"Bolstering 5G Security for Ultra-Sensitive Applications"

A new National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded project led by University of Michigan-Dearborn's Junaid Farooq, assistant professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, may allow the military to use commercial 5G networks without fear of being hacked. Security concerns have been at the forefront of the public debate surrounding 5G, the fifth-generation broadband cell network with super-fast speeds. Most notably, the US and several other countries announced in 2019 that they would prohibit companies from using Huawei components in their 5G networks. This year, Canada followed suit with a similar ban. The basic concern was that the China-based Huawei company was embedding security holes in its technology that the Chinese government could exploit for espionage or intellectual property theft. This article continues to discuss the project led by Farooq aimed at strengthening 5G security for sensitive applications. 

UMich reports "Bolstering 5G Security for Ultra-Sensitive Applications"