Suricata

In telecom networks, Suricata is an open-source network IDS/IPS and security monitoring engine that can inspect traffic in real time, parse many protocols, and emit rich logs and alerts. It is commonly deployed at telecom perimeters and inside data centers as a base layer for NDR.

Categories: Security ControlsProtocols and StandardsInternet and Routing

Suricata in context

Security controls span signaling firewalls (SS7/Diameter/GTP screening), transport encryption (IPsec, TLS, PRINS), identity and access on OSS/BSS, and monitoring at both packet and log level. Controls are audited against GSMA FS.11/FS.19/FS.20/FS.36.

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 Suricata in the wider telecom-security picture, review SIRT, SLH-DSA, SHA, ML-DSA, OpenSSL and HMAC-SHA256: each entry cross-references back to this page so you can walk the topic in either direction.

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