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Clavister Releases the Fastest, Most Scalable, Virtualized Mobile Core and IoT Security Solution for Mobile Network Operators
July 2016 by Marc Jacob
Latest version of Clavister OS delivers fully-scalable, comprehensive security, enabling MNOs to move away from inflexible ‘big iron’ physical appliances
Clavister, the Swedish vendor of high-performance network security solutions, has launched a new version of its fully virtualized, carrier-grade security operating system, purpose-designed to enable Mobile Network Operators to protect their networks at every point without compromising scalability.
The wireless carrier market is struggling to manage the explosion of mobile data traffic driven by streaming media and a rapidly increasing amount of IoT devices. According to analysts, data traffic in mobile networks grew by 74% during 2015 and is expected to increase five-fold by 2020*. During the same period the number of IoT devices is expected to grow from around 6 billion to 21 billion**, placing immense pressure on MNO to rapidly scale up their network infrastructures to meet this unprecedented demand.
Until now, providing security for these traffic volumes has been only been possible with proprietary, expensive and inflexible ‘big iron’ hardware appliances, which restrict network flexibility and scalability.
However, with Clavister’s new solution, MNOs can end their reliance on costly, legacy hardware. Clavister’s solution delivers ultra-high performance and resilience, carrier-grade features, and a highly scalable license model, in a fully virtualized software form-factor. This enables wireless carriers to finally deploy security across their large-scale networks when rolling out new telecom cloud-based infrastructures.
The solution includes all features required to deliver a wide range of security applications, including 4G/5G Backhaul Security, Core Security (with Gi/SGi Firewalling), Domain Security as well as Roaming Security.
Solution Availability
The new solution is based on version 2.80 of the software Clavister cOS Stream, which is readily available for download from Clavister’s customer web portal as of July 8.
