Nokia Launches Managed Security Services for
Digital-Era Networks
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New
Security Risk Index analyzes security gaps across mobile, IP and fixed
networks and suggests performance improvements for communication service
providers
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Managed
Security Service ensures networks are adequately protected against all
threats and provides attack prevention, detection, response and recovery
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White label model allows operators to sell these services to enterprises
Nokia is addressing rising security threats to telecom
networks by launching its Security Risk Index assessment service and
Managed Security Service. Together, they form a unique, holistic
approach to targeting security challenges across mobile, IP and fixed
networks in the digital transformation era, when new services and
virtualized systems also introduce new vulnerabilities. In addition to
addressing their own security needs, operators can white label Managed
Security Services to enterprises under their own brand, which offers
revenue potential in the fast-growing enterprise security market and
optimizes time to market.
Growing
regulatory pressure and increasingly complex networks carrying
sensitive data from Internet of Things (IoT), personal devices, and
social and business applications have heightened the importance of data
security for operators. Nokia is taking a unique, integrated approach
that starts from assessing operators' security risks across various
security domains, benchmarking against industry peers, and providing a
360-degree gap analysis and suggestions for performance improvements.
This is the essence of the Security Risk Index.
After
the assessment, a managed service, powered by Nokia NetGuard software,
will complete the holistic security approach. Nokia experts design the
network security infrastructure, information management and monitoring
systems to ensure that critical information assets are adequately
protected against known and unknown threats, and that the operator meets
applicable security compliance standards and regulations.
Having
secured their own networks, operators can go on to offer the Managed
Security Services, or selected elements of it, to their enterprise
customers. In partnership with Nokia, operators can easily implement a
security portfolio to open a new revenue source and increase customer
loyalty.
Patrick Donegan, principal analyst, HardenStance, said:
"Telecom operators need strategic security partners that have a deep
understanding of the unique aspects of their network environment and the
threats that they and their customers face. Nokia's Security Risk Index
and Managed Security Service propositions are an important contribution
to addressing those challenges."
Friedrich Trawoeger, head of Managed Services at Nokia, said:
"Operators must be prepared for a security breach. A dynamic, managed
security proposition is needed to eliminate possible threats, so we are
taking a comprehensive approach to security from assessing risks to
managing and maintaining our customers' security infrastructure. This is
the best approach to defend against attacks. In addition, the resale
white label model will allow our customers to monetize the security
opportunity."
Nokia's
security services also utilize Nokia NetGuard, a complete portfolio of
robust, end-to-end software solutions that detect, prevent and mitigate
cyberattacks by securing traditional and cloud-based network
architectures and protecting end-users and IoT devices.
Nokia's Managed Security Service and Security Risk Index provide a comprehensive backbone for telecom security. It is important to encompass all areas of security, including the assessment and protection of cross-technology networks operating in multi-vendor environments, as modern networks can be more easily exploited and carry higher risks.
Source: Nokia media announcement