5G Security, IoT Security, Cyber-Kinetic - 5G Security Marin Ivezic

Recently, in the science journal Nature, Google claimed ‘quantum supremacy’ saying that its quantum computer is the first to perform a calculation that would be practically impossible for a classical machine. This quantum computing breakthrough brings us closer to the arrival of functional quantum systems which will have a profound effect on today's security infrastructure. How will quantum computing affect the security of 5G technologies currently being developed and deployed? Last spring we suggested that the emergence of quantum internet...

IIoT and Trust and Convenience: A Potentially Deadly Combination

October 17, 2019

When microwave ovens first arrived on the market in 1967 they were met with public skepticism. Perhaps it was because, not long before, the same technology now promising to safely cook consumers’ evening meals was the backbone of a military radar. Perhaps it was the $495 price tag (more than $3,700 in today’s money). Whatever the reason, in the early 1970s the percentage of Americans owning a microwave was tiny. By 2011, it was 97%. What changed? Trust and convenience. When microwave...

5G Network: A Quantum Leap in Connectivity – and Cyber Threats

October 8, 2019

The timeline of human history is marked by inflection points of major technological advancement. The plow, the printing press, the telegraph, the steam engine, electricity, the telephone, the internet: each of these breakthroughs precipitated tectonic shifts in how people lived and worked. Now, in the early part of the 21st century, we stand witness to the birth of a new industrial revolution built on 5th generation cellular technology - 5G network. As the name implies, 5G network follows a developmental...

5G Innovation Zones in Canada for Launching AI and 5G in Tandem

October 5, 2019

In my previous post I argued that if Canada wants to succeed with its AI-focused innovation agenda, it should also be at the forefront of 5G innovation and development. Canada could get ahead in the global 5G race not by being the first to 5G, but by being the first to roll out 5G in the right way - addressing cybersecurity, linking development of AI and 5G, addressing regulatory and policy prerequisites, etc. Canada could leap ahead in development of...

5G Health Risks – Health, Wealth and Tin Foil Hats

October 1, 2019

The rollout of 5G is one of the most anticipated events in humanity’s technological history. But what about the 5G health concerns? It’s the night before Halloween in 1938 and, as the tale goes, radio audiences tuning into Orson Welles’ reading of War of the Worlds are driven to panic. Apparently listening to an ordinary radio broadcast, the public hear of an unfolding Martian invasion and a chaos of heat rays, poisonous gas and alien war machines. The news account is...

5G and AI – Getting Smart About 5G and AI in Canada

September 21, 2019

Canada has been investing in machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) for longer than most of the industrialized world. Dr. Geoff Hinton of Google helped ignite the field of graphics processing unit (GPU) deep learning at the University of Toronto. Then he became chief scientific advisor to the Vector Institute, which in collaboration with the University, aims to produce the largest number of deep learning AI graduates and innovators globally. Meanwhile, Montreal, Quebec prides itself as the birthplace of...

AI and 5G: AI at the 5G Core – A Double-Edged Sword

August 26, 2019

If you've ever been to an expensive restaurant and ordered a familiar dish like, say, lasagna, but received a plate with five different elements arranged in a way that does not at all resemble what you know as lasagna, then you have probably tasted deconstructionism. This approach to cuisine aims to challenge the way our brain makes associations, to break existing patterns of interpretation and, in so doing, to release unrealized potential. If the different elements work together harmoniously, it...

Risks of AI (Artificial Intelligence) – Meeting the Ghost in the Machine

May 4, 2019

In 1956, at a workshop on the campus of Dartmouth College, in Hanover, New Hampshire, the field of artificial intelligence (AI) was born. Attendants were buoyant. MIT cognitive scientist Marvin Minsky was quoted as saying, "Within a generation the problem of creating 'artificial intelligence' will substantially be solved." This prediction turned out to be over zealous, but Minsky and his colleagues believed it wholeheartedly. What, then, is different today? What makes the current dialogue about AI more relevant and believable?...

Digital Double Helix: Why the Fates of 5G and AI are Intertwined

May 3, 2019

In 2013, George F. Young and colleagues completed a fascinating study into the science behind starling murmurations. These breathtaking displays of thousands – sometimes hundreds of thousands – of birds in a single flock swooping and diving around each other, look from a distance like a single organism organically shape-shifting before the viewer’s eyes. In their research article, Young et al reference the starling’s remarkable ability to “maintain cohesion as a group in highly uncertain environments and with limited, noisy...

5G Critical Infrastructure – the Most Critical of All

April 9, 2019

Not even 30 years separate us from the end of the Cold War. Yet, we appear to be witnessing the emergence of a new one, a technology Cold War between the United States and China. This time, instead of a ‘red under the bed’, the US government has declared there is one at the back door. It accuses Chinese technology companies of deliberately building vulnerabilities into their tech, allowing the Chinese to access and control the 5G...

Telcos Should Take Risks to Jumpstart the 5G Ecosystem

April 8, 2019

5G connectivity burst onto the world stage at last year’s Winter Olympics in Seoul, South Korea and gained pop culture visibility again at the April 2019 NCAA Final Four men’s college basketball games in Minneapolis. Why the rush to 5G though, when most of the world is still rolling out 4G mobile service or still waiting for it? Consumers don’t yet have 5G enabled phones anyway. And why should mobile phone manufacturers push new 5G phones out...

Geopolitics of 5G and 5G-Connected Massive & Critical IoT

April 1, 2019

Emerging Technology and Geopolitics of 5G There are several reasons emerging technology is a highly competitive industry, notwithstanding the race for intellectual property that can be licensed by burgeoning markets for revenue. A first-mover advantage is often a way to lock in relationships that can lead to long-term infrastructure commitments, integration support services, and service delivery platform development. As the adage goes, “Whoever owns the platform, owns the customer.” This race to be the...

About me

Marin Ivezic

Marin Ivezic is a Cybersecurity & Privacy Partner in PwC Canada specializing in risks of emerging technologies. He leads PwC’s global 5G cybersecurity efforts. He also leads cybersecurity for the Telecommunications, Media & Technology sector; and Industrial, IoT, Critical Infrastructure & Cyber-Kinetic security capabilities in the region. All these focus areas are being transformed with the emergence of 5G.

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ENISA published “Threat Landscape of 5G Networks”

November 23, 2019

ENISA, the EU's always excellent cybersecurity watchdog, published "Threat Landscape of 5G Networks", a report on threats relating to 5G networks. The report presents...

Huawei releases its position paper on cyber security

November 18, 2019

Today Huawei released its position paper on cyber security. The paper is an excellent summary of 5G security risks, latest standards and industry developments...

Officials from 32 countries gather in Prague to discuss 5G security

May 3, 2019

Security officials from EU nations, Japan, the United States and Australia gathered in Prague on Thursday and Friday to discuss 5G...

Bloomberg reports that Vodafone found backdoors in Huawei 5G gear

April 30, 2019

For years U.S. and some of its allies are claiming that Huawei should not be trusted and that the Chinese company...

US praises Germany’s 5G security standard for network providers

April 11, 2019

The top US cybersecurity policy diplomat, Rob strayer, praised Germany’s strict security standards for 5G network providers on Wednesday. The requirements...

WP: How China’s Huawei took the lead over U.S. companies in 5G

April 10, 2019

Excellent article today from the Washington Post: How China’s Huawei took the lead over U.S. companies in 5G technology Huawei, still the...

Germany’s successful 5G spectrum sale

April 10, 2019

Germany’s auction of 5G spectrums reached 5 billion euros yesterday, in excess of expert estimates. The high price will mean that whilst...

Swisscom debuts Europe’s first 5G service

April 10, 2019

Swisscom can claim to be the first European Telecom to have introduced commercial 5G. In co-operation with Qualcomm, Swisscom’s new 5G service...

Verizon beats Korea in launching 5G

April 6, 2019

Verizon put out a lot of effort in becoming the first telecom in the world to launch a commercial 5G network on...

German 5G auction at €3.7 billion

April 5, 2019

German 5G auction ended this week with the sum of highest bids reaching €3.723 billion. Showing the level of commitment to 5G,...

£6.8bn impact to UK if Huawei 5G banned

April 5, 2019

Mobile UK, the UK mobile network operators' trade association, issued a report "The Impact on the UK of a Restriction on Huawei...

US DoD warns about US losing the 5G war

April 3, 2019

The Defense Innovation Board of the US Department of Defense issued a new study outlining the risks America faces if China takes...

France defines 5G security requirements

April 3, 2019

France’s parliament is debating a bill that would see the country establish stricter security rules around 5G networks. The...

Update to 5G.Security 5G Trials World Map

April 3, 2019

Dutch security agency warns against Chinese, Russian tech

April 2, 2019

The Dutch security service advised the government on Tuesday not to use technology from countries with active cyber-hacking campaigns against the Netherlands,...

Defiant Huawei reports 25% profit growth

March 29, 2019

Huawei released its 2018 Annual Report today. Despite the growing 5G-related geopolitical spat it has found itself in and U.S. efforts to...

UK government issues a warning of Huawei

March 28, 2019

UK government’s Huawei Cyber Security Evaluation Centre (HCSEC) Oversight Board just published its fifth annual report for the Cabinet Secretary.

EU recommends approach to 5G security

March 26, 2019

Today the European Commission (EC) has recommended a set of operational steps and measures to ensure a high l Add Formevel of...

AT&T ‘Fake 5G E’ mobile network slower than competitor’s 4G

March 23, 2019

Open Signal, a company which specialized in assessing the capabilities of mobile networks worldwide has recently tested and found that AT&T’s "5G...

Germany begins sales of 5G spectrum

March 19, 2019

Disregarding lawsuits and other delaying attempts from Germany’s big 3 Telecommunications corporations, Germany’s Federal Network Agency has seen fit to begin the...

NATO Will Assess Potential Security Implications of 5G Gear

March 15, 2019

On 14th March 2019, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at the launch of his Annual Report for 2018 touched on security and...

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March 16, 2019

Since the dawn of the 21st Century, the ways in which people and organizations that use the Internet experience, perceive and act in the world is radically changing. We interact with physical objects and systems well beyond our sight and comprehension. Our cars, homes, factories and public transportation are controlled increasingly by computer chips and sensors. This interconnectedness already exceeds much of last century’s science fiction imaginings, but is poised to accelerate even more dramatically with the advent of 5G. Popular telecom carrier driven expectations about the speed and capacity of 5G consumer mobile...

5G Network: A Quantum Leap in Connectivity – and Cyber Threats

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Canadian Critical Infrastructure Cyber Protection

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Stuxnet: The Father of Cyber-Kinetic Weapons

May 6, 2018

Stuxnet and the Birth of Cyber-Kinetic Weapons

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5G Network: A Quantum Leap in Connectivity – and Cyber Threats

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The Quantum Computing Threat to 5G Security

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Digital Double Helix: Why the Fates of 5G and AI are...

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Importance of Privacy for Smart Cities and IoT

March 1, 2019

From The Jetsons to Blade Runner, to Back to the Future, to A.I. to The 5th Element, popular culture has long been fascinated by what the future would look like for ordinary people. In these films and countless others, humans of the future are shown engaging with technology that speaks to them, cooks for them, asks them how their day was and connects them with the outside world in a seamless and intuitive way. These are all examples of what we now regard as smart homes and smart cities – living spaces optimized by devices connected through...

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Cyber-Kinetic Security and Privacy Threats in Smart Cities

March 20, 2019

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April 16, 2018

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March 26, 2019

Ultra high speed, high quality 5G networks are expected to provide the connectivity required for massive IoT adoption, remote robotic surgery as well as instant movie downloads and 3D mobile gaming. The technology boasts incredible reliability and low latency and promises to enable the next industrial revolution and society 5.0. Assuming that 5G policy and regulatory issues are sorted out. However, recent hype generated by mobile operators and false promises inevitably mean that unreasonable early expectations will go unmet. So far, China and Huawei have out-competed Americans in development and deployment of 5G technology....

The Quantum Computing Threat to 5G Security

November 4, 2019

5G Innovation Zones in Canada for Launching AI and 5G in...

October 5, 2019

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September 21, 2019

Telcos Should Take Risks to Jumpstart the 5G Ecosystem

April 8, 2019

Geopolitics of 5G and 5G-Connected Massive & Critical IoT

April 1, 2019

5G Making It More Important for Governments to Lead IoT Security

July 17, 2018

Innovation in Canada – What’s Not Working and What Is

July 2, 2018

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Cyber-Kinetic Risks: The Unintended Consequence of IoT in a 5G World

November 16, 2018

Getting smart about security in smart systems Smart used to be something we called people or pets. It wasn't a term one would use to describe one's hairbrush. That is changing, of course, in an era of accelerating digital transformation. Now we have smart homes, smart cities, smart grids, smart refrigerators and, yes, even smart hairbrushes. What's not so smart, though, is the way the cybersecurity and cyber-kinetic security risks of these systems are often overlooked, and with new horizon technologies like 5G, these problems are set to grow exponentially.

IIoT and Trust and Convenience: A Potentially Deadly Combination

October 17, 2019

5G Critical Infrastructure – the Most Critical of All

April 9, 2019

5G Security & Privacy Challenges

March 23, 2019

Cyber-Kinetic Security and Privacy Threats in Smart Cities

March 20, 2019

Growing Cyber-Kinetic Threats to Railway Systems

August 2, 2018

Intentional Electromagnetic Interference (IEMI) IoT Threat

July 6, 2018

Canadian Critical Infrastructure Cyber Protection

June 19, 2018

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IIoT and Trust and Convenience: A Potentially Deadly Combination

October 17, 2019

Cyber-Kinetic Risks: The Unintended Consequence of IoT in a 5G World

November 16, 2018

Cyber-Kinetic Security and Privacy Threats in Smart Cities

March 20, 2019

Technology Trends for 2019 – More Amazing Than Flying Cars

January 1, 2019

Growing Cyber-Kinetic Threats to Railway Systems

August 2, 2018

5G Making It More Important for Governments to Lead IoT Security

July 17, 2018

Intentional Electromagnetic Interference (IEMI) IoT Threat

July 6, 2018

Securing the Growing Cyber-Kinetic Vulnerabilities of Railway Systems

April 30, 2018

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Three Views of Artificial Intelligence (AI) Future

February 3, 2018

If you’ve read the many predictions about the future of AI, you’ve likely found them to be wildly different. They range from AI spelling doom for humanity, to AI ushering in Golden Age of peace, harmony and culture, to AI producing barely a blip on society’s path toward ever-greater technological achievement. Those three views – dystopian, utopian and organic – present issues we need to consider as we move deeper toward an AI-integrated future. Yet they also contain exaggerations and false assumptions that we need to separate from reality. The Dystopian...

5G Innovation Zones in Canada for Launching AI and 5G in...

October 5, 2019

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September 21, 2019

AI and 5G: AI at the 5G Core – A Double-Edged...

August 26, 2019

Risks of AI (Artificial Intelligence) – Meeting the Ghost in the...

May 4, 2019

Digital Double Helix: Why the Fates of 5G and AI are...

May 3, 2019

AI-Exacerbated Disinformation and Cyber Threats to Democracy

March 15, 2019

AI: The Shifting Battlefield in the Cybersecurity Arms Race

September 12, 2018

Smart City articles

Cyber-Kinetic Security and Privacy Threats in Smart Cities

March 20, 2019

More than half of the world’s population lives in cities. The UN estimates that by 2050 that proportion will be 68% - more than 6 billion people living in high-density conditions. This raises significant challenges. What is the best way to ensure that human needs are met in a fair and equitable way? How will we face challenges like resource strain, waste and pollution management, traffic congestion and connectivity? In response to these wicked problems, cities are increasingly relying on smart technologies to foster greater efficiency and sustainable growth. These interventions do not, however,...

Importance of Privacy for Smart Cities and IoT

March 1, 2019

Technology Trends for 2019 – More Amazing Than Flying Cars

January 1, 2019

Cyber-Kinetic Risks: The Unintended Consequence of IoT in a 5G World

November 16, 2018

IEMI – Threat of Intentional Electromagnetic Interference

April 30, 2018

Getting Street Smart – The Inherent Privacy Risks of Smart Cities

April 16, 2018

Is Open Living, Smart Living? – Future of Privacy in our...

February 8, 2018

A Smarter Privacy – The Future of Privacy in our Smart...

February 2, 2018

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World Map of 5G Field Trials

April 1, 2019

Security Standards Regulations Guidelines

Emerging Technology Security Guidelines, Frameworks and Standards

January 1, 2016

Timeline of Key Cyber-Kinetic Attacks, Incidents & Research

May 20, 2017

IoT Wireless Protocols

April 19, 2016

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Virtualized RAN: 4G/5G Strategies, Opportunities and Pitfalls - Upcoming Webinar - Are operators virtualizing their RAN? When, and with what goals in mind? Survey of 80+ global operators to gain their perspective on deploying virtualized RAN solutions. #5G https://telecoms.com/current-webinars/virtualized-ran-4g-5g-strategies-opportunities-and-pitfalls/

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Political parties at odds as Ottawa nears 5G decision on Huawei - The opposition Conservatives are pressing the Liberals to deny Huawei a role in assembling the country's #5G infrastructure, alleging it will allow Beijing to spy on Canadians more easily http://bit.ly/2ZSxJ2Z

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5G is about to change the world in ways we can't even imagine yet - "What most people forget about 3G, 4G is that we had no idea of what new business models would be created in response... That’s why I refer to potential #5G use cases as infinite" https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/01/5g-is-about-to-change-the-world-in-ways-we-cant-even-imagine-yet/

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5G is about to change the world in ways we can't even imagine yet - "What most people forget about 3G, 4G is that we had no idea of what new business models would be created in response.. That’s why I refer to potential #5G use cases as infinite" https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2020/01/5g-is-about-to-change-the-world-in-ways-we-cant-even-imagine-yet/

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The Quantum Computing Threat to 5G Security - Marin Ivezic - How will #quantum computing affect the #security of #5G technologies currently being developed and deployed? #5GSecurity https://5g.security/5g-security/quantum-threat-5g-security/

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Tech Chiefs Plan to Boost #Cybersecurity Spending - Rising threats push companies to try new defensive techniques and tools in 2020. @WSJCyber

Tech Chiefs Plan to Boost Cybersecurity Spending

Companies are pouring money into digital defenses in an effort to stem the spread of malware, which hackers are using to steal data, commit fraud and ...

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How to Provide Robust Cybersecurity in a 5G World - #5G will soon be all around us...Without a guaranteed, reliable, and robust #cybersecurity solution, we are at risk to fall victim to an entire new host of #security threats. http://bit.ly/2QJ3hnX

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Nokia to introduce dynamic spectrum sharing (DSS) software in 2020 - DSS enables mobile operators to utilize the same spectrum for both LTE and 5G NR, meaning carriers can use existing LTE spectrum without having to dedicate resources specifically for #5G http://bit.ly/2ZRYfK0

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The #privacy and #security trends that will shape 2020 - Help Net Security - Privacy concerns will ratchet up further around #IoT and #5G http://bit.ly/2MWflkv

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Two can play that game: China orders ban on US computers and software - The ban needs to be fully implemented within three years, according to the Financial Times, and could be seen as a response to President Trump's US protectionism #cyber #geopolitics http://bit.ly/37sLkkc

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