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CISA Offers Guidance on Secure 5G Network Slicing

The National Security Agency’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Monday issued guidance on 5G network slicing, under which carriers are able to divide their network into several virtual networks to meet different 5G use cases. “It is not the…

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goal of this document to provide an exhaustive how-to list for the design and operation of a network slice; rather, to introduce best practices that can help mitigate threats,” the document says: “The threat landscape in 5G is dynamic; due to this, advanced monitoring, auditing, and other analytical capabilities are required to meet certain levels of network slicing service level requirements over time.” The report discusses “identified threats” to network slicing and “industry recognized practices for the design, deployment, operation, and maintenance of a hardened 5G standalone network slice.”