Evolution of Security Threats to
Telecommunications Infrastructures
HITB Dubai 2018
Agenda
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Brief history of telecoms
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Generation Zero
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Generation Fixed
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Generation Analog
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Mobile 1G
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Mobile 2G
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Mobile 2.5G
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Mobile 3G
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Mobile 4G
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Mobile 5G
Telecom History
Telecom Historical Milestones
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Semaphore by Chappe brothers 1790
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Telegraph by Morse 1838
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Wireless telegraphy by Tesla 1893
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First radio by Marconi 1896
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Fiber optics invented in the 1920’s
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First cell phone used by Swedish police in 1946
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First communications satellites in the 1960’s
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First mobile phone 1973 Motorola
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First cellular network 1979 Japan NTT
Nikola Tesla (1856-1943)
Can you predict comms tech in year 2100 ?
