We are happy to announce that HAIC Talks series of public lectures on contemporary topics in cybersecurity will continue. The next talk will discuss the Privacy in 5G – Explained at the example of Pretty Good Phone Privacy (PGPP)
Speaker: Silke Holtmanns, PwC Finland 5G Security Team
Date: 27.4.2023
Time: 16:00 – 17:30 (coffee and buns served from 15:30). The lecture will be approximately 45 minutes, after which there will be time for questions.
Venue: T1 auditorium, CS building, Aalto University (Konemiehentie 2, Espoo).
Registration: The event is open to all and free of charge but we ask you to register for the event as it helps us to estimate the number of coffee ordered, thank you.
Lecture description: 5G has learned lessons from previous generations and improved the privacy of a subscriber. Still it seems that the privacy is not perfect and there are offerings like Pretty Good Phone Privacy (PGPP) that promise an even better privacy. As a consumer, the question arises, how good is 5G privacy and what are the real privacy risks, if I take PGPP is my privacy really better and what are the potential side effects? In this talk, we will focus on location privacy, its improvements, but also the weak practical issues that come when 5G networks are deployed.
About the speaker: Silke has 23 years of telecommunication security experience. She worked for Ericsson, Nokia, AdaptiveMobile Security, ENEA and is now with the PwC Finland 5G Security Team. She holds a PhD in Mathematics and is a Certified Information System and Cloud Security Professional (CISSP and CCSP). The technology evolved and Silke is securing that path from mobile payments, WAP, 3GPP, GSMA, LTE & 5G, remote provisioning, eSIM, core network, OpenRAN, SMS, interconnection, threat analysis, to cloud & virtualization and security compliance. Silke has discovered new attacks e.g., for slicing attacks, location and presented at Blackhat and Defcon.
Silke is a member of the EU ENISA Advisory Group to provide her expertise to secure 5G and critical infrastructure. In her position at PwC she assists vendors, cloud providers, vertical industries and operators.
Silke is deeply into cooking and Taekwondo.