Introduction:

Having completed this course the participant will be able to understand how security is implemented, deployed and managed in GSM, GPRS and UMTS networks, understand security concepts, understand the benefits of new security techniques applied and how they are implemented.

Audience:

Anyone needing in-depth knowledge of the security in the GSM family of wireless networks. The course is essential for network security & wireless specialists, operators and manufacturers, wireless network researcher, academics, security engineers, researchers and consultants.

Prerequisites:

General knowledge of GSM/GPRS Networks

Customize it

This 2-3-day course will be customized to your needs and specifications. Enowireless will assist you in identifying those needs and specifications. A word to the wise, there are many vendors of wireless training. They will typically have a broad and general course, one size fits all, already developed and just put your organization’s name on the title slide. This minimizes their effort and time investment. At Enowireless, every course is made to your exact and exacting specifications. We help you ensure what you are getting is what you really need even if at the beginning you weren’t too sure of what that was. We fit the class to your needs. We never fit you into our “standard”, one size fits all, class.

Course Objectives:

The goal of this course is to give the participant a strong and intuitive understanding of what security in the wireless systems is and how the security functions are implemented in the GSM/GPRS/UMTS radio and core network. The course focuses both on the air interface and the core network.

Course Outline

Security Overview Basic security concepts Authentication Privacy Integrity Authorization Non-repudiation Encryption Encryption Technologies Cryptography Keys Symmetric and Asymmetric Ciphers Cipher Suites Certificates Overview of Wireless Security Requirements Wireless security needs Basic GSM, GPRS and UMTS security functions GSM Security Review GSM security algorithms GSM authentication and authorization procedures GSM ciphering procedures Security threats to GSM GPRS Security Review GPRS security algorithms GSM authentication and authorization procedures GPRS ciphering procedures Kasumi, GEA1, GEA2 and GEA3 Security threats to GPRS UMTS Security Review Security in UTRAN Security in the UMTS Core Network UMTS security algorithms UMTS authentication and authorization procedures UMTS ciphering procedures Security threats to UMTS UMTS Authentication and Key Management AKA Algorithms Normal AKA procedure AKA procedure in the AuC AKA procedure in the USIM AKA procedure in the VLR/SGSN Integrity function f9, Confidentiality function f8 Milenage and KASUMI algorithms