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NIST CSWP 36B

Using Hardware-Enabled Security to Ensure 5G System Platform Integrity: Applying 5G Cybersecurity and Privacy Capabilities

Date Published: March 2026

Author(s)

Michael Bartock (NIST), Jeffrey Cichonski (NIST), Murugiah Souppaya (NIST), Karen Kent (Trusted Cyber Annex), Parisa Grayeli (MITRE), Sanjeev Sharma (MITRE)

Abstract

Keywords

3GPP; 5G; cybersecurity; firmware; hardware; hardware-enabled security; hardware root of trust
Control Families

None selected

Documentation

Publication:
https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.CSWP.36B
Download URL

Supplemental Material:
5G Cybersecurity project

Publication Parts:
CSWP 36
CSWP 36A
CSWP 36C
CSWP 36D
CSWP 36E

Document History:
09/30/24: CSWP 36B (Draft)
03/19/26: CSWP 36B (Final)

Topics

Security and Privacy

roots of trust

Technologies

hardware, mobile

Applications

communications & wireless

Sectors

telecommunications