Safety and security for 2000 telecommunications

Telecommunication systems and wireless networking technologies are growing at an ever-faster rate, anal this is likely to continue in the foreseeable future. Wide-area cellular systems and wireless LANs promise to make integrated networks a reality and provide fully distributed and ubiquitous mobile communications, thus bringing an end to the tyranny of geography. However, further increases in network security are necessary before the promise of mobile telecommunication can be fulfilled. We discuss several aspects of network security followed by a security management plan for the next generation of telecommunication systems. Then, we focus upon the intrusion detection and cloning mobile phones problems, which are currently attracting considerable research interests.