Evaluation of mobile network security in Ghana
Date
2019-04
Authors
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Abstract
Mobile technology is one of the most successful technologies on the African
continent. Personal and professional communication as well as critical
services like banking and remittances are widely made through mobile
networks and platforms in Ghana. However, little is known about the
security of the underlying infrastructure and devices consumers use to
interact with the mobile network.
The focus of this project is to determine if the core systems of the mobile
network operators, the technology infrastructure, and the 2G/3G dongles
have exploitable security vulnerabilities, demonstrate some of those
exploits, and make recommendations on how to mitigate or eliminate the
risk of exploitation.
Description
Applied project submitted to the Department of Computer Science, Ashesi University College, in partial fulfillment of Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, April 2015
item.page.type
Applied project
item.page.format
Keywords
Ghana, mobile networks, security, confidentiality, consumer information