The Telecom Sector
Briefing: “MWC25: Taking Stock of Telco Security”
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
Briefing: “ENEA’s Voice Firewall for Telcos”
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
White Paper: “Proven Ways to Block CLI Spoofing Scams”
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
Briefing: “Telco Strategies for Consumer Security 2025”
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
“Threat Intel in Telecoms (TTIS 2024)”
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
White Paper: “Two-Sided Security for 5G FWA”
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
Briefing: “Netnumber’s Unique NIaaS Portfolio”
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
Briefing: “MWC24: Taking Stock of Telco Security”
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
Briefing: “A Quantum-Safe Roadmap for Telcos”
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
Briefing: “Telco Strategies for Consumer Security 2024”
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
White Paper: “Telco Security Takeaways from the NIS2 Directive”
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
Report: Cybersecurity Strategies: Risk Management in the Telco Spotlight
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