Nordic operator's chief security officer discusses the increasing security threat to communications service providers in a complex, smartphone-dominated, IP-oriented world.

Michelle Donegan

April 28, 2014

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Data Loss Is the Worst Security Issue – TeliaSonera

The theft of customer data in an attack that compromises users' privacy is more serious than a security breach that causes a network outage, according to Håkan Kvarnström, chief security officer at Telia Company , the Nordic carrier with operations in multiple markets throughout Europe and Eurasia.

"Of course, it's serious if the network goes down, but that's reversible -- we can do something about it," he told Light Reading during a recent interview. Once the network has been restored, there is no further damage to the customer he noted. "That's not as far-reaching as losing data."

Kvarnström also noted that increasing complexity -- of networks, IT, devices, and applications -- is the major threat to an operator's security.

To find out more, read the new Prime Reading feature, Network Security: It's Complicated.

— Michelle Donegan, contributing editor, special to Light Reading

Want to learn more about this topic? Check out the agenda for Mobile Network Security Strategies, which will take place on May 21 at The Thistle Marble Arch hotel in London. For more on the event, including the stellar service provider speaker line-up, see the event's official site.

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About the Author(s)

Michelle Donegan

Michelle Donegan is an independent technology writer who has covered the communications industry for the last 20 years on both sides of the Pond. Her career began in Chicago in 1993 when Telephony magazine launched an international title, aptly named Global Telephony. Since then, she has upped sticks (as they say) to the UK and has written for various publications including Communications Week International, Total Telecom and, most recently, Light Reading.  

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