Through its Vision One platform and the CTOne micro SIM, Trend Micro “is able to continuously detect attacks on private 5G networks in real timeturning these environments into hyper-secure zones,” says Udo Schneider, security ‘evangelist’ at Trend Micro, a multinational company specializing in cybersecurity, owned by Fujitsu.
Visitors to the latest edition of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) were able to verify the effectiveness of Trend Micro’s proposal during the simulation of attack on a smart factory with private 5G connection. “The implementation of these networks is not yet widespread, but very soon we will see this connectivity in critical infrastructures, from hospitals to airports, factories or smart cities,” says Schneider.
In industry 4.0 too, but we must keep in mind that although these networks promise greater speed, reliability and control, they do not escape the activity of the increasingly expert groups of cybercriminals. “5G environments are more secure than those working under 4G or 3G, but they are not necessarily more impregnable, therefore the need for protection remains unquestionable,” he says.
Holistic “hypersecurity”
The attack simulation certifies that the protection offered by Tend Micro is holistic, covering the entire industrial environment, from networks to computer equipment, IoT (Internet of Things) devices and cloud. “We offer a turnkey solution, optimized for environments such as AWS, Microsoft and Google, guaranteeing a quick response to any intrusion,” highlights Schneider.
The key is in the CTOne micro SIM, born from the Trend Micro ideas laboratory. The tiny card is customized for a specific network and only for her. “With this micro SIM, connected to the Vison One platform, you protect the entire network environment, since it itself internally has the access code to the private 5G, it is not written down anywhere, no one knows the password” , explains the executive.
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SIM activation protects the entire network once it is introduced into a single computer or computing device in the industrial or work environment. “A single access code generated for a specific ecosystem, a password that only the micro card knows. We are talking about hypersecurity for the entire environment”.
And since it makes no sense to separate the private 5G network from the rest of the company, Trend Micro combines this solution with a portfolio capable of protecting any ecosystem, whether it is a large corporation or an SME. “Subscriptions to the platform for the different contracted services allow us to offer hypersecurity for companies of all sizes”. Certainly, the MWC reflected the growing interest of different industries in private 5G networks, operational efficiency, performance and security of work environments.
Whether it is protecting the cloud, IT equipment, IoT devices or automated production chains, simulating an attack on a smart factory offered by Trend Micro showed that the firm’s protection systems are capable of detect the intrusion and provide a rapid response to the attack. “Our solution works with artificial intelligence, machine learning and big data analysis, among other technologies, to detect and mitigate cyber threats in real time,” confirms Schneider.
Founded in the United States in 1988 and with global headquarters in Tokyo since 1992, Trend Micro has more than 7,500 employees in 65 countries, serving more than half a million organizations worldwide and collaborating with government, academic and private sector organizations. . But as cybercrime intensifies, “and although it is still an issue for the future, internally We are already researching quantum cybersecurity”, adds the security evangelist.
