CISA and NSA Issue New Guidance to Strengthen 5G Network Slicing Against Threats

U.S. cybersecurity and intelligence agencies have released a set of recommendations to address security concerns with 5G standalone network slicing and harden them against possible threats. "The threat landscape in 5G is dynamic; due to this, advanced monitoring, auditing, and other analytical...

Private 5G Network Security Expectations Part 2

The importance of proof of “security” concepts in private 5G networks: Are verifications of system operations and new functions sufficient for your proof of concept in private wireless networks?...

Private Network 5G Security Risks & Vulnerabilities

Why cybersecurity is the first step to private network deployment...

CISA and DoD Release 5G Security Evaluation Process Investigation Study

CISA and the Department of Defense DoD have released their 5G Security Evaluation Process Investigation Study for federal agencies. The new features, capabilities, and services offered by fifth-generation 5G cellular network technology can transform mission and business operations; and federal...

5G: The Final Frontier

5G: The Final Frontier This story was written by Kevin Mcgrath · April 7th, 2022 Today Trellix Threat Labs is excited to announce the release of a whitepaper dedicated to 5G and its potential security concerns. As we look at the potential of 5G, we foresee it impacting nearly every facet of digit...

5G: The Final Frontier

5G: The Final Frontier This story was written by Kevin Mcgrath · April 7th, 2022 Today Trellix Threat Labs is excited to announce the release of a whitepaper dedicated to 5G and its potential security concerns. As we look at the potential of 5G, we foresee it impacting nearly every facet of digit...

NSA and CISA Release Part III of Guidance on Securing 5G Cloud Infrastructures

CISA has announced the joint National Security Agency NSA and CISA publication of the third of a four-part series, Security Guidance for 5G Cloud Infrastructures. Part III: Data Protection examines security during all phases of the data lifecycle—in transit, in use, and at rest. The guidance...

NSA and CISA Release Guidance on Securing 5G Cloud Infrastructures

CISA has announced the joint National Security Agency NSA and CISA publication of the second of a four-part series, Security Guidance for 5G Cloud Infrastructures. Part II: Securely Isolate Network Resources examines threats to 5G container-centric or hybrid container/virtual network, also known ...

Private 5G Security Risks in Manufacturing Part 4

We can see signs of increased activity in areas of business that use 5G around the world. 5G technology will usher in new personal services through smartphones, and it will also play a large part in industry...

5G Security Vulnerabilities Fluster Mobile Operators

As 5G private networks roll out in the coming years, security may be a key issue for enterprises. A survey released at Mobile World Congress on Monday shows that major gaps persist in security capabilities among mobile operators. Some 68 percent of operators already sell private wireless networks...

Lock and Code S1Ep12: Pinpointing identity and access management’s future with Chuck Brooks

This week on Lock and Code, we discuss the top security headlines generated right here on Labs and around the Internet. In addition, we talk to Chuck Brooks, cybersecurity evangelist and adjunct professor for Georgetown University’s Applied Intelligence Program and graduate Cybersecurity Programs...

Tokyo Olympics Postponed, But 5G Security Lessons Shine

The 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo were officially postponed this week amid the ongoing, pandemic spread of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The Games will be moved to 2021, but in the meantime, technological innovation around the event will continue. More specifically, postponed or not, the...

A COVID-19 Cybersecurity Poll: Securing a Remote Workforce

As the coronavirus pandemic continues to sweep the globe, and cities and states impose social-distancing measures, businesses are sending their users home to work. And this massive, unprecedented shift to distance working brings with it a whole new set of cybersecurity challenges. For instance, a...

A COVID-19 Cybersecurity Poll: Securing a Remote Workforce

This poll is now closed. For the results, please see our article, Cyberattacks Ramp Up, WFH Prep Uneven, available here. As the coronavirus pandemic continues to sweep the globe, and cities and states impose social-distancing measures, businesses are sending their users home to work. And this...

Black Hat 2019: 5G Security Flaw Allows MiTM, Targeted Attacks

LAS VEGAS — 5G commercial networks are starting to roll out, promising exciting new use cases like automated cars, and smart sensor networks where the nodes have 10-year battery lives. To go along with these possibilities are new security requirements; notably, improvements in device...

'5G is Coming,' But Can the Security Industry Keep Up?

THE HAGUE, Netherlands – With the advent of 5G, the tech community is bracing itself for new applications like self-driving cars and other IoT applications. But what does that mean for the security landscape? At the GSMA Mobile 360 Conference taking place this week in the Netherlands, experts she...