Selective intelligent offloading for mobile networks over diameter and/or radius protocols

A method, comprising:

• monitoring network traffic in a core mobile network using a security platform executed on a network element in the core mobile network to identify a new session that attached to the core mobile network for mobile network communications;
• extracting meta information associated with the new session over a Diameter protocol and/or a Radius protocol using the security platform executed on the network element in the core mobile network;
• applying apply selective intelligent offloading using the security platform if the extracted meta information associated with the new session matches a selective intelligent offload policy;
• and
• performing traffic inspection by the security platform if the extracted meta information associated with the new session does not match a selective intelligent offload policy.

A computer program product, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:

• monitoring network traffic in a core mobile network using a security platform executed on a network element in the core mobile network to identify a new session that attached to the core mobile network for mobile network communications;
• extracting meta information associated with the new session over a Diameter protocol and/or a Radius protocol using the security platform executed on the network element in the core mobile network;
• applying apply selective intelligent offloading using the security platform if the extracted meta information associated with the new session matches a selective intelligent offload policy;
• and
• performing traffic inspection by the security platform if the extracted meta information associated with the new session does not match a selective intelligent offload policy.