Discussion - Mobile Network Security

Yves Jean-Bart and Eugene led a discussion on the need for security in mobile networks. The article talks about how cellular providers are turning into internet service providers with the new capability of phones. The discussion focused around IP traffic being able to be used with new cellphones. This leaves phones open to getting viruses and also they must be protected from other threats such as a denial of service (DoS) attack. There are a few preventative measures that, unfortunately, not ever wireless carrier is using. Firewalls can be implemented to filter out malicious internet traffic from cellular network traffic. Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) can be used to secure transmissions that usually aren't secured. Anti-virus software for mobile devices, but it is underutilized by the cellular carriers. It was also brought up that this article may just be blowing the threat out of proportion. If the threat was great, there would be more being done to combat it.