Nokia announced the NetGuard Security Management Center, a consolidated

software platform that allows operators to monitor and control all multi-vendor
security systems deployed their telecommunications networks.

Because network components often only possess security measures for

themselves, Nokia has taken a holistic approach and provided a system by
which configuration of security policies, bulk firmware upgrades and
verification of vendor-specific security hardening settings can all be automated
and managed from a single interface.

The NetGuard Security Management Center promises to integrate with all

available network security systems, providing status updates and managing
incidents, vulnerabilities, and controlling access.

Together with its own internal malware database from F-Secure, the software
is able to proactively detect security weaknesses, apply analytics, and trigger
automatic corrective action or guide operators through a recommended
manual response.

It is also able to manage the security of components across the whole

network, and to correlate events that occur from typically isolated layers such
as wifi, transport, core and sensor sources to detect and mitigate a wider
range of threats, Nokia said.

Nokia is hopeful that its solution will increase operational efficiency and lower
the total cost of security for operators.

“Networks are becoming more heterogeneous and open, leaving them

increasingly prone to cyberattacks,” said Nokia’s head of Security, Giuseppe
Targia in a statement.

“Any subsequent degradation of network performance, whether a partial or

complete outage, is one of the biggest threats to operators.

“Our NetGuard Security Management Center gives operators confidence that

their whole networks are safe, not just some individually protected parts.”