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Contents

• Preface
• Introduction
• The FCC's Open Network Architecture
• NS/EP Telecommunications Security Concerns
  • Assets To Be Protected
  • Security Threats
    • Denial of Service
    • Impersonating a User
    • Disclosure of Information
    • Message Stream or Data Modification
    • Traffic analysis
  • Potential Impact on NS/EP Telecommunications
    • Denial or Disruption of Service
    • Unauthorized Monitoring and Disclosure of Sensitive Information
    • Unauthorized Modification of Network Databases/Services
    • Fraud
  • Sources of Security Threats
    • Employees/Insiders
    • Malicious Hackers
    • Natural Disasters
    • Foreign Adversaries
    • Hostile Attacks
• ONA NS/EP Telecommunications Security Concerns
  • Network Elements
  • Identification and Authentication of Users
  • Resource Access Controls
  • Data Integrity
  • Software Vulnerabilities
  • System Integrity
  • Fraud
  • Computer Intruders
  • OAM&
  • Connectivity
  • Unbundling
  • Distributed Intelligence
  • Intelligent Networks
  • ONA Services
  • Feature Interaction
  • Enhanced Service Providers
• Conclusions
• Acronyms
• References
• FCC ONA Orders
• Committees of Interest to ONA
• ONA Services
• ONA Security Capabilities
  • Customer Proprietary Network Information
  • Operations Support Systems
• ONA Services of Interest to NS/EP
• About this document ...