communication is not new and will likely remain a persistent problem.
What is new, however, is that the current global information landscape is enabling consensual communications on a scale previously unimaginable.
Telecommunications covers a huge economic and technological field. Internet service providers for cyber security; social media conglomerates; companies that manufacture mobile devices and most computers; and software companies that make important products such as collaboration packages, VPNs, and other communication or internet traffic-centric interfaces.
This global socioeconomic system is almost universally accessible and at the same time vulnerable to any form of attack, as this accessibility extends to malicious actors.
Universal access doesn’t necessarily mean wide-ranging vulnerability, but it does in our current environment for a few unfortunate reasons.
Universal access doesn’t necessarily mean wide-ranging vulnerability, but it does in our current environment for a few unfortunate reasons.
First, malicious actors who regularly exploit and infiltrate the telecommunications environment do not play by the rules of the organizations that build and maintain the infrastructure.
Second, individual user autonomy, which is also one of the West’s greatest strengths, creates an almost endless attack surface. For most people, cybersecurity comes once a year when someone on the TV tells them to change their passwords, use a VPN at a coffee shop, or be careful opening emails with attachments.
Third, even basic cyber hygiene is meaningless when implemented on a compromised network, whether it’s an already infected machine, a compromised service provider or software package.
Telecommunications organizations have evolved from being carriers of voice and data connectivity to providers of advanced technology. This change has brought with it many cyber risks.”
“There’s a lot of excitement about the gadgets and gadgets that phone companies are developing and distributing. But that raises big questions about how best to secure this innovation as it evolves.”
“Many telecommunications companies are carefully evaluating existing governance models, whether they have the right policies to stay ahead of the challenging risk landscape they face.”
Telecom is essential for everyone’s cybersecurity issues
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