Ericsson has partnered with three Canadian universities on a research and development initiative focused on building cyber-resilient and secure networks through automation and AI to detect and prevent attacks on 5G and 6G networks .
The vendor is collaborating with Concordia University, the University of Manitoba, and the University of Waterloo as part of an initiative led by Canada’s National Cybersecurity Consortium (NCC).
The Government of Canada has selected NCC to lead the 2022 Cybersecurity Innovation Network. The program provides up to C$80 million ($58.9 million) in funding over four years to support domestic security efforts.
Ericsson noted that 5G networks currently offer “very high levels of resiliency,” but that “the large-scale introduction of new business contexts and use cases will also place unprecedented new demands on networks. “Growth will continue as well as imposed and complex security and privacy requirements.” on potentially insecure devices. ”
To combat emerging security threats, Ericsson and its partners plan to improve and automate the current security of 5G networks and develop AI-based technologies to better detect zero-day attacks.
The group will also “apply 5G orchestration capabilities to test and deploy new defense mechanisms at runtime,” as well as explore the potential of using AI to predict future attacks and detect attacks in progress. We will also investigate the impact of
Professor Murad Debavi, director of Concordia University’s Security Research Center, said the collaboration with Ericsson will help “develop top cybersecurity talent across Canada” and proactively improve the security of 5G networks. Stated.
