SRI works with AccuKnox to win prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) 5G Security Research Award
— Ed Amoroso, Founder/CEO, TAG Cyber
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES, October 23, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ — SRI works with AccuKnox to win prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) 5G Security Research Award
Undertaking SE-RAN seeks to ship a complete safety resolution to defend mission-critical 5G networks
AccuKnox, Inc., right this moment introduced that they’re working with SRI and The Ohio State College, and their venture, titled the Security-Enhanced Radio Entry Community (SE-RAN) has acquired a Section 2 venture award from the National Science Foundation Convergence Accelerator’s Monitor G: Securely Working By means of 5G Infrastructure. The NSF Convergence Accelerator is devoted to leveraging fundamental analysis to fast-track options with the potential for profound societal impression. At its core, Undertaking SE-RAN will revolutionize cellular community administration companies, granting 5G operators unparalleled capabilities in risk detection, coverage enforcement, and compliance monitoring throughout everything of the 5G community panorama.
PHASE 1: An 1-year $750K venture (awarded in Aug 2022), enabled the SE-RAN group to design a sophisticated O-RAN compliant 5G-Native Asset Safety Platform for 5G RAN Security Posture Administration. SE-RAN relies on 4 groundbreaking improvements. First, SE-RAN launched a modular base station extension known as the MobiFlow Auditor, which delivers safety auditing to rework the power of 5G operators to monitor the security-relevant state of each cellular gadget and base station within the community. Second, it launched 5G-Spector, the primary runtime malicious RF-drive exploit detector and ML-based risk monitor. Third, it launched 5G-KubeArmor, the primary near-real-time RAN Clever Controller (nRT-RIC) safety coverage era and enforcement engine, enabling 5G directors to safe the 5G management aircraft utilizing application-layer least-permissive safety insurance policies. Lastly, SE-RAN offered the primary 5G-Native Software Safety Platform (5GNAPP), integrating all three applied sciences below a unified safety incident and occasion administration (SIEM) system. Collectively, these improvements place SE-RAN on the forefront of 5G community safety.
PHASE 2: will present the SE-RAN group with a 2-year, $5M, venture to create and commercially transition refined edge and control-layer safety companies into the 5G community know-how area. The group’s predominant goal is to usher the beforehand talked about groundbreaking improvements from idea to manufacturing. This consists of integrating these developments with pioneering ventures throughout each the open-source and business spheres of the 5G neighborhood. In actual fact, the SE-RAN group has already cast sturdy collaborations with top-tier 5G open-source O-RAN stakeholders within the U.S. Notably, they’ve efficiently built-in SE-RAN parts into the Linux Foundation’s 5G Tremendous Blueprint initiative. Moreover, SE-RAN parts had been not too long ago prototyped into the Nephio R1 5G Telco-automation venture, spearheaded by Google and now a part of the Linux Foundation’s open-source roster. Moreover, this is part of RedHat 5G BluePrint.
In Section 2, the group will collaborate intently with main 5G innovators in DoD and Trade. As well as, the group is working with the 5G Open Innovation Laboratory (5GOILab.com), a 5G-focused enterprise ecosystem devoted to accelerating startups and business leaders centered on edge computing and 5G.
“SE-RAN presents a pivotal alternative to basically redefine the safety mechanisms of cellular community infrastructures, particularly in opposition to superior threats focusing on mission-critical 5G networks,” said Phillip Porras, program director and web safety scientist of SRI’s Pc Science Lab. “We’re dedicated to bolstering the reliability and safety of 5G networks, emphasizing cellular gadget confidentiality, privateness, communication integrity, community survivability, accountability, and sturdy defenses in opposition to attackers using superior cloud-based intrusion strategies.”
“SRI’s ventures group views SE-RAN as a daring alternative to basically impression the sting and 5G market with desperately wanted modern safety options,” mentioned Todd Stavish, vice chairman of SRI’s ventures group.
“The improvements SE-RAN will revolutionize cellular functions for industries, governments,” remarked Nat Natraj, CEO of AccuKnox. “We really feel privileged to be working with a seminal business innovator like SRI to ship complete safety for 5G and Future G networks.”
“As 5G begins getting broad business adoption, safety is a really important problem. It’s pleasant to see a tremendous innovator like SRI work with AccuKnox to ship important improvements,” mentioned Jim Brisimitzis, Basic Accomplice, 5G Open Innovation Lab.
“This can be a nice testomony to SRI’s time-tested R&D Innovation, and AccuKnox’s confirmed monitor document in delivering Zero Belief Security options to the business. The business will profit from this and it’ll enable incumbent and new operators/carriers to provide market main 5G options with out impacting safety,” mentioned Ed Amoroso, Founder/CEO, TAG Cyber, beforehand Chief Security Officer, AT&T.
5Gsec Web site (https://www.5gsec.com/) homes newest innovation on this venture.
About AccuKnox, Inc.
AccuKnox supplies a Zero Belief Cloud Native Software Security (CNAPP) platform. AccuKnox was shaped due to its work with SRI and AccuKnox Zero Belief. AccuKnox is the core contributor to Kubernetes Run-time safety resolution, KubeArmor®, a highly regarded CNCF (Cloud Native Computing Foundation) venture that has achieved 600,000+ downloads. AccuKnox know-how is anchored on seminal innovations within the areas of Container Security, Anomaly Detection, and Information Provenance. AccuKnox delivers complete Zero Belief safety for Community, Software (K8, VM), and Information throughout Cloud, IoT/Edge, and 5G environments, and AccuKnox could be deployed in Public and Personal Cloud environments. AccuKnox is funded by main CyberSecurity Traders like National Grid Companions, MDSV, Avanta Enterprise Companions, Dolby Household Ventures, DreamIT Ventures, 5G Open Innovation Lab and Seedop. Go to www.accuknox.com or observe us on Twitter (@accuknox).
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