{"id":325,"date":"2021-09-17T07:07:36","date_gmt":"2021-09-17T07:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sendpk.com\/blog\/?p=325"},"modified":"2021-12-10T09:36:36","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T09:36:36","slug":"security-measures-by-all-telecom-operators-sms-aggregators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sendpk.com\/blog\/2021\/09\/17\/security-measures-by-all-telecom-operators-sms-aggregators\/","title":{"rendered":"Security Measures by all Telecom Operators\/SMS Aggregators."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
  1. It has been observed with grave concern that misleading SMS have beendisseminated to the telecom subscribers, as relevant operators\/ sms aggregators had not employed sufficientsecurity controls to mitigate such threats. Furthermore, some of them are not maintaining required logs.
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  2. In order to safeguard against such attacks in future, following security measures be included, along with other effective standard security controls by all Telecom operators:<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
    No.<\/th>Recommendations<\/th>Applicable To<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
    1<\/td>All licensees should manage their servers within Pakistan, as per the license awarded to them, which clearly mentions to establish, maintain and operate in Pakistan.<\/td>All Licensees<\/td><\/tr>
    2<\/td>Bind static IP addresses with user accounts for API \/ Web portal Access to foreign IP addresses should be blocked through geo-fencing at firewalls.<\/td>All Licensees<\/td><\/tr>
    3<\/td>Maintain all types of logs including but not limited to Access Log, Events Log, “Failed” .<\/td>All Licensees<\/td><\/tr>
    4<\/td>Login Attempts with complete IP details\u201d and \u201cAPI failed connections\u201d, in accordance with clause 6 (5) of CTDISR 2000<\/strong>, issued by PTA<\/strong> .<\/td>All Licensees<\/td><\/tr>
    5<\/td>
    Password baselining restrictions be implemented i.e. blocking of account on a limited number of failed attempts.<\/td>    		All Licensees<\/td><\/tr>
    6<\/td>Dedicated \/ Managed services of Web Application Firewall (WAF) be used to secure networks from layer 7 attacks.<\/td>All Licensees<\/td><\/tr>
    7<\/td>Security from roaming SMS links be ensured.<\/td>Whoever Providing SMS Service<\/td><\/tr>
    8<\/td>Two-factor authentication (2FA) be implemented for all customers on every login to SMS application. An OTP be used for every broadcast message.<\/td>SMS Aggregator\/ CMOs<\/td><\/tr>
    9<\/td>Weblinks in the SMS content be blocked, as it generally refers to phishing links.<\/td> SMS Aggregator\/ CMOs <\/td><\/tr>
    10<\/td>Personal Data Requests should not be allowed<\/strong> in the SMS.<\/td> SMS Aggregator\/ CMOs <\/td><\/tr>
    <\/td><\/td><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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