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Security Challenges and Recommendations in 5G-IoT Scenarios

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Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA 2023)

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The fifth-generation (5G) mobile communication systems are already a reality. This communication technology can increase and simplify the adoption of the Internet of Things (IoT) applications (e.g., industrial IoT), given that it will provide the means to connect up to one million devices in a squared kilometer. Many of these applications can generate sensitive data, which requires the adoption of security mechanisms, and these mechanisms must consider the computational limitations of the devices. Considering that IoT devices under security attacks can access the 5G infrastructure, this paper presents recommendations and challenges regarding security in IoT devices. It also presents a threat model and a few common attacks, classifying them with the STRIDE model and CVSS and discussing how they can impact the 5G infrastructure .

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We thank the National Telecommunications Agency (Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações - ANATEL) for supporting this research. We also thank the Virtus Research, Development and Innovation Center and Embedded and Pervasive Computing Laboratory, Federal University of Campina Grande.

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    Dalton C. G. Valadares, Anna C. D. Lima, Igor S. Morais & Danilo F. S. Santos

  2. Federal Institute of Pernambuco, Caruaru, Brazil

    Dalton C. G. Valadares

  3. Federal University of Technology - Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil

    Newton C. Will

  4. Federal University of Pernambuco’s Agreste, Garanhuns, Brazil

    Álvaro Á. C. C. Sobrinho

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Valadares, D.C.G., Will, N.C., Sobrinho, Á.Á.C.C., Lima, A.C.D., Morais, I.S., Santos, D.F.S. (2023). Security Challenges and Recommendations in 5G-IoT Scenarios. In: Barolli, L. (eds) Advanced Information Networking and Applications. AINA 2023. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 661. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-29056-5_48

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