Reports

With mounting evidence of AI risk accelerating at speed and scale, this year’s Mobile World Congress saw Deutsche Telekom excel among its European telco peers with a vision for AI security that really met the moment. Download the Briefing

Telco spending on consumer security software is set to grow at a CAGR of 6.5% over the next five years. This HardenStance Briefing looks at how that will play out across endpoint security, network-based security and home router security agents. View the Briefing

Allot has augemented its inline cybersecurity portfolio with an out of band solution to give telecom operators a greater vareity of scalability and detection options to defend against DDoS attacks.View the Briefing

The prpl ecosystem of open source home router products drives additional revenue for telcos, much enhanced cybersecurity in the home network, and potentially lower cybersecurity risk throughout the Internet. View the White Paper

Simply extending enterprise security tools and processes will not secure a private 4G/5G network properly. Utilities need tools and processes tailored to the unique security requirements of any 4G/5G network. And they need additional protections against risks that arise from the unique ways utilities use a private network. View the White Paper

Safeguarding employees’ use of Gen AI applications and introducing Agentic AI into cybersecurity operations were the core AI themes at RSAC 2025. Download the Briefing

HardenStance attended the Global Anti Scam Alliance’s Global Anti Scam Summit (GASS) in London last week. Here are the key takeaways. Download the Briefing

This snapshot review of MWC2025 includes analysis of the shortfall of new entrants investing in telco SOC operations, strong investment in protecting users against online scams, and a damning assessment of the telecom sector’s cybersecurity posture by the UK’s NCSC. Download the Briefing

Enea deployed its first voice firewall for Telecom Egypt back in 2022. Today, the company is bringing it to voice fraud prevention opportunities worldwide. Malicious caller ID spoofing is the initial use case, followed by Wangiri and Flash calls. View the Briefing

Querying outbound mobile roaming traffic is the sweet spot in a layered approach to blocking malicious caller ID spoofing. Solutions must align with local competences, privacy and security rules, and emerging global industry guidelines. View the White Paper

Telco spending on consumer security software is set to grow at a CAGR of 6.6% over the next five years. This HardenStance Briefing looks at how that will play out across endpoint security, network-based security and home router agent based security. View the Briefing

No time to listen to seven solid hours of HardenStance’s Telecom Threat Intelligence Summit (TTIS 2024)? This Briefing provides summary highlights of who said what. View the Briefing

Protection against cyber threats and scams is a key part of a FWA value proposition for end users. It’s also key to profitable FWA growth for telecom operators. Download the White Paper

As well as being critical for optimizing provisioning and routing, Netnumber’s Number Intelligence as a Service (NIaaS) is also key for  mitigating fraud like AIT, account takeover and spoofing. Download the Briefing

HardenStance absorbed the vibes at MWC. This snapshot review of telco security includes analysis of the key security themes of the event including AI, telecom fraud, quantum safe networks, and 5G security. Download the Briefing

MWC was a great opportunity to gauge the telecom ecosystem’s preparations for post quantum resilience. There’s a colossal amount of work to be done but some have started. Some are even trialing and deploying pre-standard versions of the NIST PQC algorithms. View the Briefing

If you’re ‘setting and forgetting’ your cybersecurity posture, you’re not managing it. Leaders should get comfortable driving cyber risk management off qualitative cyber risk assessments.View the White Paper

Considering the downturn in the sector, telco spending on consumer security software is holding up well. Some telcos are extending better cybersecurity to many more users and growing sales. View the Briefing

The NIS2 Directive prescribes a step change in how Europe’s telcos do cybersecurity. It mandates cyber risk management principles; stiffer penalties and greater management accountability for cybersecurity breaches for the first time.View the White Paper

The TM Forum commissioned HardenStance to research and write a survey report on how telecom operators are approaching the framing and operationalization of cybersecurity strategy and telco SOC operations.View the Report

No time to listen to seven solid hours of HardenStance’s Telecom Threat Intelligence Summit (TTIS 2023)? This Briefing provides summary highlights of who said what. View the Briefing

Shouldn’t DNS detection and response be featuring in XDR roadmaps? Download the Briefing

If the FCC takes full account of American’s cybersecurity goals, it will prioritize releasing mid-band spectrum as licensed spectrum to the country’s mobile network operators..View the White Paper

HardenStance’s RSAC 2023 survey report shows that shortcomings in people and processes are holding back effective use of cyber threat intelligence a lot more than any shortcomings in technology Download the Briefing

HardenStance absorbed the vibes at MWC last week. This snapshot review of telco security includes notes from meeting with vendors and a view on where we are and where we go next.. Download the Briefing