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Most professionals say their organizations are concerned about cybersecurity risks related to 5G adoption, according to a Deloitte poll. "Of course, with all the technological advancement 5G enables, the cyber threat landscape and attack surface areas expand considerably. Working proactively to mitigate cybersecurity risks posed by 5G adoption is the hallmark of a well-designed program."
AirHop Communications announced the integration of its solutions with Microsoft Azure platforms. The integration of AirHop's eSON platform enables network deployments with Microsoft Azure platforms to use near real-time Radio Access Networks automation and optimization applications to accelerate 4G and 5G deployments for operator and private enterprise networks.
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, also known as drones, are emerging as enablers for supporting many applications and services, such as precision agriculture, search and rescue, or in the field of communications, for temporary network deployment and their coverage extension and security. Giovanni Geraci, a researcher with the Department of Information and Communication Technologies at UPF, points out in a recent study: "On the one hand, it is important to protect the network when it is disturbed by a drone that has connected and generates interference. On the other, in the future, the same drones could assist in the prevention, detection, and recovery of attacks on 5G networks".
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau - under pressure from the opposition to ban Huawei from the country's 5G networks - refused to say Tuesday when he might make his decision, or if it would come before year's end. "We will continue to trust our security agencies and experts when it comes to making this important decision on how to protect Canadians and our businesses in an increasingly interconnected world," he said.
The acquisition will reinforce Accenture's role as a key partner for the engineering, design, deployment and operation of network services -voice, data, video, fixed, mobile, 5G and IoT - for clients in the telecommunications, industrial, energy and infrastructure industries, among others. "To realize their full potential, companies must act now to adopt the right strategy and build new business solutions enabled by network investments. By harnessing Arca's expertise, this acquisition will strengthen our ability to help clients accelerate their 5G Cloud network transformation from design through to deployment and operation."
Connected vehicles is just one area where we will see increased scalability with the advent of 5G and in turn, a need for increased security. Assisting in the transition to responsive security - Security teams can get easily overwhelmed by their responsibilities.
As the number of online devices surges and superfast 5G connections roll out, record numbers of companies are offering handsome rewards to ethical hackers who successfully attack their cybersecurity systems. At a conference hosted by Nokia last week, "Friendly hacker" Keren Elazari said that co-opting hackers - many of whom are amateurs - to hunt for vulnerabilities "Was looked at as a trendy Silicon Valley thing six to eight years ago".
A Swedish court has suspended a decision banning Huawei equipment from the country's 5G network while it considers the merits of the case against the Chinese telecoms giant. Huawei said that the ban, which prohibits operators in Sweden from acquiring new equipment and gradually remove Huawei kit already installed on their 5G networks, will cause irreparable harm to its business.
Viavi Solutions announced enhancements to the VIAVI OneAdvisor-800 all-in-one tool to streamline cell site maintenance of 5G and 4G technologies. With the addition of 5G NR and 4G LTE signal analyzer functionality to the award-winning OneAdvisor-800, field technicians can efficiently deploy, integrate and troubleshoot today's multi-technology networks with a single instrument.
Chinese telecoms group Huawei has appealed Sweden's decision to ban it from the country's 5G network for security reasons, a legal filing obtained by AFP on Friday showed. The ban, announced by the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority on October 20, "Lacks legal basis, violates fundamental human rights, violates fundamental EU legal principles ... and is incorrect in substance," Huawei wrote in its appeal to PTS and the Stockholm administrative court.