A method, security system control module and policy server for providing
security for Mobile Stations (MSs) in a Packet-Switched
Telecommunications System. When an MS accesses the system, its identity
is sent to a security system control module that retrieves a security
profile associated with the MS. A policy server of the security system
control module stores individual security profiles, default security
profiles and group security profiles for registered subscribers. Security
settings associated with the MS security profile are returned from the
policy server to a mobile security manager of the control module, which
then determines if they should be propagated in the system. When no
previous network access was made in a given time period by an MS having
similar security settings, i.e. belongs to the same group security
profile, the settings are propagated in the system in order to be
enforced, for providing security protection for the MS.