NATO to reinforce security requirements amid 5G network risks

BRUSSELS: NATO defence ministers are poised to update security requirements of their civilian telecommunications equipment with special attention to be paid on infrastructure like new 5G internet networks, the Alliance’s Secretary General said Wednesday.

They “will agree an update to our baseline requirement for civilian telecommunications,” Jens Stoltenberg told the press ahead of a meeting of defence ministers on Wednesday and Thursday, the Efe news reported.

“The requirement is for all Allies to have reliable telecommunications systems in peacetime, crisis and conflict, including for 5G,” Stoltenberg said.