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Implicațiile tehnologiei 5G asupra securității naționale
Implications of 5G technology on national security

Author(s): Marius Preda, Constantin Nilă, Cornel Argint
Subject(s): Security and defense, Military policy
Published by: INFOSFERA - Revista de studii de securitate si Informații pentru Apărare
Keywords: 5G; IoT; cyber security; critical infrastructures; national security;

Summary/Abstract: 5G Technology, while being operationalized before the implementation of the specific assigned standard IMT-2020, is considered to be a game changer in the communications field with an impact on the industry and society equivalent with the Internet breakthrough. 5G has the capacity to enhance civil and military communications systems, the intelligence field and critical communications infrastructures. Despite all the benefits brought by the new technology,5G has become the source of the first strategic dispute between US and China in the technological field (non-literary known as the first „cold war in technology field”). This article is presenting an analytic perspective of the risks associated with the 5G with regard to national security.

  • Issue Year: XII/2020
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 59-67
  • Page Count: 9
  • Language: Romanian