BGP (Border Gateway Protocol)

The exterior gateway routing protocol used on the internet to exchange IP routing information between autonomous systems. BGP is vulnerable to misconfigurations and BGP hijacking attacks.

Categories: Threats and AttacksProtocols and StandardsInternet and Routing

BGP in context

Telecom threats range from opportunistic SMS phishing and SIM swap to nation-state grade location tracking. The common thread is that most attacks exploit the inherited trust model of legacy signaling protocols.

Telecom security is written into standards from 3GPP, GSMA, ETSI, IETF and ITU-T. Understanding which body owns which specification, and how they interlock, is essential for both design and audit work.

To place BGP in the wider telecom-security picture, review WEP, CSIRT, 3G, 3GPP, A5/1 and A5/2 — each entry cross-references back to this page so you can walk the topic in either direction.

Related terms

More from the TelcoSec Glossary

Browse the full TelcoSec Glossary, the Ultimate Guide to Mobile Network Security, or the P1 Arsenal of telecom-security tools.