Betacom has introduced AirGap Protection. This is a network architecture focused on enhancing cybersecurity for its offering called Betacom 5G as a service (5GaaS).
The new cyber defense enhancements provide multi-layered security to reduce the risk, complexity and cost of adding industrial automation and IoT applications into the enterprise environment. This delivers a foundation for the next phase of economic and business evolution driven by wireless connectivity, automation, artificial intelligence, machine learning and real-time data.
Betacom AirGap Protection isolates 4G/5G traffic from an enterprise’s existing IT infrastructure and takes a zero trust approach to harden each network element – using a combination of traffic segregation, 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) tunneling, encryption and granular access controls. In addition to limiting the impact of malicious activity, AirGap Protection enables to deploy new services without impacting the performance of other enterprise systems.
“Given today’s cybersecurity climate, customers are increasingly concerned about the safety of their data,” says Johan Bjorklund, CEO of Betacom. “Our new architecture is designed to protect against known threats to industrial and other mission-critical services, including supply chain attacks, man-in-the-middle attacks, stolen credentials, session hijacking and denial of service. With more visibility and control over network security, enterprises can confidently deploy new services that automate their operations and eliminate the insecurity of Wi-Fi systems and the high cost of carrier networks.”
The AirGap framework will be initial deployed in Betacom’s private 5G networks at MxD, which is designated the National Centre for Cybersecurity in manufacturing by the U.S. Defense Department. MxD works with industry and government leaders to develop new tools to address the pain points of manufacturers at its Chicago facility.
“As more companies deploy private wireless networks to support automation and IoT initiatives, many worry about the risks of increasing their IT attack surface,” says Michela Menting, senior digital security research director at ABI Research. “Betacom’s multi-layered approach and new AirGap Protection architecture can help alleviate the risks and augment customers’ existing intrusion detection and prevention strategies.”
Betacom’s 5GaaS is built on the customer’s premises and owned by the enterprise. Data remains behind the enterprise firewall and never intersects with public networks. Its private 4G/5G networks are monitored by the Betacom service and security operations centre (SSOC) to provide 24×7, 365 days a year security coverage.
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