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U.S. Cyber Centre of Excellence Selects Secure 5G Networks

National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) announced the selection of a California-based cybersecurity company as a technology partner in the 5G Cybersecurity project. They will work alongside other industry-leading collaborators to identify key 5G use cases and demonstrate how 5G architectures, including cloud-based architectures, can be effectively secured.

NCCoE, a division of  The United States National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is a public-private collaborative hub that brings together industry, government and academia to solve government and businesses’ most pressing cybersecurity challenges. NIST’S NCCoE published the Executive Summary (Volume A) of a three-part 5G Security Practice Guide, a significant milestone in ensuring higher cybersecurity standards as the U.S. and the world transition to 5G.

As part of the ongoing effort, the company is providing Next-Generation Firewalls to create an industry-standard reference architecture that demonstrates how organisations can meet the unique cybersecurity requirements of 5G and next-generation networks.

A secure transition to 5G is key to enabling digital transformation across many industries, such as healthcare, business-critical IoT, critical infrastructure, government, financial services and service provider. While 5G networks have the potential to massively transform those industries, with the ability to provide a higher volume of data at faster speeds, their hyper-connected capability can also open the door to new security vulnerabilities and threat vectors.

Existing security practices and legacy solutions won’t meet the needs of the new requirements; this challenge requires enterprise-grade cybersecurity protections. Organisations need confidence that 5G networks and services have enterprise-grade security with granular visibility and control across all layers and at key locations of the network.

To help keep networks, services and endpoints safe against evolving threats, the company also launched the industry’s first 5G-native security offering, with real-time, automated cloud-delivered threat intelligence powered by machine learning. This offering helps detect and correlate real-time attacks, threats and vulnerabilities through automatic and intelligent security enforcements and dynamic 5G slice security.

Considering the significance of 5G architectures to many industries, governments also need to mitigate and calculate its risks. As reported by OpenGov Asia, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) collaborates with the National Security Agency  (NSA) and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to outline the risks to 5G that threaten national and economic security and could impact other national and global interests. They released a paper titled Potential Threat Vectors to 5G Infrastructure. This paper identifies and assesses risks and vulnerabilities introduced by 5G.

The report identifies three main potential threat vectors to 5G networks: policy and standards, supply chain and 5G systems architecture. The 5G Threat Model Working Panel first reviewed existing work to find and compile an aggregated list of known and potential threats.  The panel then identified and developed sample scenarios of where 5G may be adopted, and assessed the associated risks to 5G core technologies.

The foundation of the 5G infrastructure is open, transparent and consensus-driven policies and standards, which will drive the design and architecture of new technologies, such as autonomous vehicles, edge computing and telemedicine. International standards and policies must be open, transparent, and consensus-driven.

Within the threats to policies and standards category are two sub-threat vectors: open standards and optional controls. If standards are not open, they may include unique, untrusted technologies and equipment, and such propriety tech could limit competition and interoperability.

There are also risks associated with the development of standards, where standard bodies may develop optional controls, which are not implemented by operators. By not implementing these subjective security measures, operators could introduce gaps in the network and open the door for malicious threat actors.

The second vector, supply-chain risk refers to efforts by threat actors to exploit information and communications technologies (ICTs) and their related supply chains for purposes of espionage, sabotage, foreign interference, and criminal activity. The 5G supply chain is particularly vulnerable because of the rush to get devices to market and the potential for counterfeit components. Finally, systems architectures are at risk because both legacy and new vulnerabilities may be exploited by malicious actors even though IT and communication firms are enhancing security with 5G.

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Qlik’s vision is a data-literate world, where everyone can use data and analytics to improve decision-making and solve their most challenging problems. A private company, Qlik offers real-time data integration and analytics solutions, powered by Qlik Cloud, to close the gaps between data, insights and action. By transforming data into Active Intelligence, businesses can drive better decisions, improve revenue and profitability, and optimize customer relationships. Qlik serves more than 38,000 active customers in over 100 countries.

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CTC Global Singapore, a premier end-to-end IT solutions provider, is a fully owned subsidiary of ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporation (CTC) and ITOCHU Corporation.

Since 1972, CTC has established itself as one of the country’s top IT solutions providers. With 50 years of experience, headed by an experienced management team and staffed by over 200 qualified IT professionals, we support organizations with integrated IT solutions expertise in Autonomous IT, Cyber Security, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure, Workplace Modernization and Professional Services.

Well-known for our strengths in system integration and consultation, CTC Global proves to be the preferred IT outsourcing destination for organizations all over Singapore today.

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Planview has one mission: to build the future of connected work. Our solutions enable organizations to connect the business from ideas to impact, empowering companies to accelerate the achievement of what matters most. Planview’s full spectrum of Portfolio Management and Work Management solutions creates an organizational focus on the strategic outcomes that matter and empowers teams to deliver their best work, no matter how they work. The comprehensive Planview platform and enterprise success model enables customers to deliver innovative, competitive products, services, and customer experiences. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, with locations around the world, Planview has more than 1,300 employees supporting 4,500 customers and 2.6 million users worldwide. For more information, visit www.planview.com.

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SIRIM is a premier industrial research and technology organisation in Malaysia, wholly-owned by the Minister​ of Finance Incorporated. With over forty years of experience and expertise, SIRIM is mandated as the machinery for research and technology development, and the national champion of quality. SIRIM has always played a major role in the development of the country’s private sector. By tapping into our expertise and knowledge base, we focus on developing new technologies and improvements in the manufacturing, technology and services sectors. We nurture Small Medium Enterprises (SME) growth with solutions for technology penetration and upgrading, making it an ideal technology partner for SMEs.

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HashiCorp provides infrastructure automation software for multi-cloud environments, enabling enterprises to unlock a common cloud operating model to provision, secure, connect, and run any application on any infrastructure. HashiCorp tools allow organizations to deliver applications faster by helping enterprises transition from manual processes and ITIL practices to self-service automation and DevOps practices. 

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IBM is a leading global hybrid cloud and AI, and business services provider. We help clients in more than 175 countries capitalize on insights from their data, streamline business processes, reduce costs and gain the competitive edge in their industries. Nearly 3,000 government and corporate entities in critical infrastructure areas such as financial services, telecommunications and healthcare rely on IBM’s hybrid cloud platform and Red Hat OpenShift to affect their digital transformations quickly, efficiently and securely. IBM’s breakthrough innovations in AI, quantum computing, industry-specific cloud solutions and business services deliver open and flexible options to our clients. All of this is backed by IBM’s legendary commitment to trust, transparency, responsibility, inclusivity and service.

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