Management plane
Cellular auth is strong. The web UI running the network is often the weakest link. Access, MFA, network path and audit apply here too.
Resource · Security
Private does not automatically mean secure.
Layered design does. Follow one packet through the seven gates every session passes through — and see where each layer earns its place.
- Model
- Layered defence
- Standard
- 3GPP + enterprise
- Integration
- SIEM · SOC · IAM
- Ref
- SEC-001
01 · Seven gates
Every session, every device — every gate.
Click a gate. See what happens there. No padlocks — just decisions.
Device
Hardware root of trust · vendor attestation.
SIM / eSIM
Cryptographic subscriber identity.
Authentication
Mutual auth · key derivation.
Policy
Slice · QoS · access controls.
Segmentation
Traffic isolation · UPF placement.
Application
Enterprise auth · zero-trust.
Logging
SIEM · audit · forensic trail.
GATE 01 · DEVICE
Hardware root of trust.
The device presents a hardware-backed identity. Compromise here means everything downstream needs to catch it. Vendor attestation, secure boot and firmware integrity are the foundation — not the finish.
02 · The three failure modes people forget
Layers can be intact — and still fail.
These are the assumptions we test on every project before we call the architecture secure.
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Vendor supply chain
Radio and Core come from named vendors on documented software release lines. Attestation and patching are part of the SLA — not an afterthought.
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Integration seams
Where cellular meets IT, OT and cloud is where policy tends to erode. We document the seam and its controls.