Telcos’ castle-and-moat model has gone – Francis Haysom

This Appledore Solution Profile examines Ericsson’s security portfolio and the difference between enterprise IT security and the operational realities of telecom networks.

Ericsson is aligning its security portfolio with the needs of a modern telco network. Telecom networks face a security challenge that neither generic enterprise security nor telco-specific security can address in isolation, so our conversation inevitably centered on:

• The increasing threat to telco networks
• The distinct needs of telco security
• IT security and network security coexistence and collaboration
• Convergence of security and network operations to address escalating threat levels.
• Ericsson’s distinct agentless approach to endpoint security
• How Ericsson is enabling CSPs to practically and pragmatically move to address post-quantum encryption.

Written for CSP security and network operations leaders, strategy teams and investors, it offers a grounded read on the convergence of network and security operations — and a framework for deciding which vendor belongs in which domain.