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SafeNet launches device to prevent billing and usage fraud
By siliconindia
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Thursday, 13 December 2007, 02:39 IST
New Delhi: SafeNet, a global leader in information security, has announced the availability of QuickSec for IMS, a scalable IPsec security solution designed to protect billing data and content within the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS).
The IMS has been designed to enable carriers to offer premium multimedia services, such as video and voice over IP (VoIP) for delivery to next generation mobile devices including smart phones and feature phones.
According to a report published by ABI Research, fixed and mobile network operators are expected to invest $10.1 billion in IMS capital infrastructure between 2006 and 2011, and generate $49.6 billion in service revenue from IMS-enabled applications within that time.
"The migration to the IMS environment presents carriers with a tremendous opportunity to offer a greater volume of features and services to a larger segment of consumers, however with every new technology comes new security threats that must me addressed," said Simon Blake Wilson, Managing Director, Embedded Security Solutions, SafeNet.
Inherent vulnerabilities of signaling data makes the premium applications and services offered by carriers susceptible to billing fraud, unauthorized use, and denial of service attacks; all of which negatively effect carrier revenue.
SafeNet's QuickSec for IMS provides a complete IMS security solution for telecom equipment manufacturers looking to build robust IPsec-based security into network gateways and user equipment.
According to Deepak Prasad, General Manager - India, SafeNet Infotech, "The integration of QuickSec for IMS into feature phones, smart phones and desktop applications as well as CSCF, PDG, PDIF and security gateways enables customers to protect carrier revenue and support widespread migration to next-generation IMS networks."
Built from QuickSec, SafeNet's industry's leading IPSec toolkit, QuickSec for IMS is the world's only product featuring IMS-specific programming interfaces and therefore provides customers with a massively scalable, ready-to-deploy solution to protect signaling, IWLAN, and inter-network communications.