CISA-NSA report evaluates security considerations for Open Radio Access Networks

CISA and the National Security Agency are weighing in on security issues to consider when building and using Open Radio Access Networks through a new report from the Enduring Security Framework, a public-private initiative that encompasses stakeholders from the IT, communications and defense sectors.

The security considerations in the report look at “key technical aspects” of Open RAN including “multi-vendor management, the Open Fronthaul connecting radios to base station equipment, a new RAN application framework comprising rApps and xApps,...