Kingfisher: The Portable Cellular Detection Unit
Kingfisher is the part of the system that goes into the field. It is a portable cellular detection unit that watches the cellular environment around the places and operations you protect and flags infrastructure that doesn't fit.
It does one job, and it does it where the risk is.
Kingfisher detects. Kingfisher Watch shows.
What Kingfisher Is
Each Kingfisher unit is designed to:
- observe the local cellular environment;
- profile towers and full configurations across 2G–5G in under two minutes;
- provide 6–8 km (about 4–5 miles) of range under appropriate operating conditions;
- communicate with other Kingfisher units;
- send findings to Kingfisher Watch.
Kingfisher does the field work. The screen your team works from is a separate system: Kingfisher Watch, the command platform on your own systems.
Kingfisher is Built in America.
What Kingfisher Observes
Phones depend on radio infrastructure that most organizations don't own, control or monitor. Kingfisher watches that infrastructure.
Each unit continuously watches the cellular environment around it: the cellular towers on the air and how they are configured. It flags infrastructure and behavior that don't fit, and it gives your security team the technical context to understand what it found. Profiling and Validation explains how.
That is the layer where rogue base stations, IMSI catchers and false-base-station SMS blasters work. They exploit the trust between phones and the cellular network around them. Kingfisher looks for the rogue cellular infrastructure behind them. Explore the Threats to see how each one works.
Kingfisher monitors cellular infrastructure, not individual phones.
Portable by Design
Kingfisher is portable. A unit can be deployed on its own or as part of a multi-unit network, and the requirement can be fixed, mobile or distributed. Kingfisher Network shows how units work together.
Kingfisher is built for use around:
- installations, training areas and temporary deployments;
- sensitive facilities and government campuses;
- real-time crime center operations and major events;
- corporate headquarters, data centers and critical infrastructure;
- residences, estates and private events;
- travel locations and vehicle routes.
Kingfisher units go where your team goes.
Kingfisher Units Store No Data
Kingfisher Watch and all collected data are on your own systems, and you own and control them. Kingfisher units are remote sensors and do not store data.
Open APIs feed your SOC.
Kingfisher stores no bystander phone data.
Frequently Asked Questions
Kingfisher is the portable cellular detection unit. It observes the local cellular environment, profiles towers and their configurations, communicates with other Kingfisher units and sends its findings to Kingfisher Watch.
Kingfisher detects. Kingfisher Watch shows. Kingfisher is the portable unit in the field. Kingfisher Watch is the command platform on your own systems. It provides live maps, heatmaps, a SOC dashboard, dispatch and multiple display options.
Each Kingfisher unit provides 6–8 km (about 4–5 miles) of range under appropriate operating conditions.
No. Kingfisher monitors cellular infrastructure, not individual phones. Kingfisher stores no bystander phone data.
No. Kingfisher Watch and all collected data are on your own systems, and you own and control them. Kingfisher units are remote sensors and do not store data.
Put Kingfisher in the Field Where You Operate
Test Kingfisher against your real environment, with your team at the screen. Next, see what your team sees in Kingfisher Watch.