| CPC H04W 12/088 (2021.01) [H04W 8/20 (2013.01); H04W 12/72 (2021.01)] | 20 Claims |
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1. A clientless security system for securing a plurality of cellular devices across a cellular network in a cloud-based environment, the clientless security system comprises:
a tenant of a plurality of tenants using a plurality of cellular networks, the tenant includes the plurality of cellular devices;
a plurality of tunnels between a cellular device of the plurality of cellular devices and the cellular network, the plurality of tunnels is operable to:
transmit traffic from the cellular device of the plurality of cellular devices at the cellular network; and
identify traffic associated with a plurality of network identifiers;
a traffic steering module to route traffic towards a gateway of a plurality of gateways in the cloud-based environment, wherein the traffic steering module is operable to:
provision a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) with the plurality of network identifiers;
configure the SIM with a custom network identifier;
create a device-to-IP mapping;
distribute the device-to-IP mapping to the plurality of gateways in real-time; and
route traffic to the gateway of the plurality of gateways using the custom network identifier;
the plurality of gateways to apply a plurality of policies based on a device profile in the cloud-based environment, wherein the plurality of gateways is operable to:
receive traffic from the traffic steering module at the cellular network;
perform a reverse lookup for the cellular device of the plurality of cellular devices using a source IP address;
determine a device identity corresponding to traffic from the cellular device of the plurality of cellular devices;
apply the plurality of policies based on the device profile; and
forward traffic to a destination in the cloud-based environment; and
an alert generator to notify the tenant for a remediation in case of detection of violation of a policy of the plurality of policies.
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