Introduction:

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

Audience:

Anyone who is interested in an in-depth knowledge of the security in the UMTS 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:

Knowledge of UMTS services and network architecture prior to attending the course is an advantage

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 UMTS radio and core network. The course focuses both on the air interface and the core network.

Course Outline

Overview of Security Concepts 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 UMTS Security Architecture UMTS security features Network access mechanisms UMTS authentication and authorization procedures key agreement Local authentication UMTS ciphering procedures Security threats to UMTS Security in UTRAN Typical threats in UTRAN Mutual authentication Cryptography for authentication UTRAN encryption Integrity protection of RRC signalling Security in UMTS Core Network Typical Threats in Core Network Denial of Services IPSec Authentication Server Network Domain MAP application layer security UMTS Authentication and Key Management (AKA) Authentication parameters AV and K RAND SQN and AK AMF and MAC CK and IK RES and X-RES AUTN and AUTS Normal AKA procedure AKA procedure in the AuC AKA procedure in the USIM AKA procedure in the VLR/SGSN AKA Algorithms AKA Functions with their outputs Cryptographic functions and algorithms Key generating functions Authentication parameters Integrity function Confidentiality function f0, f1 and f1* f2, f3 and f4 f5, f5*, f8 and f9