StealthWatch Helps Telecom Providers Deliver Secure, Reliable Service

Learn how Telenor Norway leverages StealthWatch

Telecom providers have thousands of customers relying on them to provide fast, secure, high-quality connections and services. As providers rapidly move from traditional phone line technology to IP-based systems, this task becomes even more difficult, as their services are subjected to all of the threats prevalent in the online world. Telecom providers are no longer just offering simple voice connections, but are now delivering a host of Internet-based services, mobile devices and applications. Additionally, they are becoming even bigger targets for cyber attackers since they are offering cloud-based services to enterprises around the world.

Because attacks on their networks can literally disrupt voice, mail and Web service for thousands of users and businesses, telecom providers must be extra vigilant when it comes to keeping their infrastructure up-and-running and secure. Not to mention the types of fraud, information theft and other crimes that can be committed if attackers are able to hack into these ubiquitous voice and data services.

Due to the massive size of telecom networks, traditional security solutions like IDS/IPS often do not scale to fully protect them because of high costs and deployment/management complexities. More and more telecom providers are therefore turning to flow-based technologies like Lancope’s StealthWatch to obtain increased visibility and protection for their large, high-profile infrastructures.

By leveraging NetFlow and other flow data from existing routers and switches, StealthWatch provides a cost-effective, comprehensive look at what is happening in all segments of the network at any given time. Not relying on signature updates, StealthWatch uncovers both zero-day attacks that often bypass perimeter defenses as well as insider threats including data leakage, unauthorized access, network misuse and policy violations.

StealthWatch is scalable to meet the needs of even the largest networks, analyzing up to 3 million flows per second, and also provides visibility and security for virtual environments. With StealthWatch, telecom providers can more confidently deliver secure, high-performance voice and data services to thousands of customers around the world, while minimizing the risk of suffering from damaging cyber attacks and service disruptions.