: Security threat looms large as 5G set to roll out #IndiaNEWS #Business Hyderabad: Fifth generation wireless cellular networks, or in short 5G, will be launched this month. The first four generations

Security threat looms large as 5G set to roll out #IndiaNEWS #Business
Hyderabad: Fifth generation wireless cellular networks, or in short 5G, will be launched this month. The first four generations brought a new level of connectivity. While the 3G and 4G improved mobile data, 5G seeks to expand mobile broadband access. 5G will work alongside 4G, eventually replacing it entirely. Will 5G promises to give a boost Internet of Things (IoT), Smart Cities and Industry 4. 0 for efficient, safer and productive work, better traffic management and infrastructure monitoring and automation in factories, improve the speed of working, it also opens avenues for more cyber attacks calling for some care and caution.
For instance, the high bandwidth and low latency of 5G will mean that devices like body cameras, facial recognition technologies, number plate reading , drones and CCTVs will perform more efficiently. This will help the police as they have access to more refined data and clearer pictures. Communication will also be faster within the organisations as well as with emergency responders.
On the flipside, the same large bandwidth in 5G will allow criminals to embezzle databases easily. With time, more devices will get connected and this will increase the number of attacks. Cyber attacks can also get more precise. However, for the police, to be in a position to take advantage of the voluminous data that will be available through the 5G, Governments should invest in upgrading the police software infrastructure and tools. The police personnel should also be trained to detect 5G-enabled crimes, stressed K Jayanth Murali, Director General of Police (Tamil Nadu), in an article on Implications of 5G roll-out for the law enforcement’ published in an English daily.
Why will 5G be prone to attacks?
In 5G, the wireless cellular network will move away from being a centralised, hardware-based switching to a distributed, software-defined digital routing. 5G will have more traffic routing points. In the current networks, the hardware acts as choke points and denies attacks. To be completely secure, all traffic routing points have to be monitored. Any unsecured areas might compromise other parts of the network.
Existing networks are limited in speed and capacity and this helped service providers monitor security in real-time. The large bandwidth in 5G creates additional avenues of attack. The added speed and volume will challenge or put pressure on the security apparatus.
The cell sites use 5G’s dynamic spectrum sharing capability to allow multiple streams of information to share the bandwidth in slices. The network becomes vulnerable as more smart devices are attached to the Internet of Things. Each device is a small computer.

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