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)
This white paper describes the network infrastructure design principles that commercial and private 5G network operators can use to improve cybersecurity and privacy. Such a network infrastructure isolates types of 5G network traffic from each other: data plane, control plane, and operation and maintenance (O&M) traffic. This white paper is part of a series called Applying 5G Cybersecurity and Privacy Capabilities, which covers 5G cybersecurity and privacy-supporting capabilities that were demonstrated on the NIST National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) 5G security testbed as part of the 5G Cybersecurity project at the NCCoE.
This white paper describes the network infrastructure design principles that commercial and private 5G network operators can use to improve cybersecurity and privacy. Such a network infrastructure isolates types of 5G network traffic from each other: data plane, control plane, and operation and...
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This white paper describes the network infrastructure design principles that commercial and private 5G network operators can use to improve cybersecurity and privacy. Such a network infrastructure isolates types of 5G network traffic from each other: data plane, control plane, and operation and maintenance (O&M) traffic. This white paper is part of a series called Applying 5G Cybersecurity and Privacy Capabilities, which covers 5G cybersecurity and privacy-supporting capabilities that were demonstrated on the NIST National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE) 5G security testbed as part of the 5G Cybersecurity project at the NCCoE.
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Keywords
3GPP; 5G; cybersecurity; privacy; virtual routing and forwarding (VRF)
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