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Key Takeaways from Federal R&D Workshop Focused on 5G Testing and Use Cases for Drones and Smart Warehouses | Wiley Rein LLP

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On April 27 and 28, 2021, the Networking & Information Technology Research-Development (NITRD), Advanced Wireless Test Platform (AWTP), and Federal Mobility Group (FMG) hosted a Workshop on the FMG’s Framework to Conduct 5G Testing (Framework), published last November. The purpose of the webinar was to “provide an overview of the process and the testing framework elements needed to conduct 5G testing for different use cases.” The workshop focused on two selected federal 5G use cases: unmanned aircraft systems (UAS or drones) and smart warehouses.

Below, we highlight several key takeaways from the workshop. 

First, the Framework aims to guide federal agencies in establishing 5G testing capabilities suited to their needs through either: (1) building or leasing a testbed from a carrier-grade equipment manufacturer; (2) using existing external labs and testbeds (e.g., a federal lab, university lab, or in coordination with DoD); or (3) through some combination of the two. 

Second, the National Science Foundation (NSF) is focused on how the Government is using both testbeds and data-driven research to support 5G use and innovation. NSF recently issued a Request For Information on dataset needs “to conduct research on computer and network systems,” with comments due by May 21.

Third, the FMG’s Mobile Security Working Group is focused on FISMA mobility metrics to drive key technologies like mobile threat defense, which aims to advance the overall security posture of the federal government on mobile platforms. 

Fourth, within NITRD and the AWTP there is a Wireless Spectrum R&D interagency working group (WSRD) that has been involved in the whole-of-government effort under the National Strategy to Secure 5G Implementation Plan’s Line of Effort 1.1, to assist with “[r]esearch, development, and testing to reach and maintain United States leadership in secure 5G and beyond.” WSRD’s work related to this Line of Effort remains ongoing.

5G Use Case: Drones

The workshop included several UAS use case panels, which discussed the use of cellular frequencies for drone operations and UAS Traffic Management (UTM) issues.

Christopher Nassif, from the Federal Aviation…

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Body-worn video technology finds new use cases in the private sector

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Over the past two years, security technology and public safety policy and transparency have violently bumped symbolic heads.  The shadow of body-worn video surveillance cameras has driven the public perception of deadly police encounters, primarily within the Black community and beyond. This recent exposure has put the technology on equal footing with myriad previous incidents that have grabbed headlines across the country and motivated a movement to mitigate these tragic encounters. As body-worn camera (BWC) proponents have long lauded the visceral perceived benefits to the public safety sector, there has been a steady migration of body-worn devices to other environments in the municipal and commercial business world.

Expanding Use Cases for BWCPolice body-worn cameras have become a high-profile item.Police body-worn cameras have become a high-profile item.Courtesy of Axon

Municipal agencies are seeing body-worn devices work their way into fire departments, courthouses, and onto the uniforms of emergency medical technicians, while on the commercial side, BWC solutions have infiltrated manufacturing plants, retail stores, warehouse facilities, healthcare and school facilities. The technology has even penetrated everything from private security officer companies to big-box retailers like Walmart, which issues proprietary body-worn cameras to monitor its In-Home delivery service team in at least three states around the country where drivers have access to private homes of absent owners to deliver perishable groceries directly inside waiting refrigerators.

In a recent interview with the Seattle Times, Axon, a leading manufacturer of BWC solutions, founder Rick Smith remarked that even though cameras like the GoPro have typified the consumer body-worn camera market for years, his company and others have gained traction with clients because its technology is better suited for evidence gathering given their 12-hour, full-police-shift battery life and delivery of accurate, non-erasable footage — even in low light — and crisp audio along with secure storage options.

Unlike the consumer-glad recreation BWC technology, vendors like Axon, Axis Communications and Tyco Exacq have specialized in integrating advanced data management platforms…

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Telecommunication Security Use Cases – Security Boulevard

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Attacks made against telcos and internet service providers (ISPs) have steadily risen. Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attackers launched an 11-day attack against a Chinese telco in 2017 — breaking the DDoS record that year. That same year, Kaspersky Lab reported a 20GB per second siege that lasted an hour, reflecting a new trend of long and extensive attacks of DDoS. In early 2020, a DDoS attack took down 25 percent of the Iranian internet.

The Growing Telco Threat

Another growing mode of attack against telcos is the SIM swap scam, which allows hackers to take control of an individual’s mobile identity. Hackers have used it to drain millions from bank accounts and hijack the online personas of politicians and celebrities.[1] As SIM swap scam attacks mostly target telco subscribers, it remains hard to detect until it is often too late or when victims find their bank accounts drained and social media accounts seized.

With the increase in attacks from multiple pathways, how can telcos effectively manage today’s risks while speeding up detection and mitigation of modern threats? Below are three practical use cases to defend against the three most common damaging cyberattacks:

1. Use Case: Detect Possible Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attacks

DDoS attacks have become one of the most common attacks targeting the telco industry in recent years.[2] Swift detection of DDoS early before it overwhelms the capacity of connected devices is critical as it quickly becomes more challenging to redirect or conduct black hole routing of DDoS traffic once that occurs. In this use case, we will detect an attacker that aims to launch a DDoS attack to crash an application or host and any attempt to prevent authentication services for subscribers.

Utilizing LogRhythm’s out-of-the-box rule to detect possible DDoS attacks gives telco security teams the capability to detect DDoS attempts early on before hosts or services become overwhelmed and unavailable. With risk-based prioritization (RBP) value incorporated within LogRhythm’s alarm, security teams can also quickly prioritize and drill down on riskier threats in their IT or OT environment.

LogRhythm dashboard showing risk based prioritization and possible DDoS detected

Figure 1: RBP and summary on possible…

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U.S. coronavirus cases eclipse 20 million

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Daily cases averaged more than 178,000 and daily deaths 2,280 over the past week despite holiday data disruptions, according to the COVID Tracking Project. More than 125,000 people are hospitalized with the disease.

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) on Friday said that the federal government must step up its vaccination planning and administration efforts. The effort to date “is woefully behind,” he said, calling on the Trump administration to add vaccination sites at schools across the country. So far the federal government is leaning on retail pharmacies and hospitals to administer the bulk of Covid-19 shots.

“That comprehensive vaccination plans have not been developed at the federal level and sent to the states as models is as incomprehensible as it is inexcusable,” Romney said.

As of Dec. 30, states had received 12.4 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna Covid-19 vaccine. But only 2.8 million people have gotten the first of a series of two shots of either vaccine, according to CDC data.

While the data is likely lagging behind actual numbers of vaccinations, federal officials have acknowledged the country failed to accomplish the Trump administration’s year-end goal of getting 20 million shots into arms.

Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, who sits on the board of Pfizer, has repeatedly called on the government to rapidly deploy all available doses of Covid-19 vaccines instead of holding back half to ensure second doses are available for those who received an initial dose.

Earlier this week, a new Covid-19 variant first detected in the United Kingdom that appears more transmissible — but not more deadly — was discovered in California, Colorado and Florida.

“I think we need a sense of urgency about this,” Gottlieb told CNBC’s Closing Bell Thursday. “And the new variant I think adds to that risk. Because if we don’t get control of this epidemic wave more quickly — and the vaccine is a tool to do that — it creates more opportunity for this new variant to start spreading more widely.”

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