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NESAS is jointly defined by 3GPP and the GSMA and provides an industry-wide security assurance framework. This facilitates improvements in security levels through 20 defined security requirements for the development and product lifecycle processes of network products.
Security has always been crucial for 3GPP standards and telecom networks in general. Both through security functionality, having kept 3GPP-defined mobile services secure for decades and with billions of users, but also through instruments such as NESAS/SECAM security assurance and security.
Furthermore, the introduction of 5G and its new use cases, as well as the growing recognition of telecom networks as critical infrastructure, have also put network security high on the agenda of governments, regulatory bodies, communications services providers and businesses of all sizes.
Per Narvinger, Head of Product Area Networks,
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