US 12,225,059 B2
Providing cybersecurity services by a network and automated provisioning thereof
Xiaobao Chen, Bristol (GB); and Christophe Naulleau, Chatillon (FR)
Assigned to ORANGE, Issy-les-Moulineaux (FR)
Appl. No. 17/783,589
Filed by Orange, Issy-les-Moulineaux (FR)
PCT Filed Dec. 7, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/084921
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 8, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/116033, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 17, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19306601 (EP), filed on Dec. 9, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0021843 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/205 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for providing cybersecurity services by a network, comprising:
a connection control function, CCF, configured to:
receive a message in response to a request to establish a data connection from a user equipment, UE, the message including a requested cybersecurity control service identifier, CSC-ID, corresponding to a first security service of the plurality of security services, the first security service being requested by the UE to be provisioned for the data connection;
interact with a CyberSecurity Control, CSC, function to determine, based on the requested CSC-ID, an allowed CSC-ID for the data connection, the allowed CSC-ID corresponding to a second security service of the plurality of security services;
retrieve from a database storing respective operator security policies corresponding to a plurality of security services provided by the network, based on the allowed CSC-ID, an operator security policy associated with the second security service corresponding to the allowed CSC-ID; and
select and configure a network function in accordance with the retrieved operator security policy associated with the second security service.