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Work item:
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X.fast
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Subject/title:
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Functional architecture of security testbed for telecommunication operators
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Status:
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Under study
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Approval process:
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TAP
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Type of work item:
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Recommendation
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Version:
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New
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Equivalent number:
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Timing:
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2027-12 (Medium priority)
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Liaison:
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Supporting members:
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China Mobile, Peng Cheng Laboratory, ZTE, China Unicom, CAICT
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Summary:
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Telecommunication operators urgently need a standardized security testbed to safely and efficiently assess the security aspects of their increasingly complex and heterogeneous assets. Testing in living environments carries high risks, while non-standardized testing processes are inefficient, difficult to reproduce, and unable to support multi-source, complex security assessment demands at current.
This Recommendation addresses these challenges by defining a functional architecture of security testbed for telecommunication operators, which would be isolated from living networks and systems. The core value of this architecture lies in providing a standardized management and testing framework organized into three layers. It is capable of:
Providing flexible access mechanism to connect and isolate multiple heterogeneous targets under test (physical, virtual, or cloud) through the Flexible Access Layer;
Providing an extensible tool management that covers all security aspects of telecommunication networks and systems through the extensible tool layer;
Achieving automated orchestration and comprehensive evaluation of the testing process through the Elastic Management Layer.
This Recommendation provides an architectural basis for operators to build an implementable, repeatable, and standardized security testing environment, enabling them to efficiently execute multi-source, complex, and comprehensive security assessments, and significantly enhancing their efficiency in validating new technologies and evaluating emerging network capabilities.
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Comment:
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First registration in the WP:
2025-12-10 14:06:30
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Last update:
2025-12-11 09:30:24
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