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Developing Secure NGN Infrastructure - Ovum Research for Codenomicon

Next Generation Networks (NGNs) provide a rich range of IP-based services for telecommunications operators, including voice, data, video, TV and messaging. The use of IP protocols as the foundation of NGNs gives great flexibility, but also exposes the networks to all the security threats found on the Internet. Operators have to address a set of issues that is very different to those on the tightly constrained but functionally limited legacy networks. This research paper is based on interviews with nine NGN service providers and vendors serving this market. The interviews were conducted with technical experts in each of the companies, and in some cases second interviews were arranged to extend the scope of the discussion. The companies all currently use Codenomicon's fuzz testing security products.