5G Essentials: Fundamentals and Security
This Learning Path provides a comprehensive introduction to 5G technology, covering its architecture, key components, and use cases. You'll explore concepts like the 5G core network, RAN, and slicing, laying a strong foundation for understanding modern telecommunications. Building on this, a dedicated lab focuses on 5G security, where you'll learn about vulnerabilities, threat mitigation, and securing the 5G core and radio interfaces through hands-on scenarios.
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Audiences
Learning Path Flow:
Lab Architecture:
The Lab architecture seamlessly integrates cutting-edge technologies to create a comprehensive environment for 5G, which includes a 5G core Network equipped with a gNodeb and a UE that allow the user to test the different end-to-end use cases in 5G.
Lab Objectives:
- Develop the ability to distinguish between 4G and 5G networks in terms of speed, latency, architecture, and use cases.
- Discover the advancements and the new technologies in 5G NR.
- Explore the architecture of 5G networks, enabling you to understand how data flows within the 5G network functions.
- Master various 5G protocols, including NGAP, GTP, SCTP, and HTTP2, and understand their functions within the network.
- Understand the concept of NFV and its role in virtualizing network functions, a critical component of modern 5G networks.
- Develop the ability to analyze network traffic effectively using Wireshark, a valuable skill for monitoring and troubleshooting 5G networks.
- Explore packet inspection techniques with a focus on the Domain Name System (DNS) protocol, allowing you to analyze DNS queries and responses within 5G networks.
- Gain insights into the establishment of end-to-end (E2E) connectivity in 5G networks, including the setup of Packet Data Unit (PDU) sessions and the role of User Plane Function (UPF) in data forwarding.
- Explore 5G monitoring and develop the ability to identify the important parameters the are monitored and included inside the 5G core.
- Gain insights into the Service-Based Architecture (SBA) of 5G networks, including the decomposition of network functions into modular services and the use of service-based interfaces for flexible and scalable network deployments.
Lab Architecture:
This Hands-on Training consists of a simulated 5G network environment focused on security. Participants will explore cyberattacks, threat mitigation, and governance requirements while identifying and defending against 5G-specific vulnerabilities, such as service-based attacks, network slicing risks, and more.
Lab Objectives:
- Understand the fundamentals of cyber security, including common cyberattacks, exploits, and threat actors.
- Identify and analyze various types of phishing, ransomware, and social engineering attacks within the network environment.
- Implement effective security awareness programs to mitigate risks associated with human vulnerabilities.
- Explore different types of security, including physical, network, and account-level protections in various systems.
- Learn about governance and compliance requirements for securing networks.
- Recognize the unique characteristics of Private 5G networks and identify potential malicious attacks.
- Understand service-based attacks targeting 5G networks and how to defend against them.
- Investigate the security challenges and protections in 5G network slicing, including potential attack vectors.
- Explore CHF (Charging Function) attacks and effective protection mechanisms to secure billing and charging services in 5G.
- Perform testing using fuzzing and analyze data manipulation tactics that could compromise 5G network integrity.
- Develop skills to identify and mitigate security vulnerabilities in 5G networks through hands-on lab exercises.
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