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Security for the networks the region runs on,
from the core to the edge.
Carriers, ISPs, cable and wireless providers are among the highest-priority targets for state-backed espionage, and every outage is public. We watch around the clock, hunt for the quiet intruder in your network devices and help you show your regulator your work.
Where telecom providers get hit.
The attackers want what flows through your network, the subscribers behind it, or the leverage of taking it down.
State-backed espionage
Nation-state groups target carriers for call records, location data and lawful-access systems. Campaigns of this kind have compromised network devices at carriers in many countries.
Edge and network devices
Routers, firewalls and VPN gateways at the perimeter are exploited to pull configurations, mirror traffic and move deeper. Endpoint tools rarely see them.
SIM swap and account takeover
Fraudsters social-engineer retail and support staff, or buy insider help, to port numbers and take over subscriber accounts that protect banking and email.
Signalling and interconnect abuse
Weaknesses in roaming and interconnect signalling are used to track subscribers and intercept messages. Detection has to understand the protocols.
Ransomware and outages
Operators know a carrier cannot tolerate downtime. An infection in billing, provisioning or support systems can force a service-affecting shutdown.
Vendor and supply-chain risk
Managed network services, equipment vendors and outsourced support hold privileged access. Regulators increasingly expect you to know and control that access.
The frameworks you report against.
GCC regulators first, then Asian regimes, then the US and EU rules that apply when you operate there.
| Framework | Who it applies to | What we help with |
|---|---|---|
| Telecommunications and Digital Government Regulatory Authority (TDRA) requirements | Licensed telecommunications operators in the UAE | Security programme assessment, monitoring evidence and fast scoping of cyber-caused outages for timely notification |
| UAE Information Assurance (IA) Regulation | Critical-sector entities in the UAE, including telecommunications | Controls assessment, continuous monitoring and incident handling |
| NCA Essential Cybersecurity Controls (ECC) and Critical Systems Cybersecurity Controls (CSCC) | Saudi telecommunications operators within critical national infrastructure | Controls assessment, remediation and the monitoring and incident evidence NCA expects |
| Communications, Space and Technology Commission (CST) requirements | Licensed telecommunications providers in Saudi Arabia | Security programme assessment and incident investigation support |
| Communications Regulatory Authority (CRA) and Qatar NIA standard | Licensed service providers in Qatar | Gap assessment, controls implementation support and audit evidence |
| CITRA regulations | Licensed telecommunications providers in Kuwait | Programme assessment and incident readiness |
| Singapore Cybersecurity Act | Owners of designated critical information infrastructure, including telecommunications | Risk assessment, audit support and incident readiness |
| UAE PDPL, Saudi PDPL and Singapore PDPA | Providers handling subscriber personal data | Breach investigation, impact assessment support and documented incident records for subscriber data |
| FCC CPNI rules | Providers with US operations handling customer proprietary network information | Breach investigation and the facts behind notification |
| NIS2 Directive | Providers of public electronic communications networks or services in the EU | Risk management measures, incident handling and supply-chain security support |
Specialist work for carrier environments.
Network device compromise
Hunting and forensic review of routers, firewalls and VPN gateways: configuration changes, unexpected tunnels and accounts that should not be there.
Subscriber fraud investigations
Investigation of SIM swap and account takeover cases, including insider involvement, with evidence handled to a standard that holds up.
Outage and directive exercises
War games built on a cyber-caused outage or a regulatory directive, run with network operations, legal and communications in the room.
How we help telecom providers.
MSOC
An autonomous SOC that detects and contains threats in under two minutes, around the clock, with guardrails that keep core network systems out of automatic containment.
Learn more →IR retainer
Pre-agreed terms and guaranteed response from four hours down to one, so the team answers first when an incident turns into an outage.
Learn more →Threat hunting
Hypothesis-driven hunts for the patient, state-backed intruder that lives in network infrastructure and avoids automated detection.
Learn more →RagnarökPenetration testing
Testing of customer portals, support tooling, provisioning systems and the management plane, every finding with a fix.
Learn more →Supply chain & third-party risk
Tiering, technical assessment and monitoring of the vendors with privileged access to your network, ready for the supply-chain questions regulators ask.
Learn more →Darknet & leak-site monitoring
Watch for stolen subscriber data, staff credentials and insider recruitment for SIM swap fraud on criminal forums and leak sites.
Learn more →What buyers ask.
Which regulators do we answer to?
It depends where you hold licences: TDRA in the UAE, CST and NCA in Saudi Arabia, CRA in Qatar, CITRA in Kuwait, and the national authorities in each Asian market. We map your programme to each one and keep the evidence current through Forseti.
Will an autonomous SOC act on our core network without asking?
No. It acts inside boundaries you set, logs everything and takes nothing irreversible without senior sign-off. Network infrastructure can be kept out of automatic containment entirely, and you can run it human-in-the-loop.
We think someone is in our routers. What do we do?
Contact our incident team. Our responders scope it, preserve the evidence and work through the devices with your network team, without causing the outage you are trying to avoid. Our Bifrost examiners document what happened for regulators and government partners.
Where does our data live?
We deploy to meet each client's data-residency requirements, including in-country where regulation requires it, and we operate to the group's SOC 2 Type II controls.
Talk to someone who knows carrier networks.
Put a specialist on a call to scope monitoring, response or regulatory readiness. No charge, no commitment.