SANTA CLARA, CA — (Marketwired) — 10/01/13 — In response to increased threats from break-ins and other security threats against LTE networks, leading supplier Stoke, Inc. has improved its product-s encryption and connection authentication mechanisms. The new capabilities, already commercially deployed, are available now to existing customers via a software upgrade and for prospective customer trials.
“LTE presents new security challenges for mobile network operators because it uses Internet Protocol (IP) end to end, and attacks have already occurred,” said Stoke VP of Product Management Dilip Pillaipakam. “New vulnerabilities in LTE networks are being exposed almost every day. For example, at the recent Black Hat USA 2013 conference, attendees were shown how one firm enabling them to intercept voice, SMS and data traffic.”
LTE security gateway now supports larger certificate keys (2048 bits), exponentially improving operators- ability to ensure the validity of security associations between two network nodes and greatly increasing the difficulty of cracking open encrypted traffic. For example, estimates claim that cracking encrypted traffic using the RSA algorithm based on 2048 bit certificate keys is more than 4 billion times more difficult than when using 1024 bit keys. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) reports that 2048 bit keys can be regarded safe up to the year 2030.(1)
“Securing LTE communications against evolving vulnerabilities is becoming increasingly critical and Stoke has significantly raised the bar for the prevention of device spoofing and encryption break-in,” added Pillaipakam. “These new capabilities complement Stoke-s no-back-doors security gateway implementation.”
Stoke, Inc. delivers gateway solutions for the mobile border, securing LTE Radio-to-Core and Subscriber communications, while safeguarding critical mobile core infrastructure. Our products have been selected by Tier 1 mobile network operators for technical excellence and quality, and we partner with leading industry equipment providers and systems integrators for post-sale deployment and technical support services. Stoke is the #1 in deployed LTE Security Gateways with offices in the US, UK, France, Spain, Japan, Korea and Singapore. For more information, visit
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