A software solution for preventing attacks on 5G networks

By OEM Update Editorial August 22, 2023 4:12 pm IST

IIT Madras, in collaboration with a startup, is developing an indigenous software technology solution to proactively detect and prevent zero-day vulnerability attacks in 5G networks, improving network reliability.

A new indigenous software technology solution can now proactively detect and prevent zero-day vulnerability attacks in the 5G networks thereby reducing the network downtime. This can help smoothen countrywide communication as 5G networks become its lifeline in the near future.

Around ninety percent of the 5G technology is implemented into software by integrating several latest technologies (NFV, SDN, control plane/user plane segregation) which enable testing the technology easily. But attack surface area is increased multifold in this process and is impossible to manage manually. Automating the whole testing process and continuous monitoring is the only sustainable solution.

Currently majority of the run time zero-day vulnerabilities are identified post attack, thereby creating damage to the brand as well as increasing the cost of recovery.

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