Help the NCCoE Improve the Secure Adoption of 5G Networks
 The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) issued a Federal Register Notice on May 20, inviting industry participants and other interested collaborators to participate in the latest NCCoE 5G Cybersecurity project, Preparing a Secure Evolution to 5G.
This project addresses the challenge of improving the secure adoption of 5G networks through collaborative efforts with industry and the information technology (IT) community, including vendors of IT and telecommunications components, as well as service providers. This collaboration aims to demonstrate how using components of 5G architectures can securely mitigate risks while meeting industry sectors’ compliance requirements for several 5G use case scenarios.
Work With Us
There are two ways to engage with the NCCoE on this project:
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Join our Community of Interest—By joining the 5G Community of Interest (CoI), you will receive periodic updates and the opportunity to share your expertise to help guide this project. Join the CoI by emailing us at 5G-Security@nist.gov.
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Explore Becoming a Collaborator—Collaborators are members of the project team and work alongside NCCoE staff to build the demonstration by contributing products, services, and technical expertise. Collaborators are expected to participate in regularly scheduled conference calls, and to help build and document the demonstration.
Anyone interested in becoming a collaborator should send an email to 5G-Security@nist.gov describing your organization in the context of the project, and request a Letter of Interest (LOI) template. Once the team reviews your email, you will receive an LOI to formally start the collaborative discussion and process.
The project team will review all LOIs and may contact respondents with questions regarding applicability of their contributions to the project’s reference design objective, or to discuss their capabilities in response to requirements identified in the Federal Register Notice and detailed in the final project description.
Selecting Collaborators
The NCCoE selects participants who have submitted a completed LOI on a first-come, first-served basis within each category of components or characteristics listed in the Federal Register Notice, up to the number of participants in each category necessary to carry out the project build.
The 5G Cybersecurity Team will notify you via email about the outcome of your submission.
If selected, you will receive a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) for review and signature. Once the CRADA has been signed, participants can begin working with the NCCoE to develop an example solution for eventual publication in an NCCoE practice guide.
We look forward to a successful collaboration.
-The 5G Cybersecurity Team
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