GSM Security Analyst
How GSM networks are built, signalled and secured. Four courses take you from GSM and the SIM through the protocol-level architecture to authorised security assessment, detection and mitigation.
- Modules
- 40
- Lessons
- 168
- Exams
- 4
- Est. Duration
- 54 hours
- XP Available
- 14,000
Builds on Telecom Foundations Path
2 of 4 courses are also in Telecom Foundations Path, so your progress there counts here.
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Skills & Competencies You Will MasterExplain how a GSM network finds, reaches and keeps a moving phone connected
Describe how the SIM works as a smart card and authenticates the subscriber
Read the GSM reference architecture as a protocol map and follow its procedures at message level across the Um, Abis, A and core interfaces
Trace roaming, MAP signalling over SS7 and the GPRS packet domain
Explain the air interface, authentication, ciphering, identity and signalling attack surfaces as mechanisms
Run a GSM security assessment lawfully against a controlled range
Design detection, monitoring and incident response for GSM threats in a mobile operator
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Path Achievement
Completing every lesson in the path earns the GSM Security Authority achievement. The GSM Fundamentals and SIM Cards Fundamentals final exams also count towards the TelcoSec Telecom Foundations certification.
The path achievement needs every lesson of all four courses completed, including each final exam: 75 questions drawn from a bank of 150, with 70% needed to pass. Attempts are unlimited, with a 7-day wait between attempts. There is no certification for this path.