Sipera IPCS 510 Thwarts Floods, Fuzzing, Spoofing, Stealth, Zombies and
Spam
BOSTON, Sept. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Sipera Systems, the leader in pure
security for VoIP, mobile and multimedia communications, today debuted the
Sipera IPCS 510, a comprehensive, real-time security system to protect IP
Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) and Unlicensed Mobile Access (UMA) networks. The
new product protects subscribers and core infrastructure against attacks,
misuse and service abuse, such as voice spam and denial of service (DoS)
attacks, by intelligently monitoring signaling and media traffic to detect
and prevent anomalous behavior. Sipera is demonstrating the Sipera IPCS
solution in Booth #146 during the Fall 2006 VON Conference here this week.
The world's wireless operators are implementing two technologies for
access to new mobile services -- IMS and UMA. However, by opening the
traditionally closed telephony networks to the Internet, operators face the
possibility of hacker attacks, despite SIM authentication and IPSec/TLS
encryption. Sipera's VIPER Labs has discovered thousands of potential
threats against IMS and UMA networks over the past two years.
While many of these application-layer threats target operator
infrastructures, causing the disruption of services and network downtime,
the more damaging threats could be directed toward the subscribers. These
attacks include stealth DoS, which could mean a constantly ringing phone or
the hijacking of a handset to make unintended calls, which would prove
costly for the subscriber or drain the battery. Subscribers could also
become the target of voice spam, which are unsolicited bulk messages
broadcast over the IMS network that are far more annoying than email spam.
The Sipera IPCS 510 augments existing firewalls, packet data gateways
(PDGs) and security gateways (SGWs) by invisibly monitoring and verifying
application-layer traffic to prevent attacks directed at the core network
elements and subscribers. The Sipera IPCS 510 employs comprehensive
protection techniques, including the ability to learn individual user
behavior, to ensure that legitimate traffic passes through, while
application-layer threats are blocked in real time. Sipera IPCS products
also offer operators the capability to monitor and capture specific message
traces for online, real-time troubleshooting.
"Wireless operators are looking to use IMS and UMA technologies to
roll- out new IP communications applications to millions of subscribers.
However, these networks are vulnerable to hacker and zombie attacks. At the
same time, voice spam is becoming an ever more annoying problem," said
Seshu Madhavapeddy, Sipera president and CEO. "Encryption and
authentication are a start, but protecting IMS services and UMA networks
and subscribers requires sophisticated application-level security."
Brian Modoff, managing director and senior Wireless Equipment analyst
at Deutsche Bank Securities, Inc. agrees. "The business implications of
these vulnerabilities not only include the disruption of IMS/UMA services
and the associated loss of revenue, but the attacks may also affect the
operators' bread and butter cellular services, which would be extremely
costly," he said. "Wireless operators cannot afford to ignore these
threats, especially those that disturb their subscribers like stealth
attacks and voice spam. They must draw from the experience of other
Internet Service Providers and proactively deploy comprehensive security
solutions like Sipera's to protect their networks and subscribers, and
thwart such attacks, which only promise to increase."
The Sipera IPCS 510 is built specifically for wireless operators and
supports 100,000 users and 10,000 simultaneous sessions with 1Gbps of
throughput. The product is not a point-of-failure in the network and not
subject to attack, as they are deployed without an IP address as a bump in
the wire, with no network configuration changes -- preserving network
integrity and user uptime, for fast ROI.
The Sipera IPCS 510 will be available in the fourth quarter of 2006.
For further information, visit http://www.sipera.com.
About Sipera Systems
Sipera Systems, Inc., the leader in pure security for VoIP, mobile and
multimedia communications, enables enterprises and operators to protect end
users and network infrastructures from potentially catastrophic attacks,
misuse, and abuse of real-time, session-based protocols. Comprised of top
vulnerability research experts, the Sipera VIPER(TM) lab concentrates all
of its efforts towards identifying SIP, UMA and IMS vulnerabilities. This
expertise forms the foundation of Sipera IPCS(TM) products, which protect
IP communications applications, and the Sipera LAVA(TM) tools, which verify
networks' readiness to resist attacks. Founded in 2003, Sipera is
headquartered in Richardson, TX. Visit http://www.sipera.com.
Sipera, Sipera logo, Sipera IPCS, Sipera IPCS 510, Sipera LAVA and
Sipera VIPER are trademarks of Sipera Systems, Inc.
Media Contacts:
Larry Bouchie
KMC Partners Public Relations
617-758-4192
larry@kmcpartners.com
Brendan Ziolo
Sipera Systems
214-606-1080
bziolo@sipera.com
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CONTACT:
Larry Bouchie, KMC Partners Public Relations,
+1-617-758-4192, larry@kmcpartners.com; Brendan Ziolo, Sipera
Systems, +1-214-606-1080, bziolo@sipera.com
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