Denial of service detection and mitigation in a multi-access edge computing environment

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• monitoring, by a processor, enterprise network traffic associated with one or more user equipment (UE), wherein the enterprise network traffic is associated with a multi-access edge computing (MEC) control plane and a MEC user plane;
• comparing, by the processor, the enterprise network traffic to a UE profile associated with each of the one or more UE;
• determining, by the processor, whether the comparing indicates that a predetermined threshold has been exceeded, resulting in an indication;
• and
• in response to the indication indicating that the predetermined threshold has been exceeded, generating, by the processor, an alert, wherein exceeding the predetermined threshold is indicative of a denial of service attack on an enterprise network or an attempt to remove enterprise data via the one or more UE.

A tangible computer-readable storage medium storing executable instructions that when executed by a processor causes said processor to effectuate operations comprising:

• monitoring enterprise network traffic associated with one or more user equipment (UE) wherein the enterprise network traffic is associated with a multi-access edge computing (MEC) control plane and a MEC user plane;
• comparing the enterprise network traffic to a UE profile associated with each of the one or more UE;
• determining whether the comparing indicates that a predetermined threshold has been exceeded, resulting in an indication;
• and
• in response to the indication indicating that the predetermined threshold has been exceeded, generating an alert, wherein exceeding the predetermined threshold is indicative of a denial of service attack on an enterprise network or an attempt to remove enterprise data via the one or more UE.