Cybersecurity for 5G - Threats and Defense Techniques
The 5G Cybersecurity course is a comprehensive 8-hour training designed to equip cybersecurity professionals, telecom engineers, managers, and governance teams with the knowledge and skills to identify, mitigate, and manage security threats in 5G networks.
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The 5G Cybersecurity course is a comprehensive 8-hour training designed to equip cybersecurity professionals, telecom engineers, managers, and governance teams with the knowledge and skills to identify, mitigate, and manage security threats in 5G networks. The course covers the unique security challenges posed by 5G technology, explores emerging threats such as virtualization and cloud-native infrastructures, and provides practical guidance on implementing security controls across various 5G domains.
Course Objectives
1. Understanding and Identifying 5G Security Threats
- – Understand the unique security challenges of 5G technology, including scalability, virtualization, IoT, low-latency use cases, and network slicing.
- – Analyze the evolving 5G threat landscape, including risks related to network function virtualization (NFV), software-defined networking (SDN), and third-party supply chains.
- – Identify and model security threats using tools such as threat modeling and risk assessment, particularly in key areas like the RAN, core network, and MEC (Multi-Access Edge Computing).
- – Recognize new attack vectors introduced by AI-powered threats and how machine learning can be exploited by attackers.
2. Implementing Security Controls and Mitigation Strategies
- – Implement industry best practices for securing 5G networks, focusing on the core network, RAN, MEC, and network slicing.
3. Securing Cloud and Containerized Network Functions
- – Secure cloud-native 5G environments, including containerized network functions, orchestrators (e.g., Kubernetes), and micro-segmentation techniques to isolate critical functions.
- – Apply encryption, mutual authentication, and other security measures to protect data flows and secure communication between VNFs and other network components.
- – Design slice-specific security measures, ensuring isolation between network slices to prevent lateral movement and attacks across different use cases.
NOTE: This course is a subset of the 12-hours course “Cybersecurity for 5G”.
Course outline
- Overview of 5G Technology: RAN, Core, MEC, network slicing, and IoT integration.
- Unique Security Challenges in 5G: Scalability, virtualization, IoT, low-latency requirements, and diverse use cases.
- Introduction to Key Standardization Bodies: 3GPP, ETSI, ITU-T, and their roles in 5G security.
- Detailed analysis of threat modeling methods
- Security risks introduced by network function virtualization (NFV) and software-defined networking (SDN).
- Risks from third-party vendors, hardware, and software components.
- Methods on securing the air interface, gNodeB, and managing IoT at scale.
- Security risks due to distributed architecture at the network edge.
- Emerging AI-powered threats and the use of AI/ML in defense.Securing Cloud and Containerized Network Functions in 5G
- Core network security: Encryption, mutual authentication, and securing data flows.
- RAN security: Securing the radio interface, handovers, and massive IoT deployments.
- Network slicing: Slice-specific security measures, isolation, and preventing lateral movement.
- Advanced security measures: AI-powered threat detection, behavioral analytics, balancing security with network performance.
- Cloud-native security: Securing VNFs, containerization, and orchestrators (Kubernetes, Docker).
- Multi-Access Edge Computing (MEC): Physical and logical security at the edge.
- Micro-segmentation and isolation in virtualized environments.
- Securing communication between VNFs and cloud infrastructure.
Target Audience
Cybersecurity Professionals: Those working in telecom, critical infrastructure, and technology sectors.
Telecom Operators and Vendors: Engineers and managers responsible for network security.
Regulators and Policymakers: Government and industry professionals involved in setting security standards and policies.