The Department of Telecommunication (DoT) on December 01, 2023, issued a notice for seeking stakeholder inputs on the DFC (Draft for Comment) of Indian Telecom Security Assurance Requirements (ITSAR) for UE Capability Management Function (UCMF) of 5G,
The following has been stated: -
•In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 7 of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885, the Central Government amended the Indian Telegraph Rules, 1951 to insert Rule 528 to 537 in Part XI under the heading Testing & Certification of Telegraph. The new rules provide that every telecom equipment must undergo prior mandatory testing and certification.
•Telecom Engineering Centre (TEC) came out with procedure for Mandatory Testing and Certification of Telecommunication Equipment (MTCTE) in December 2017. The MTCTE document outlines the procedure to operationalise the new Rules.
•The testing and certification described in the MTCTE procedure document requires that the equipment meets the Essential Requirements (ER). Security Requirement is part of ER for which the equipment must be tested and certified against. The responsibility for framing Security requirements and for Security testing and certification lies with National Centre for Communication Security (NCCS), a centre under the Department of Telecommunications headquartered at Bengaluru.
•Security Assurance Standards (SAS) vertical under NCCS is responsible for drafting and finalizing ITSARs for communication equipment. In this regard, an online meeting is scheduled for discussion with the stakeholders (TSPs, CSPs, OEMs, prospective labs, industry bodies, and academia) on the Draft ITSAR for UE capability Management Function (UCMF) of 5G. The details of the online meeting and registration link are as follows: • Date of meeting: December 28, 2023 (at 10:30 hrs onwards) • Registration link: will be shared later.
•The comments received from stakeholders will form the basis for discussion. Stakeholders are hereby requested to participate in the above meeting & send their suggestions/comments/inputs to the following e-mail addresses on or before December 22, 2023.
The detailed notification is given in the document attached below.
