PRAGUE – Security officials from over 30 European countries met in Prague to talk about future 5G networks and shared security as well as policy measures. Also, they raised concerns about the influence of the state on equipment supplied by vendors. The participants in the two-day meeting at the Czech capital didn’t name any supplier. But the US asked the other members to impose limits on Chinese Telecom equipment makers such as Huawei Technologies in order to avoid its misuse by Beijing for spying.
The participating nations refused to sign any documents in the Czech capitals as they didn’t find any conclusions related to various issues. Although the participants said that there was no attempt to single out any country or company, neither China nor Huawei was invited. Keeping in mind, Huawei focuses on China’s 2017 Intelligence Law, many western countries raised concerns about this subject. EU members would evaluate cybersecurity risks related to 5G which would be followed by a bloc-wide assessment by Oct 1. Then, EU nations would ponder on reducing risks based on data security in the near future.
In the final document, the emphasis was laid on the impact of 5G technology on policy, technology, economy and security and the ways to reduce the potential risks associated with it. It is vital for all the stakeholders to work together to ensure the security of national critical infrastructure networks, systems, and connected devices. Several data recovery specialists have stressed on the security issues as 5G would involve in every internet-connected products in various sectors. Any vulnerability in this technology would give hackers a chance for spying on important and confidential information. Several countries in Europe would auction 5G licenses in this year.
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