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EDITOR’S QUESTION
MOIZ BAIG, HEAD
OF CYBERSECURITY
SOLUTIONS AT NOKIA MEA
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s organisations embark on their
Digital Transformation journey
with an ambition to improve their
internal processes as well as to be able to
serve their customers in the digital age, an
often-overlooked aspect is security. With
telcos holding vast amounts of Personal
Identifiable Information (PII) and as the
telco networks are the spine of national
communications, they are an increasingly
attractive target for cybercriminals. Nokia
offers them a range of solutions to ensure
their security.
The challenging nature of 5G networks
to support unique and diverse business
requirements of vertical sectors has rendered
current network security less than adequate.
For example, multi-tenancy in 5G networks,
i.e. infrastructure sharing by multiple virtual
network operators, also known as Network
Slicing, will require strict isolation at multiple
levels to ensure absolute security.
In 5G networks, reliability does not only
refer to the network infrastructure but also
to ensuring high connectivity, infinite
capacity and coverage (and other promised
5G features) anytime and anywhere. This
implies a security makeover of how
confidentiality, integrity and availability
will be maintained and managed in 5G
networks. Furthermore, the already high
complexity of securing a network and its
services has scaled up another notch
with the introduction of SDN and NFV in
5G networks.
These are just a few examples of security
challenges out of the many that are
anticipated in 5G networks. In addition,
service-specific security requirements must
also be considered as the 5G ecosystem is
anticipated to be service-oriented.
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THE COMPLEXITY
OF THE 5G
NETWORK
ENVIRONMENT
ALSO BRINGS
NEW AND SIZABLE
SECURITY RISKS
RELATIVE TO
WHAT WE HAVE
KNOWN JUST IN
RECENT TIMES.
For example, remote healthcare
requires resilient and robust security while
IoT demands relatively less stringent
security. Security requirements can
therefore vary substantially. workflow management to help CISOs and
CIOs develop an end-to-end visibility and
control on their security operations, which
will become far more critical as the adoption
of 5G accelerates.
Nokia’s end-to-end security solutions help
mitigate these security risks in a three-step
process. We collaborate with 3GPP and other
specification bodies to influence the security
requirements, which are then implemented
into all our products by our DFSEC (Design
for Security Process). Nokia is pleased to once again be
recognised by Ethisphere as one of the
2019 World’s Most Ethical Companies in the
telecommunications category. It has long
been part of the Nokia way to treat every
business relationship according to the highest
ethical standards. The complexity of the 5G
network environment also brings new and
sizable security risks relative to what we have
known just in recent times. In this context, a
secure network is critical for operators.
Lastly, we have a wide range of network
security solutions and services that help
operators to automate and orchestrate
the security requirements by consolidating
network security requirements into a single
operations view via our SOAR approach. It
leverages our best-in-class Global Threat
Intelligence repository and automated
Security is in Nokia’s DNA and the
company painstakingly maintains high
ethical standards in conducting its business
with customers.
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