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Download or read book NFV Security in 5G written by and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The advent of 5G wireless communications constitutes a new era of network connection that will not only expand technical capabilities but will also revolutionise many aspects of commerce and personal lives by driving an exponential increase in the number of connected devices in various sectors of the economy. 5G is an altogether different network technology that will introduce a virtualised, cloud-based architecture, enabling highly specialised functions and security for different network applications. This 5G revolution will also expand the attack surface for cyberthreats thus necessitating the introduction of the principles of security-by-design from the early stages of the design and deployment of 5G networks. Towards this technological revolution, the European Commission and the Member States, with the support of ENISA, developed a single EU Coordinated Risk Assessment on Cybersecurity in 5G Networks, following on the European Commission's Recommendation on the cybersecurity of 5G networks. Subsequently, the NIS Cooperation Group published the EU toolbox of risk mitigating measures. The objectives of this toolbox are to identify a possible common set of measures that are capable of mitigating the main cybersecurity risks of 5G networks that were identified in the EU report on coordinated risk assessment, and to provide guidance for the selection of measures that should be prioritised in mitigation plans at national and at Union level. One of the technical measures, TM04, calls on relevant authorities in EU Member States to ensure that Mobile Network Operators follow security best practices for network function virtualisation (NFV). Network Function Virtualisation (NFV) has made a huge impact in a very short time since the use of virtualisation technologies brings various benefits such as agility, flexibility and cost efficiency. At the same time, the introduction of NFV in 5G networks also introduces new challenges and risks. NFV changes the network security environment due to resource pools based on cloud computing and open network architecture. Thanks to the agility and the Orchestration and Management (O&M) efficiency of NFV networks, attacked networks can potentially be abandoned and resources recycled, enabling disasters to be quickly isolated, a response that's impossible in traditional networks. Network functions, network links, and even entire networks can be rapidly redeployed, enabling fast recovery from disasters. At the same time, though, security challenges have become more diverse. In this report the relevant challenges, vulnerabilities and attacks pertaining to NFV within the 5G network are explored and security controls and best practices are put forward to address these challenges, taking into account the particularities of this highly complex, heterogeneous and volatile environment.