Nokia’s XDR security platform, NetGuard Cybersecurity Dome, will be integrated with a telco centric GenAI assistant to give enterprises faster and higher quality detection and resolution capabilities. The new telco-focused GenAI assistant is based on Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service with telecommunications and mission critical security training. The training incorporates a variety of categories of information, including: 3GPP and NIST network architecture specifications; 5G topology spanning RAN, Transport, and Core; and MITRE ATT&CK and FiGHT (5G Hierarchy of Threats) for mapping adversary tactics
Nokia says its AI assistant will be useful in countering cyber criminals who are increasingly using GenAI to launch more sophisticated attacks on critical infrastructure.
Nokia’s newly integrated Telco GenAI assistant tool is:
- Expected to reduce the time it takes to identify and resolve a threat by up to 50%, depending on the nature of a cyberattack.
- Based on large language models within Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service, which have been trained on insights from 5G Network architecture, 5G Security practices, and Nokia’s telco domain expertise.
- Set to begin testing with several Nokia customers in the coming weeks and will be commercially available in the second quarter of the year.
Fran Heeran, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Product and Engineering, Cloud and Network Services at Nokia, said: “The combination of Nokia’s telecoms domain and security expertise with Microsoft’s leading generative AI solutions such as Azure OpenAI Service provides enriched and context aware outcomes. Combining Nokia’s NetGuard Cybersecurity Dome with the telco-centric GenAI assistant gives communication service providers and enterprises significantly more agility in mitigating destructive cybersecurity attacks on their mission-critical operations.”
Silvia Candiani, Vice President Telco and Media at Microsoft, said: “Microsoft’s leading Azure cloud and AI capabilities deliver massive efficiency gains for the most vital security use cases, so we are thrilled to combine forces with Nokia to enable this new and important GenAI assistant for NetGuard Cybersecurity Dome. We believe the joint solution will have a significant impact on the security capabilities of communication service providers and their customers.”
