SG.22 SMS Firewall Best Practices and Policies

Tuesday 8 Aug 2017 | Operational |

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SMS Firewalls provide a mechanism to combat SMS spoofing and faking by unauthorised parties.

This document provides high level guidelines to help Operators implement and manage policies for SMS firewalls and to provide suggestions, where appropriate, on possible corrective actions.

Target industry: Telecommunications

Audience: Risk practitioner, Technical security practitioner

Resource technology specifics: Core network

Resource type: Guideline

Resource enforcement: Voluntary

Resource certification type: Self-assessment

Key Benefits
  • Explains SMS firewall policies Operators should adopt in broad terms and how to react to SMS security breach attempts