The USA’s CTIA, which represents service providers, has decided the time is right to start testing 5G security recommendations in real world conditions, if not yet live commercial networks, by setting up a new and validation initiative. The recently established 5G Security Test Bed (STB) has emerged from CTIA’s Cybersecurity Working Group “to test 5G security recommendations across real world conditions using commercial-grade equipment and facilities”. The idea is to involve stakeholders, including operators, equipment makers, other technology providers and academia, so that they can ensure that real networks used by consumers and enterprises are robust against threats that have been identified, as well as being prepared for reducing impact of unforeseen attacks. Founding members have been drawn from these four…