Leaping to next generation technologies

  Chapter 1: Project Overview and Methodology This chapter introduces the project's purpose and the consulting firm's approach. It defines the nine core objectives, from identifying threats to creating a prioritized action plan. It details the assessment methodology , including the use of both automated tools and manual penetration testing. The chapter also establishes the importance of aligning the entire assessment with well-known industry standards like those from 3GPP , GSMA , and NIST , ensuring that all findings and recommendations are grounded in established best practices. Chapter 2: Threat Modeling and Vulnerability Assessment This chapter focuses on the practical execution of the security assessment. It starts with an external penetration test to simulate attacks from the internet, public Wi-Fi, and specialized signaling networks. This is followed by an internal penetration test to model threats from an insider perspective. The chapter then formalizes the process wi...

  The story of the procurement process  at "SteelTech Innovations" was, for a long time, a saga of organized chaos. It was a ritual that began with a simple email and ended, hours or even days later, with a single, neatly formatted document—the result of painstaking manual labor. Meet Alex, SteelTech's head of procurement. His day would begin with a dozen emails from various vendors, each carrying a different bid for the company's latest material requirement: steel frames, modules, and sleeves for a new project. The challenge was immediately apparent in the attachments. Vendor A, "Metal Dynamics," sent a professional, but dense, PDF document. The prices were listed at the bottom of a four-page technical specification, and the unit of measure was by the kilogram. Vendor B, "Global Fabrications," attached a scanned image of their handwritten quote. The UoM was per "piece," and the prices were scrawled in an ink that bled slightly on the pag...