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Cyber

NIST Initiates Building Block Effort With Private Sector On 5G Cyber Security

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, May 20th, 2020

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NIST Initiates Building Block Effort With Private Sector On 5G Cyber Security

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An arm of the Department of Commerce on Wednesday began an outreach effort to industry aimed at building cyber security into the emerging fifth-generation wireless architecture, which is seen as a critical enabler to a slew of new products and capabilities for the global economy. Under the new "5G Cybersecurity: Preparing a Secure Evolution to 5G" project, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is seeking products and expertise from organizations to “support and demonstrate security platforms” to address…

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