Security News > 2020 > August > CISA Details Strategy for Secure 5G Deployment
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has published details on its strategy for the secure deployment of 5G networks within the country.
Last year, over 30 countries developed The Prague Proposals, a document that identifies recommendations on 5G roll-out, which the US used to develop the National Strategy to Secure 5G, a document that details the manner in which the U.S. will secure 5G infrastructure domestically and abroad. CISA's own 5G strategy aligns with this document, providing information on five strategic initiatives aimed at ensuring that secure and resilient 5G infrastructure is being deployed.
"Each of the strategic initiatives address critical risks to secure 5G deployment, such as physical security concerns, attempts by threat actors to influence the design and architecture of the network, vulnerabilities within the 5G supply chain, and an increased attack surface for malicious actors to exploit weaknesses," the agency explains.
The five strategies are centered around the development of 5G policy and standards, increasing awareness on 5G supply chain risks and promoting security measures, securing existing infrastructure to pave the way for future 5G deployments, encouraging innovation to foster trusted 5G vendors, and analyzing use cases and detailing risk management strategies.
Each with its own set of objectives, these strategies are meant to ensure that threat actors won't be able to influence 5G networks at an architectural level, that vulnerabilities at the supply chain level are prevented or addressed, that 5G deployments are secure, that there are enough vendors in the 5G marketplace to ensure competition, and that any security issues introduced by 5G are understood.