5G Security in an Ultra-Connected World

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5G Security

in an Ultra-Connected WorldDr. Ian Oliver

Nokia, Bell Labs, Finland

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5G Concepts

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5G Concepts

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5G Infrastructure

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Attack Surface vs Defense Capability

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The Problem of Devices

IoT, V2V, UE-5G, SON, etc...

Untrusted Devices

Uncontrollable Device Proliferation & Connections

Unprotected / Unprotectable Devices

Evolutionary Attack Vectors

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Protection Locations

Protection and Defense must be a integral part of the 5G

Infrastructure

Edge

Cloud

Radio

Interconnect

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Security, Privacy & Trust as the Infrastructure

Trusted Infrastructure

{ SEC, PRIV, TRUST }...aaS

{ ATTACKS }...aaS ???!!!

Attack Vector Dissemination

Distributed Defense

Defense on Demand

𝐿𝑂𝐶𝐴𝐿 > 𝐺𝐿𝑂𝐵𝐴𝐿

Intelligent Defense

Learning

Prediction

Evolutionary Defense

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Conclusions

The Network is your Defense

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Conclusions