18th Parliamentary Intelligence-Security Forum – 5G Security Challenges

Mr. Strand started his remarks concerning 5G. He said:

• NATO prohibits buying from communist countries that don’t respect people’s privacy
• Cybersecurity is not just a software
  • Need to move from transport layer, into telecommunications
• Expressed how companies such as Huawei are unsafe

He then later stated that 5G is a current ongoing evolution and that the cloud will have, and currently does for the most part, a central role in the future of data storage. He then said that AI will be built into all solutions and services and that it is not expensive to replace Chinese networks with non-Chinese networks. We need clean networks that are safe to privacy.

Some recommendations include:

• Companies care more about profit than security
• Distinguish between trade and security policy