The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) has
released a new preliminary draft publication, Special Publication (SP) 1800-33
Volume B, 5G Cybersecurity: Approach, Architecture, and Security Characteristics.
Commercial mobile network operators, potential private 5G network operators,
and organizations using and managing 5G-enabled technology will find SP 1800-33
Volume B of particular interest.
About This Guide
As 5G rolls out more widely, we must safeguard the technology from
cyberattacks as 5G development, deployment, and usage continuously evolves. The
NCCoE is addressing these challenges by collaborating with industry to design
and implement examples of practical solutions that operators and users of 5G
networks can use to mitigate 5G cybersecurity risks.
Our solutions build upon the work of the NCCoE’s Trusted Cloud project, where hardware-enabled
security serves as the foundation of cloud security. We are also using a
combination of 5G standards-based security features and a secure cloud-based
hosting infrastructure. The result will be a commercial-grade security
reference architecture for 5G networks that bridges the gap between IT and
telecommunications cybersecurity capabilities.
Other features of this volume include—
- Why we are building the example
solution to address 5G cybersecurity challenges, including a proposed risk
analysis and the security capabilities that the example solution will
enable and demonstrate - A high-level description of the
reference system architecture - Details on the capabilities of
numerous security components implemented in the lab.
We Want to Hear from You!
The NCCoE is making each SP 1800-33 volume available as a
preliminary draft for public comment while work continues on the project.
Review the preliminary draft and submit comments online on or before June 27, 2022. You
can also email your comments to 5g-security@nist.gov.
We welcome your input and look forward to your comments. We invite
you to join the 5G
Community of Interest to receive news and updates about this
project.