CISA, NSA officials tout standards work in support of ensuring secure 5G networks

Senior CISA and National Security Agency officials are stressing work on standards development as key to a safe and effective rollout of fifth-generation telecom networks, by ensuring security is a prime consideration from the start.

“Our role is to have security at the table at the beginning,” according to Bob Kolasky, director of CISA’s National Risk Management Center. He cited support for standards development that will help advance open Radio Access Network technologies, which in turn will allow U.S. telecom...