: Describes specific technical recommendations and mitigation strategies to protect fixed, mobile, and converged networks.
: Best practices for using TLS (Transport Layer Security) and IPsec to protect sensitive signaling data from eavesdropping. gsma fs.38
| # | Control | Description | |---|---|---| | 8 | | The device must uniquely authenticate to the network and any application server. Use of GSMA’s IoT SAFE (SIM Applet for Secure End-2-End Communication) is recommended. | | 9 | Resilience Against Input Attacks | Input validation to prevent buffer overflows, injection attacks, or malformed packet crashes. | | 10 | Wireless Interface Security | For Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, or LoRa interfaces, implement least-privilege pairing and disable insecure legacy modes (e.g., WPA2-PSK with weak passphrases). | | 11 | Privacy Controls | Minimize data collection. Ensure user consent is obtained. Use anonymization or pseudonymization where personally identifiable information (PII) is transmitted. | Use of GSMA’s IoT SAFE (SIM Applet for
Network slicing is a key enabler of 5G's promise to deliver a wide range of services, from enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) to ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC) and massive machine-type communications (mMTC). By allowing multiple networks to coexist on the same physical infrastructure, network slicing provides several benefits: | | 11 | Privacy Controls | Minimize data collection