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 is where subscriber sessions, mobility and policy live. 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. Core exposure is the difference between a single-subscriber leak and a fleet-wide breach.

Signaling protocols carry the control-plane instructions that set up calls, register subscribers, hand over sessions 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 FS.11 / FS.19 / FS.20 as a top-tier telecom risk.

To place Deception Technology in the wider telecom-security picture, review Lateral Movement (Telecom), Threat Hunting (Telecom), Vulnerability Assessment, Hardening, Risk Assessment and MSSP.

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