Deception Technology

In telecommunications, Deception Technology is the deliberate planting of fake assets (credentials, files, NF instances, signaling endpoints) within the network so that any interaction with them is by definition suspicious. It is highly effective at exposing lateral movement inside the OAM and core perimeters.

Categories: Core NetworkSignaling

Deception Technology in context

The mobile core carries subscriber sessions, mobility and policy. In 4G it is the EPC (MME, HSS, S/PGW); in 5G it is the Service-Based Architecture with AMF, SMF, UPF, AUSF, UDM and the NRF.

Signaling protocols carry the control-plane messages that set up calls, register subscribers and route SMS. SS7, Diameter, GTP-C and SIP are the four dominant families, and interconnect exposure of any of them is treated by GSMA as top-tier telecom risk.

To place Deception Technology in the wider telecom-security picture, review 5G SA, 5G SBA, ACL, AMF, Base Station (BS) and Capacity Planning — each entry cross-references back to this page so you can walk the topic in either direction.

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