Cybersecurity For Advanced Network Standards Gets A Boost

Cybersecurity officials from dozens of countries drew up a blueprint on Friday to counter threats and ensure safety of next generation mobile networks that ir nations are set to start deploying. 

Officials hammered out a set of n-binding proposals published at end of a two-day meeting organized by Czech government to discuss security of new 5G networks. 

meeting comes amid a simmering global battle between U.S. and China’s Huawei, world’s biggest maker of network infrastructure equipment. 

U.S. has been lobbying allies to ban Huawei from 5G networks over concerns China’s government could force company to give it access to data for cyberespion. Huawei has denied allegations. 

Officials called for a cooperative approach to security, saying that y didn’t want to target specific countries or companies. 

proposals reflected U.S. concerns, though some wording also appeared to be aimed at raising bar for Chinese suppliers. document said “security and risk assessment of vendors and network techlogies” should be taken into account, as well as “ overall risk of influence on a supplier by a third country,” especially its “model of governance.” 

“Security and risk assessments of vendors and network techlogies should take into account rule of law,” it said. 

U.S. officials have urged ir allies to factor in laws and legal system of a country where a 5G supplier is based, saying that China’s lack of independent judiciary means companies have legal recourse if y don’t want to comply with Beijing’s orders. 

U.S. has called for an outright ban on Huawei but European allies have balked. European Commission has issued recommendations that call for risk assessments as well as factoring in legal systems of countries where 5G suppliers are hequartered. 

Huawei’s global cybersecurity and privacy officer, John Suffolk, said company welcomed meeting’s “collaborative approach.” 

“As EU continues its deliberations, we firmly believe that any future security principles should be based on verifiable facts and technical data.” 

At meeting in Prague, cybersecurity officials came mainly from countries that are strategic allies, including European Union member states, United States and its Asia-Pacific allies including Australia, Japan and South Korea and Singapore. NATO and European Union officials also participated but China and Russia were t present. 

Europe has become a key battleground in war over wher to ban Huawei, with countries gearing up to deploy new networks, starting with auction of rio frequencies this year. 

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