AccuKnox 5G Security (5GNAPP)

AccuKnox 5GNAPP (5G-Native Application Protection Platform) is a security management platform designed for 5G network infrastructure. It is developed in partnership with SRI International and addresses the security challenges introduced by 5G architectures, including expanded attack surfaces, edge processing, distributed multi-vendor environments, and cloud-hosted network functions. The platform provides an all-in-one management interface for the security posture of 5G network assets, drawing from cloud and IP network asset management principles. It targets O-RAN and SD-RAN deployments and addresses known O-RAN threat categories such as insecure designs (T-O-RAN-01), misconfigurations (T-O-RAN-02), and malicious xApps (T-NEAR-RT-01). Key functional components include: - Configuration validation for SD-RAN Kubernetes environments - Autonomous YAML policy generation for xApps and NRT-RIC - Continuous control plane policy monitoring via 5G-KubeArmor - Real-time RF threat monitoring via 5G-Spector and MobiFlow Auditor - Consolidated audit and governance reporting at the base station layer The 5G-KubeArmor component extends KubeArmor for application-layer security in 5G environments, integrates with Istio and Nephio for network security, and uses OpenTelemetry-based discovery to auto-generate Istio policies and enforce rate-control policies. The 5GNAPP management view provides a consolidated application behavior view covering RIC and UE behaviors, entity relationship mapping for policy setting, and communication pattern visualization for UE and RIC components.