At ANS we provide world-class network engineering and cybersecurity services that help secure the most critical government networks. Those network owners count on our expertise with the rapidly changing strategic and technological elements of cybersecurity to enable them to make risk informed security decisions. It is critical that we anticipate customer needs as they roll out new network configurations and cybersecurity capabilities. Zero Trust (ZT) is an example of a concept we must understand and prepare to support for our customers. Planned deployment of ZT capabilities throughout the government and private sectors has the potential to fundamentally change the nature of the networks we help protect, and will require us to develop new skills, tools, and methods to support our customers through this period of change.

 was issued that mandates the federal government to “advance toward Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA).” Subsequent 2022 OMB memorandums M-22-09 

Administration Cybersecurity Priorities for the FY 2024 Budget

 made it clear that ZT is a major focus for federal government network defense. In 2021 NSA, DoD, NIST, CISA, and even our allies at the UK NCSC all published ZT guidance in the form of architectures, frameworks, and maturity models to help speed understanding and adoption of ZT security capabilities. Similar work is occurring simultaneously across private sector organizations, with new white papers dropping almost daily from sources like Gartner, Forrester, and many other researchers. The vendor community is aggressively moving out to provide solutions for the evolution of public and private networks to ZTA, producing new products and updating existing products to provide the necessary capabilities.

Throughout 2022, work on ZT has accelerated in both public and private sectors with a focus on planning for widespread adoption, research and training, standards development, demonstrating solutions in testbeds using available commercial technology, and opportunities to add ZT concepts to widely adopted cyber security frameworks. Let’s discuss a few of those efforts.

In early 2021, the DoD Chief Information Officer, John Sherman, announced plans to create a new portfolio office to manage the DoD Zero Trust Architecture Program. The effort was officially launched in January 2022, and in only a few short months produced a strategic plan that will enable DoD to achieve a target level of ZT capabilities across the DoD Information Enterprise.

This strategic plan, intended for release in October 2022, defines 45 ZT Capabilities, 42 of which are targeted for deployment by 2027. The document further details that these capabilities are comprised of 152 Activities, 90 of which map to the 45 capabilities planned for 2027. It also suggests three potential synergistic courses of action for deployment ranging from enhancing the existing DoD enterprise to more “greenfield” options for commercial and private cloud-based network architectures.

Additionally, the portfolio office completed a 2.0 update to the 

 originally published in 2021, to be released as an aid in implementing the strategic plan by serving as an authoritative guide for DoD ZTA and solutions. They also plan to publish a 

 containing timelines to implement ZTA across most DoD enterprise systems beginning in 2023 and depicting ZT capability advancement across all seven DoD defined pillars, capturing predecessor/successor capabilities.

NIST NCCoE Zero Trust Architecture Implementations (NIST SP 1800-35)

In August 2020, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published Special Publication (SP) 800-207 

As the first US Government publication addressing the concept of ZT in significant detail, it has influenced all later ZT publications, including NSA’s 

. In SP 800-207, NIST introduced all the basic tenants of Zero Trust, defined the logical components of a ZTA, and discussed many of the other concerns related to migrating to a ZTA.

The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence (NCCoE), a part of NIST, has begun to build a series of exemplar ZTA solutions in their Zero Trust testbed in collaboration with a group of 32 ZTA technology providers. The project goal is to use commercially available technology to build interoperable, open standards based ZTA implementations that align to the concepts and principles in SP 800-207. Multiple scenarios are planned in diverse enterprise testbeds, leveraging distinct sets of vendor security products as integrated ZTA solutions. This effort is an iterative process with results shared through updates to NIST SP 1800-35 Volumes A – D after each iteration, as appropriate.

The preliminary drafts of all volumes of SP 1800-35 documenting the details and results of the first functional demonstration are available for review on the NIST ZT 

. Sufficient details are provided to duplicate both the testbed environments and the functional demonstrations if desired.

The results of the first experiment (described in the publication as the “crawl phase”) were predictable. All the solutions used for this demonstration integrated well within their own vendor ecosystems and provided the desired capabilities. However, many of the vendors used do not integrate outside those vendor specific ecosystems out-of-the-box (NIST uses only integrations provided by solution vendors rather than custom integrations for this project.) This prevented implementation of all the desired enterprise ZT capabilities. The solution set chosen for this demonstration also lacked a Comply-to-Connect capability, so there was no way to prevent an endpoint from initially joining the network based on its authentication status by performing authentication and reauthentication of resources that host endpoints.

This NCCoE project is serving a critical role in providing examples of ZTA commercial solution integration, identifying gaps in the available technology, and highlighting problems with integration across vendor ecosystems. Hopefully new partnerships will emerge from this effort to address those technology gaps and the participating capability providers find ways to better integrate that provide holistic enterprise ZT solutions.

Originally developed to meet the requirements of the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2014, the NIST 

Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity

 (CSF) has since become a best practice for cybersecurity applied by governments and businesses worldwide. NIST has begun updating this ubiquitous cybersecurity framework to keep pace with the evolving cybersecurity landscape through a series of 

, the first held on 18 AUG 22. The secret to encouraging international adoption of the CSF v1 was strong stakeholder engagement. NIST plans to continue their history of transparent stakeholder engagement through a series of collaborative workshops, interactive development of multiple drafts, and use of dedicated Slack channels to produce the updated version.

This revision of the CSF is an opportunity to synchronize ZT concepts with the CSF. A key theme to emerge from the responses to the Request for Information (RFI) that preceded the first workshop was the desire to “Align the CSF with existing efforts by NIST and others” and “Ensure the CSF remains technology neutral yet can be applied to specific and emerging topics such as cloud, hybrid work, and zero trust.” ZT implementations would greatly benefit from the standard, vendor agnostic taxonomy that could be provided in the new version of CSF, enabling better mapping across any number of other cybersecurity frameworks in use today.

In March of this year, the Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) announced the launch of the 

 in partnership with CrowdStrike, Okta, and Zscalar. The new center’s purpose is to explain ZT as a strategy in a vendor-agnostic setting, frame it with a set of guiding principles, and help provide context around the myriad of related solutions. To achieve these goals, they plan to:

Lead the development of tools and resources to guide ZT implementation

Build and evangelize authoritative ZT best practices and tools

Create research, training, professional credentialing and provide an online center for additional curated ZT resources

Provide courses in ZT architecture and strategy, a CloudBytes webinar series, several research whitepapers, an annual ZT Summit to be initiated in Q4 2022, and a new professional credential, the Certificate of Zero Trust Knowledge (CZTK).

In August, the CSA also launched a ZT Working Group focused on collaboratively developing Zero Trust standards to achieve consistency for cloud, hybrid, and mobile endpoint environments. This working group plans to perform research and produce deliverables such as specifications, architectural guidance, technical documents, thought leadership articles, position papers, and implementation guidance. This work will focus on nine workstreams:

Zero Trust as a Philosophy & Guiding Principles

Zero Trust Organizational Strategy & Governance

Automation, Orchestration, Visibility & Analytics

Zero Trust Architecture, Implementation, and Maturity Model

The CSA has a long history of delivering on their promises for developing new architectures, specifications, and standards for cloud security. There is little doubt that they will be successful in developing new ZT focused security specifications, standards, and related architectures.

The level of interest in Zero Trust across the public and private sectors continues to grow and the level of effort applied to moving ZT concepts closer to widespread adoption is encouraging. However, most of the efforts discussed are moving forward without coordination or, in some cases, even knowledge of the other efforts. Zero Trust activities must be coordinated such that they share a common taxonomy, map to a common set of security controls where appropriate, and most important avoid contradictory guidance that will confuse and delay widespread adoption.

While it would be convenient to just buy Zero Trust in a box, no single vendor today provides all the solutions necessary to deploy a holistic enterprise ZTA solution. But many of them already have products that meet some of the requirements of ZTA, so progress towards implementation can start now. A common goal of all these efforts is to enable vendor agnostic implementations. To avoid having to develop “glue code” to integrate products from multiple vendor ecosystems, we need ZTA enabling data standards, command and control standards, interface standards, universal playbooks for automation, and maybe even dedicated message fabrics to make that vision a reality. Another option would be for coalitions of vendors to work together to provide integrated solutions in answer to government contracts, like they did for the DHS Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation (CDM) program.

Achieving these goals requires true public/private coordination and partnership to ensure that we do it right the first time. All the efforts described in this article need to align and work together to ensure standardization of core concepts. And the standards bodies need to complete their work on ZT standards quickly to enable the ZT community to overcome the challenges of integration and deployment of solutions. Collaboration is key to success.

ANS is tracking these efforts, and in some cases participating in the working groups. All of us working in cybersecurity should ensure that network owners are aware of the ZT work that is underway and help them prepare for success. Proactively consider ways ZTA will force us to evolve the tools and techniques we use today. Take every opportunity to engage the ZT community to encourage synchronization of effort. We can all play a role in making ZTA a success. Let’s help make it happen together.

ZT Architecture: Coming Soon!

One of the hottest topics in cybersecurity today is Zero Trust. Just in the past 20 months, DoD[i] and NIST[ii] published Zero Trust Architectures, CISA published a Zero Trust Maturity Model[iii], an Executive Order[iv] and OMB Memorandum[v] levying requirements on government organizations to implement Zero Trust were issued, and GSA released a Zero Trust Architecture Buyer’s Guide[vi]. Not to mention all the vendors advertising Zero Trust solutions, Gartner and Forrester publications, and the other 3,660,000,000 results from a Google search on the term “Zero Trust.” Likewise, a search on the term "How to Implement Zero Trust" yielded 80,900,000 results. It’s safe to say there is a lot of interest in Zero Trust.

But what is Zero Trust? According to Gartner[vii], Zero Trust network security “starts with a default deny posture of [trusting nothing]. Access is granted based on the identity of the humans and their devices — plus other attributes and context, such as time/date, geolocation, device posture, etc. — and adaptively offers the appropriate trust required at the time.” This is a significant paradigm shift from traditional, "trust, then verify” perimeter-based network security that seeks to keep malicious actors out, while assuming that anyone who is already inside the network can be trusted. The Zero Trust security model eliminates the idea of a trusted network, assuming instead that threats exist both inside and outside a network, so no one human or thing can be trusted implicitly. Under this model’s principle of "verify, then trust," permissions are only granted to user accounts, devices, applications, or services once properly validated, and moreover trust must be continually revalidated to maintain access.

With all the buzz, you’d think Zero Trust is a brand-new silver bullet for all our cybersecurity concerns. But if you’ve worked in cybersecurity for a while, you’ll find much of Zero Trust to be hauntingly familiar. Let’s explore that further:

Since it seems that each publication addressing Zero Trust has a different take on the concept, for simplicity let’s just look at one of the Zero Trust frameworks, the DHS CISA Zero Trust Maturity Model.

 organizes capabilities required to achieve Zero Trust into five categories (referred to as pillars): Identity, Device, Network/Environment, Application Workload, and Data. The capabilities listed in each pillar are then divided into three maturity levels: Traditional, Advanced, and Optimal. It’s here that a sense of déjà vu begins to set in when looking at the security functions called out for each block of the Maturity Model.

As we begin to examine the CISA model, we see Multifactor Authentication and Federated Identity required under the Identity pillar. Nothing new here conceptually. The original patent[viii] for the SecurID token was filed in 1993, Chip and Pin for credit cards was introduced in France in 1984[ix], and Paypal began offering a token for multifactor authentication around 2006[x]. So multifactor authentication has been available to enhance identity security for decades. Standards for Federated Identity Management (Single Sign-On) such as OpenID have been around since 2005[xi], and many commercial solution providers have broad user bases today. Again, nothing new.

Under the Device pillar, Device Compliance Enforcement and Data access management based on initial device posture are specifically called out. Requirements for automated asset management, vulnerability scanning, and patching are also levied in the detailed descriptions of this pillar. Again, not really anything new. In the SANS Consensus Audit Guidelines[xii] (the precursor to the SANS Top 20 Security Controls) dated 02 Mar 2009, the first control requires an inventory of all devices on the network and the third requires secure configurations for all network devices. NIST 800-53[xiii] published in February 2005 addressed requirements for configuration management. For over a decade, we've had solutions associated with Network Access Control and VPNs that install a client on the user’s computer and assess device security status and compliance before admitting the device onto the network. More recent methods add other sources of data, such as endpoint security scanning, and network vulnerability scans to facilitate that determination. This is the basis of the DoD comply-to-connect strategy and associated implementation framework[xiv] developed over the past decade. Everything in the Traditional and Advanced blocks of this pillar are well-known security requirements with existing solutions.

In the Network/Environment pillar, we see macro-segmentation, traffic encryption, internal micro-segmentations using micro-perimeter controls, as well as basic network traffic analytics. Traditional firewall and VLAN technology to enable macro-segmentation have been available since the late 90s[xv]. Information Flow Enforcement controls to enforce segmentation was first added to NIST 800-53 in Rev. 1 published in 2006. Next Generation firewalls coupled with Active Directory (or other user-to-IP tie-in) have been capable of enabling network micro-segmentation for over a decade.

The concept of Micro-perimeters is a more recent development moving the firewall to the application. For comparison, network micro-segmentation might sit at the front of a data center and can control the IP addresses, and for web pages, the URL accessible by a user. The micro-perimeter sits with the application and can control access with finer granularity beyond just the URL, such as the type of queries allowed. While the term micro-perimeter is new, the ability to provide this level of data access control at the application level is not. The Multiplexed Information and Computing Services (Multics)xvi operating system designed in the late 1960s, and evolved through the 1980s, provided an application-based data protection capability similar to a micro-perimeter. The operating system could prevent direct user access to data thus enabling the application as the enforcement control point for data access. The concepts are the same, differing only in the method of access to the application.

Other Network/Environment pillar capabilities have also been around. We have had the capability to do basic traffic analysis for 20+ years. And strong encryption for data-at-rest and data-in-motion has been recommended and commercially available for decades.

The Application Workload pillar for the Advanced Maturity level requires centralized authentication and authorization for access to applications and integration of threat protections into application workflows. Standards and solutions to meet these requirements have been available for almost forty years, dating back to when MIT developed Kerberos[xvi] in the 1980s. Requirements for application security date back to the early publications of both the Sans Top 20 Security Controls and NIST 800-53. The migration to cloud services has accelerated the use of centralized authentication services.

The final pillar, Data, requires application of least privilege data access, and encryption of data at rest. The concept of Least Privilege dates back to 1983 when the National Computer Security Center (NCSC) Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria (TCSEC, aka. Orange Book)[xvii] was initially released. The original 2009 SANS critical controls included “Controlled Access Based on Need to Know,” and the 2005 release of NIST 800-53 v1 included the Least Privilege security control. It is not until the third revision of 800-53 in 2010 that we see a control specifically addressing Protection of Information at Rest recommending encryption, but that was added twelve years ago. Again, all well-known cybersecurity principles.

The question is then “Is Zero Trust just old wine in a new bottle?” or does it bring something new to the fight? Zero Trust is at least shining a new spotlight on required security controls that haven’t been universally applied despite having been known and recommended for many years. If so many of the tenets of Zero Trust have been recommended by security practitioners for decades, why aren’t they already in widespread use? The answer lies in the fact that security is the enemy of ease of use. Network users don’t want to be burdened with carrying tokens for multifactor authentication, strong passwords that are hard to remember, having to ask for access to data that they didn’t need to do their job until just now, networks slowed by the need to encrypt and decrypt data, and all the other “burdens” of strong cybersecurity. Security is also hard, often requiring restructuring of network architecture and additional capital investment. Security is often seen as an unnecessary cost by senior executives, at least until after they experience a ransomware attack or major security breech. Mandatory requirements for Zero Trust may be just the incentive needed to get network owners to finally implement all those well-known security controls we’ve recommended for decades.

Zero Trust also brings with it several newer concepts. The core tenet of Zero Trust is to assume that the network has already been compromised, and malicious actors are inside the network perimeter. This idea encourages stronger identity management and access controls and shifts the defensive focus from boundary defense to role-based and attribute-based access, network segmentation, data segmentation, and treats each application as a boundary. This leads to a key new concept: The user logs into applications, not the network, and data is accessed through the application based on the user’s need to know, and right to know. The paradigm shifts from blanket trust to transactional trust.

The truly innovative elements of Zero Trust are found in the requirements for the Optimal level of the CISA Zero Trust Maturity Model. Continuous validation isn't that hard to achieve. Most centralized security authentication/authorization systems issue a token that has a lifetime forcing continuous validation. When the token expires, re-authentication/authorization is required. In Contrast, real time analysis, continuous monitoring, machine learning, encryption of all data at rest and in motion, and other requirements are beyond the scope of most current enterprises. Virtualization, cloud services, artificial intelligence, machine learning and automation capabilities are required to achieve these goals. Technology is truly still evolving as new approaches and techniques improve how this can be done by machines, because in most places there aren't enough human resources to manage and analyze the data flow, much less do it in real-time. For most network owners, this will require significant investment and rebuild of their networks to add these capabilities. These investments and changes are unlikely to happen overnight. Network owners can still implement those legacy elements of Zero Trust that are well understood and for which many commercial solutions are available in the near term.

The bottom line is that Zero Trust can serve as a forcing function for the implementation of good security practices that have been recommended by cybersecurity practitioners for many years, while encouraging adoption of even stronger controls enabled by newer technologies. Adoption of Zero Trust principles will help minimize the blast radius of data breaches to single user sessions rather than the entire enterprise. And the increased automation and centralized control required for an optimal implementation of Zero Trust will reduce the burden on administrators implementing required security controls, making them more dynamic and transparent to users. Finally, remember Zero Trust is a journey not a destination, with each step taken providing more protection to organizational data, and well worth the trip.


[i] Joint Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) and National Security Agency (NSA), Department of Defense (DOD) Zero Trust Reference Architecture (2021).

[ii] Rose, S., Borchett, O., Mitchell, S., & Connelly, S., NIST Special Publication 800-207 Zero Trust Architecture (2020).

[iii] CISA Cybersecurity Division, Zero Trust Maturity Model (2021).

[iv] Exec. Order No. 14028, 86 Fed. Reg. 93 (May 12, 2021).

[v] Office of Management and Budget, Memorandum M-22-09 Moving the U.S. Government Toward Zero Trust Cybersecurity Principles (2022).

[vi] GSA, Zero Trust Architecture Buyer's Guide (2021).

[vii] McQuaid, A., MacDonald, N., Watts, J., & Handa, S. (2022). (tech.). Market Guide for Zero Trust Network Access. Gartner

[viii] Weiss, K. P. (1996, January 16). Enhanced security for a secure token code.

[ix] Roos, D. (2014, May 16). How chip and PIN credit cards work. HowStuffWorks. Retrieved May 18, 2022, from https://money.howstuffworks.com/personal-finance/debt-management/chip-and-pin-credit-cards.htm

[x] Gibson, S. (2007, August 2). Security now! Transcript of Episode #103. Retrieved May 18, 2022, from https://www.grc.com/sn/sn-103.htm

[xi] Fitzpatrick, B. (2005, May 16). Distributed identity: Yadis. LiveJournal. Retrieved May 18, 2022, from http://community.livejournal.com/lj_dev/683939.html

[xii] Gilligan, J. (2009, February 27). Consensus Audit Guidelines - Draft 1.0. SANS.org. Retrieved May 18, 2022, from http://www.sans.org/cag/guidelines.php

[xiii] NIST, Recommended security controls for Federal Information Systems and organizations (2005). Gaithersburg, MD; U.S. Dept. of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology.

[xiv] Defense Information Systems Agency. Fact Sheets. (n.d.). Retrieved May 23, 2022, from https://www.disa.mil/about/fact-sheets

[xv] "IEEE Standards for Local and Metropolitan Area Networks: Virtual Bridged Local Area Networks," in IEEE Std 802.1Q-1998 , vol., no., pp.1-214, 8 March 1999, doi: 10.1109/IEEESTD.1999.89204.

[xvi] S. P. Miller, B. C. Neuman, J. I. Schiller, and J. H. Saltzer, Section E.2.1. Kerberos Authentication and Authorization System, M.I.T. Project Athena, Cambridge, Massachusetts (December 21, 1987).

[xvii] National Computer Security Center, DoD 5200.28-STD Department of Defense Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria (1985).

Zero Trust: Same Old Controls, or Something New and Shiny?

…But my dad, my sister, and my brother-in-law did, and I genuinely respect all those who have. With Applied Network Solutions (ANS), I am excited to be part of a company that shares my passion to honor the commitment of those in the armed services who are transitioning to private sector life via the DoD SkillBridge program.

A program in which military members on the cusp of separation can apply to be interns at commercial companies while still being paid their military pay and benefits for the final few months of their enlistment.

The program creates positive opportunities for both parties involved.

The transitioning military member gets to experience real-life working in the business world. For some, this can be a refreshing change; for others a bit more difficult to adapt to. In the case of the latter, even more reason to take a few months to gradually adapt to life outside of the structure and rigor of military life. In addition, military members may gain assistance and mentoring with regards to interviewing and job searching. In the case of my company, they are afforded training, study time, and vouchers to test for information technology and/or cybersecurity industry certifications – the backbone of DoD contractor hiring and qualifications. In short, ANS desires to do everything we can to set our interns up for success in their new work-life beyond the military.

Participating companies gain the potential to hire vetted, disciplined, quality candidates while potentially leapfrogging the wickets of general recruiting processes and procedures. So much more than just “free labor” that the term “intern” may conjure in the minds of some, companies gain a chance to build engagement, loyalty, and goodwill from a qualified pool of candidates appreciative of the opportunities being offered. ANS simply believes it’s the right thing to do for those who have given of themselves in service to our country.

Anthony, one of our current SkillBridge interns put it this way: “It’s like the DoD partnering with industry to give back to the military members a chance to gain a skillset for better employment opportunities. There’s not a lot of call for a mortarman or artillery gunner in the commercial sector!” Anthony started his internship days before our company-wide annual kick-off party. It was there that we learned that Anthony already knew many of our employees. They were contractors working with him previously! We are selective in who we employ and bring on as interns, as we look for people with aptitude and a love for the mission they support. Anthony is no exception.

Former SkillBridge beneficiary at our company, David, recently related to me, “I genuinely feel lucky to have found ANS!” We assisted David in his relocation and transition, allowing him ample time for out-processing and attending to his few remaining military responsibilities. We provided training which he leveraged to gain additional desired IT certifications. We happily cheered him on as he successfully applied to and negotiated a great paying job 

 – but that’s totally okay as it was never about us in the first place! All credit goes to him!

With internship locations in both San Antonio, TX and Columbia, MD we have been fortunate enough to employ many of our interns. One intern immediately joined ANS at the end of his internship and was accepted onto a cyber protection team in TX. Another learned the ropes of becoming a Software Developer during his internship and proved essential in creating our new website - a task that not many others were up for completing!

Don’t Just Say “Thank You” … Show Your Gratitude!

Working and living in San Antonio, Texas, I meet and know a great many current and former military members. I often say to them, “Thank you for your service!” and sincerely mean it, but simply 

 “Thank You” to show my appreciation is easy, and ultimately profits them nothing. It is 

something to show that appreciation that takes deliberate effort.

Comprised of 52% Veterans, ANS takes great pride in hiring and taking care of our prior military servicemen and women. As a business community, may we always be about 

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Reflections On The SkillBridge Experience

My name is Emily. I am a 31-year-old cybersecurity enthusiast, and I have been in the Information Technology and Cybersecurity field for eight years. I specialize in network threat detection and mitigation and enjoy forensic analysis and studying adversary behavioral patterns. Some of my hobbies include hiking, kayaking, reading Fantasy Fiction, and crafting. I am married to my best friend and have a 4-year-old German Shepherd, Cipher.

Some of the brightest minds in Information Technology were and are women. From the mid to late 1800s to the current day, women have been pioneers in the world of computing. Great minds like Ada Lovelace, Grace Hopper, Katherine Johnson, Margaret Hamilton, Adele Goldberg, Hedy Lamar, and many more have designed and developed computations still used today. Without women, the computing world we live in today may look very different. Women worldwide are breaking down barriers and announcing that women can do anything with the correct equation of motivation and passion.

The Cybersecurity workforce is ever-changing, and amongst these changes, the most popular topic of change is the rise of women in the industry. More women are applying and being hired for cybersecurity roles every day. Women are also earning higher-level positions faster than their male counterparts. According to The International Information System Security Certification Consortium (ISC)² survey conducted in 2018, 24% of the cyber workforce is women 

. The study includes women in positions where at least 25% of their daily duties are Cybersecurity responsibilities. The study comprises traditionally prominent government roles and small businesses nationwide and worldwide 

. So why are women still only making up a quarter of the workforce? There are many contributing factors to the slow rise of women in cyber. Experts say, “access to opportunities, education, and the lack of value on diversity could be some contributing factors 

.” Although these barriers to entry still exist, many companies are working hard to provide more opportunities for women and encourage women to join the workforce.

To continue to increase our female workforce in cyber, we should be inspiring young women and girls to act on their curiosities about Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). Marketing to them the benefits of participating in STEM programs can give them the freedom to explore their passions when they are young. They may feel confident enough to enter the workforce knowing they have the skills and abilities to be valued team members.STEM field jobs are typically challenging and rigorous. Working in STEM roles requires copious amounts of training and education to be competent, so expressing passions and working towards goals early in life can contribute to their success. It is also essential to teach all young people to follow their passions regardless of their race, color, national origin, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, or transgender status). Inclusivity is the way of the future.

A common theme in most communities right now is inclusivity. What does it look like to be an inclusive workforce? Where do we start? These questions are all valid and not always easy to answer. People are different and have different needs. Our paths are all different, and how we arrive at a conclusion may never be the same. So, how do we inspire people from all walks of life to work together with synergy and maintain productivity? We start by being people-focused. We consider that exultant employees are more productive and benefit the bottom line. We support employees’ passions because that leads to inspiration and innovation. We believe in their goals and develop pathways to help them reach them. We encourage diversity because it provides unique perspectives, and we do all these things for everyone, including the women aspiring to be great leaders in the industry.

Once we have provided a thriving working environment for all, we all must take a moment to do a personal moral and ethical inventory every day and in everything that we do.“We should remain aware of unconscious bias, communicate the significance of managing bias, endorse pay equity, acknowledge all cultures, make company resources available to everyone, and never stop tracking progress over time 

.” Awareness and acknowledgment of personal bias and developing ways to thwart the tendency to discriminate in the workplace can help make all employees feel safe and welcome. Being an advocate for women in the workplace can help women feel safe and welcome.

The relationship between a mentor and mentee can be very beneficial. Mentorship programs have proven to be helpful for employees eager to increase their skill level, responsibilities, and career advancement. Employees who have mentorship in the workplace have higher job satisfaction, retention, productivity, and career growth 

. Mentors have all the previously stated benefits and have the pride of developing the next generation of leaders and innovators. The lack of mentorship in the workplace can be detrimental to the organization’s overall success. A mentorship program decreases employee conversation, experience sharing, and direction.

I am a woman. I have been in a male-dominated field since I was 19 years old. I have also spent my entire career in Information Technology and Cybersecurity. After graduating high school in 2010, I joined the United States Army as an Information Technology Specialist. In Basic Training and Advanced Individual Training, I was one of the very few women pursuing a career in Communications and IT. The environment in the military was still very much a “boy’s club.” I had to learn quickly how to identify allies and advocate for myself. I believe the less-than-welcoming environment made me resilient and creative. Even though the military setting wasn’t always accepting women, it wasn’t bad all the time. Over the six years I was in the service; I had one great mentor. One of my mentors was my Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge or NCOIC for the IT shop. She was a fierce Sergeant. She was loyal to her team and engaged with us on what we wanted for our futures. She helped me not only with career advancement but also with personal and life tribulations. She was my first example of how powerful career women can be assets to the workforce. She also taught me to treat others with dignity and respect regardless of rank or position.

After leaving the Army in 2016, I went back to school for my degree in Cybersecurity. Once again, as I walked through the doors of the enormous lecture hall in the business building, I saw rows and rows of young men with few young women. I honestly wasn’t expecting anything else. I knew I wanted to be friends with the women who sat before me. I knew I wanted to share my experiences and allow them to share theirs with me as well. I knew we would be strongest together. So, that is precisely what I did. I made friends. Some of those women graduated and became financial advisors, statical analysts, and, yes, cybersecurity professionals. As for the teaching population, I had exactly four female professors in 4 ½ years of schooling. Every single one of them taught an Information Systems or Cybersecurity course. Each of them brought their perspective into the classroom and made me feel like I could do anything if I wanted to. College was a pivotal moment in my career when I realized the Cybersecurity industry needed more women, and I would do everything I could to make that happen…starting with me.

Following my graduation, I joined Applied Network Solutions. I started with the corporate team developing security postures and capabilities procurement, which I had never done before. I was in a group of five, and I was the only woman. I enjoyed the work I was doing, and the men on my team were very bright and welcoming. They pushed me out of my comfort zone and provided feedback on my work. I learned so much from them in the short time I worked in the position. A few weeks after joining the ANS team, I moved to my current position on contract. I currently work with nearly all men. There are four or five other women, but I am the only full-time female operator. I now have two mentors that have been incredible in helping me navigate my new role and helping me advance to the next step in my career. They have guided me through onboarding, shared their expertise, and saved me from repeating their blunders from the past. They have become wonderful friends, and I cherish their guidance and perspective. They also happen to both be male. I share this because women do not always need a woman mentor. The mentor/mentee relationship should never be restricted to gender.

The future looks bright for women in cyber. We look back to the past and the women who paved the way before us. We look forward to the future and encourage the next generation of women to act on their passions for cyber. We foster a working environment fit for everyone. We support diversity, innovation, inspiration, and inclusion. We work together as a team to build brighter futures and support the changing workforce for “doing what we have always done will get us what we have always gotten [5].”  Change is coming, and the women of today and tomorrow will be the best in the business.

https://www.isc2.org/-/media/ISC2/Research/ISC2-Women-in-Cybersecurity-Report.ashx?la=en&hash=4C3B33AABFBEAFDDA211856CB274EBDDF9DBEB38

https://www.lifewire.com/why-we-need-more-women-working-in-cybersecurity-5116378

https://www.ceridian.com/blog/support-diversity-and-inclusion-in-the-workplace

https://www.mentorscout.com/benefits-of-workplace-mentoring.cfm

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/904186-if-you-always-do-what-you-ve-always-done-you-ll-always

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Welcome to Applied Network Solutions, Inc. (ANS). We are the same ANS, with an improved, updated look. We have spent many months refreshing our site to reflect our focus on people and technology. We are a company that doesn't try to do everything. Instead, we are hyper-focused on networking and cybersecurity. 

22 years ago, ANS was formed out of a passion for technology and the desire to deliver solutions with impact. We have always been equally focused on our employees and securing the network to protect our national security. Often, defense contractors rent contracts and rent people. We hire for the person, not the position and we are invested in continuous development and opportunities for our employees. Our engineers are encouraged to think beyond a single contract or customer and focus on development and opportunities; call it “Passion over Profit.”

As we reflect on the last two decades and fast forward to years to come, I am humbled to say ANS has not waivered on the solutions we deliver and the commitment to our employees. I am honored to work alongside some of the most talented and passionate people in the industry and that they have chosen ANS to be part of their career. We continuously strive to be better and have excelled in doing so entirely due to the dedication and passion of our employees. I cannot thank them enough!

Please check back periodically as we will be posting updates and refreshed content.

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<p><i>by Charles Thompson, Vice President, Service Assurance, Spirent Communications</i></p><p>5G brings incredible opportunity for communication service providers (CSPs), enterprises, and the broader digital ecosystem. By 2022, there were already 700 million 5G subscriptions across more than 70 countries—an explosion of devices that can take advantage of 5G density and performance. Even more exciting, the industry is gearing up to unleash a new generation of enterprise use cases across manufacturing, healthcare, retail, and other verticals.&nbsp;</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgiNPJAfghllQbN9WZAcQDmHxJTRbLAqphyMa3o6V_p__iygtI0EoV-hIxuDvDTlZUfh1yimCMnd-31MS7SW152q4EbJiybTafkLXIdoSIQiiRyqvIppC2lDqO8LjuakW71HAHIdXTFYUuZuXYIo-6aINYKAbPeyDhSyzEdMWOr2OrqeHuf6qTYvGz/s892/Screenshot%202022-11-27%20at%2021.28.08.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="524" data-original-width="892" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgiNPJAfghllQbN9WZAcQDmHxJTRbLAqphyMa3o6V_p__iygtI0EoV-hIxuDvDTlZUfh1yimCMnd-31MS7SW152q4EbJiybTafkLXIdoSIQiiRyqvIppC2lDqO8LjuakW71HAHIdXTFYUuZuXYIo-6aINYKAbPeyDhSyzEdMWOr2OrqeHuf6qTYvGz/w400-h235/Screenshot%202022-11-27%20at%2021.28.08.png" width="400" /></a></div>Operators and their customers are banking on new 5G capabilities like ultra-low latencies, native cloud/edge connectivity, and network slicing to fuel transformative new business models. Before that can happen, however, we need to be confident that CSPs can actually operate next-generation networks and services. And so far, that’s not a given.&nbsp;<p></p><p>5G introduces a radically different network than CSPs have worked with before, requiring new strategies for monitoring, troubleshooting, and other basic network operations. It’s tempting to focus on the amazing 5G possibilities. But for most CSPs, just assuring 5G networks and services remains a work in progress.&nbsp;</p><p><b>Navigating 5G Complexity</b></p><p>Why does 5G present so many challenges? Because it changes pretty much everything about telecom networks, from deployments to updates to the basic definition of “network infrastructure.” Most current operations strategies were designed for yesterday’s networks. They’re built to assure mostly hardware-based network functions from one or two vendors, and services with fixed, predictable traffic patterns. In a 5G world, however, the network mimics a living, breathing organism, composed of virtualized and disaggregated software running as a dynamic hybrid cloud.&nbsp;</p><p>It’s a huge change, and for CSP assurance teams, it brings:&nbsp;</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>New technologies: 5G network functions are more flexible and adaptable, scaling in and out dynamically as conditions change. But for teams trying to monitor network services, this means service paths constantly change too—including traversing clouds and infrastructure segments outside the CSP’s control.&nbsp;</li><li>Cloud software models: By running open, disaggregated network architectures, CSPs can work with new vendors and more quickly tap into new innovations. But these architectures also bring many more network layers and interfaces that assurance teams now have to observe. Additionally, instead of receiving software updates two to three times per year and implementing them in fixed maintenance windows, operators now receive continuous updates from many more vendors, each releasing on its own cadence. &nbsp;</li><li>Cloud-centric architectures: The passive assurance tools used to monitor 4G networks assumed a more centralized topology, with the “network edge” located in a few large regional data centers. To enable new 5G use cases with ultra-low latencies and advanced edge intelligence, CSPs are embracing highly distributed architectures. Large operators might maintain 50 edge data centers—and potentially hundreds more “far edge” sites hosting network functions closer to customers. When monitoring is designed to observe a few fixed points in the network, that’s no longer enough.&nbsp;</li><li>New security concerns: The traditional enterprise network perimeter has eroded, with most applications and users now operating outside the firewall. As a result, almost all data is now encrypted. How can operators measure end-user experience in an always-encrypted world?&nbsp;</li></ul><p></p><p>If you’re wondering how current assurance strategies will adapt to this new reality, CSP operations teams are, too. Traditional approaches rely on passive monitoring infrastructures that collect real user data from live services. This type of monitoring can’t keep up with dynamic cloudified networks and service paths that continually change. Even if it could, it would still only detect problems after they’d affected customers. By then, the stringent service-level agreements (SLAs) on which operators are depending to monetize their 5G investments may already be violated.&nbsp;</p><p><b>Introducing Active Assurance</b></p><p>Traditional static probes may not scale with 5G networks, but another monitoring strategy seems tailor-made for them: active assurance. Active assurance agents function like a virtual device, injecting synthetic traffic into the network to measure performance from a user’s point of view. They can plug into any part of the network, running the same applications and emulating the same behavior as real users. And since they use the same authentication and trust framework, they provide a firsthand view of what real users experience.&nbsp;</p><p>Active assurance can continuously monitor the performance of complex 5G networks, applications, and services. By emulating real application traffic, CSPs can maintain SLAs for the most demanding 5G use cases. And unlike traditional monitoring, which only measures real user traffic, active assurance can address the full network lifecycle: validating new network functions and slices before activation, monitoring and troubleshooting live services, and re-validating after any change.&nbsp;</p><p>It adds up to an assurance strategy perfectly suited for 5G networks and services. CSPs can:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Detect problems before users: Active assurance uses artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) to spot emerging issues in highly dynamic, distributed environments. Combined with automated activation testing and post-change validation, CSPs can spot many problems before they affect live services—essential for supporting more stringent SLAs.&nbsp;</li><li>Scale with dynamic 5G networks: There’s no way to instrument static monitoring infrastructure for service paths that are constantly in flux, or that traverse third-party networks and clouds. But active agents work like any other endpoint, sending traffic through the network and observing how the network performs. As a result, they capture the end-to-end service experience—including those parts outside the operator’s control.&nbsp;</li><li>Accelerate root cause analysis: Since active assurance follows the same path through the network as real users, it provides true end-to-end visibility. Supported by AI analysis tools, operations teams can quickly segment any problem, even when it originates in someone else’s network.&nbsp;</li><li>Support encrypted traffic in motion: Traditional static monitoring must decrypt packets to analyze the service experience—limiting where it can be used and potentially increasing risk. Since active assurance uses the same security, following the same paths as real users, no decryption is needed.&nbsp;</li><li>Automate testing: Active assurance plugs right into the automated, AI-enabled operational models that accompany modern cloud-native, software-driven networks. Service providers can automatically invoke active testing as part of Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) toolchains and change management procedures. And they can use automated triage test scripts to quickly isolate issues.</li></ul><p></p><p><b><i>Looking Ahead</i></b></p><p>5G networks hold enormous potential for CSPs and their customers—provided we can overcome the daunting operational challenges that come with them. CSPs are still refining the monitoring strategies they’ll need to deliver on 5G’s potential. But with active assurance, they have a powerful toolset for assuring 5G services—and a clear roadmap to operationalize them.&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p>

by Charles Thompson, Vice President, Service Assurance, Spirent Communications
5G brings incredible opportunity for communication service providers (CSPs), enterprises, and the broader digital ecosystem. By 2022, there were already 700 million 5G subscriptions across more than 70 countries—an explosion of devices that can take advantage of 5G density and performance. Even more exciting, the industry is gearing up to unleash a new generation of enterprise use cases across manufacturing, healthcare, retail, and other verticals. 


Operators and their customers are banking on new 5G capabilities like ultra-low latencies, native cloud/edge connectivity, and network slicing to fuel transformative new business models. Before that can happen, however, we need to be confident that CSPs can actually operate next-generation networks and services. And so far, that’s not a given. 

5G introduces a radically different network than CSPs have worked with before, requiring new strategies for monitoring, troubleshooting, and other basic network operations. It’s tempting to focus on the amazing 5G possibilities. But for most CSPs, just assuring 5G networks and services remains a work in progress. 
Navigating 5G Complexity
Why does 5G present so many challenges? Because it changes pretty much everything about telecom networks, from deployments to updates to the basic definition of “network infrastructure.” Most current operations strategies were designed for yesterday’s networks. They’re built to assure mostly hardware-based network functions from one or two vendors, and services with fixed, predictable traffic patterns. In a 5G world, however, the network mimics a living, breathing organism, composed of virtualized and disaggregated software running as a dynamic hybrid cloud. 
It’s a huge change, and for CSP assurance teams, it brings: 


New technologies: 5G network functions are more flexible and adaptable, scaling in and out dynamically as conditions change. But for teams trying to monitor network services, this means service paths constantly change too—including traversing clouds and infrastructure segments outside the CSP’s control. 
Cloud software models: By running open, disaggregated network architectures, CSPs can work with new vendors and more quickly tap into new innovations. But these architectures also bring many more network layers and interfaces that assurance teams now have to observe. Additionally, instead of receiving software updates two to three times per year and implementing them in fixed maintenance windows, operators now receive continuous updates from many more vendors, each releasing on its own cadence.  
Cloud-centric architectures: The passive assurance tools used to monitor 4G networks assumed a more centralized topology, with the “network edge” located in a few large regional data centers. To enable new 5G use cases with ultra-low latencies and advanced edge intelligence, CSPs are embracing highly distributed architectures. Large operators might maintain 50 edge data centers—and potentially hundreds more “far edge” sites hosting network functions closer to customers. When monitoring is designed to observe a few fixed points in the network, that’s no longer enough. 
New security concerns: The traditional enterprise network perimeter has eroded, with most applications and users now operating outside the firewall. As a result, almost all data is now encrypted. How can operators measure end-user experience in an always-encrypted world? 


If you’re wondering how current assurance strategies will adapt to this new reality, CSP operations teams are, too. Traditional approaches rely on passive monitoring infrastructures that collect real user data from live services. This type of monitoring can’t keep up with dynamic cloudified networks and service paths that continually change. Even if it could, it would still only detect problems after they’d affected customers. By then, the stringent service-level agreements (SLAs) on which operators are depending to monetize their 5G investments may already be violated. 
Introducing Active Assurance
Traditional static probes may not scale with 5G networks, but another monitoring strategy seems tailor-made for them: active assurance. Active assurance agents function like a virtual device, injecting synthetic traffic into the network to measure performance from a user’s point of view. They can plug into any part of the network, running the same applications and emulating the same behavior as real users. And since they use the same authentication and trust framework, they provide a firsthand view of what real users experience. 
Active assurance can continuously monitor the performance of complex 5G networks, applications, and services. By emulating real application traffic, CSPs can maintain SLAs for the most demanding 5G use cases. And unlike traditional monitoring, which only measures real user traffic, active assurance can address the full network lifecycle: validating new network functions and slices before activation, monitoring and troubleshooting live services, and re-validating after any change. 
It adds up to an assurance strategy perfectly suited for 5G networks and services. CSPs can:


Detect problems before users: Active assurance uses artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) to spot emerging issues in highly dynamic, distributed environments. Combined with automated activation testing and post-change validation, CSPs can spot many problems before they affect live services—essential for supporting more stringent SLAs. 
Scale with dynamic 5G networks: There’s no way to instrument static monitoring infrastructure for service paths that are constantly in flux, or that traverse third-party networks and clouds. But active agents work like any other endpoint, sending traffic through the network and observing how the network performs. As a result, they capture the end-to-end service experience—including those parts outside the operator’s control. 
Accelerate root cause analysis: Since active assurance follows the same path through the network as real users, it provides true end-to-end visibility. Supported by AI analysis tools, operations teams can quickly segment any problem, even when it originates in someone else’s network. 
Support encrypted traffic in motion: Traditional static monitoring must decrypt packets to analyze the service experience—limiting where it can be used and potentially increasing risk. Since active assurance uses the same security, following the same paths as real users, no decryption is needed. 
Automate testing: Active assurance plugs right into the automated, AI-enabled operational models that accompany modern cloud-native, software-driven networks. Service providers can automatically invoke active testing as part of Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) toolchains and change management procedures. And they can use automated triage test scripts to quickly isolate issues.


Looking Ahead
5G networks hold enormous potential for CSPs and their customers—provided we can overcome the daunting operational challenges that come with them. CSPs are still refining the monitoring strategies they’ll need to deliver on 5G’s potential. But with active assurance, they have a powerful toolset for assuring 5G services—and a clear roadmap to operationalize them.

Blueprint: To unleash the 5G opportunity, we need to tackle 5G operational challenges

<p>OpenLight released its process design kit (PDK) for use with the Synopsys photonic IC design solution, and includes indium phosphide active optical elements on-chip that can be directly used by Synopsys OptoCompiler and simulated with the Synopsys OptSim photonic simulator,</p><p>The PDK can be used &nbsp;to create PICs with optical amplifiers, on-chip lasers, and high-speed, low-loss modulators tailored to their design requirements.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://openlightphotonics.com" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="643" data-original-width="1046" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXmGvAJS5e1OALoZ1h6PUOa1Y2IS54sNV2uI-uMhqFaMpgyw6Pk9vdWg6eywya8osSjqSIjYSmCeNS7BA5QpFfG-eD6s5MKNm34zWMfO03ufVPBQLGeFZ9FKqjFrf6xm8MD7YjNbLrw2imeUlhsg2-omZpU7044smM8bufGajKqbkSdmeVDaDTGH7-/s320/Screenshot%202022-11-27%20at%2021.38.27.png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Customers can access an extensive library of tested and proven photonic components to enhance first-time PIC success and deliver more reliable design and fabrication. The technology has passed qualification and reliability tests on Tower Semiconductor's Silicon Photonics production flow (PH18DA).</p><p>"We strongly believe in the ability of OpenLight's technology implemented in Tower's foundry platform to push the envelope and enable the next generation of photonic IC products," said Dr. Marco Racanelli, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Tower Semiconductor's Analog Business Unit. "With PDKs now available to the world, mutual customers can benefit from access to this advanced technology through an open foundry model. Results of PICs fabricated to date are impressive and the PDK announced here will speed up further PIC innovation from the industry as designers confidently develop and bring to market new products faster with on-chip lasers and optical amplifiers."</p><p>Synopsys supports OpenLight's PDK through Synopsys OptoCompiler, bridging the gap between photonic experts and IC designers to make photonic designs as productive as electronic designs. Synopsys OptoCompiler is a complete end-to-end design, verification, and signoff solution for photonic ICs. The solution combines specific capabilities for photonic design with industry-proven electronic design methods in a unique, unified platform to make photonic IC design accessible, fast, and flexible.</p><p>"The combination of Synopsys' industry-leading photonic IC design solution and OpenLight's integrated laser technology in one cohesive platform empowers teams to design real-world PICs in a way that has never been done before," said Aveek Sarkar, Vice President of Engineering at Synopsys. "We look forward to supporting mutual customers together with Tower and OpenLight to accelerate adoption of silicon photonics with integrated lasers."</p><p><a href="https://openlightphotonics.com/">https://openlightphotonics.com/</a></p><div><div class="blog-posts hfeed" style="caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div class="wrapfullpost"><div class="post hentry" style="margin-bottom: 15px;"><h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="color: #333333; font-size: 20px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.convergedigest.com/2022/06/openlight-unveils-open-silicon.html" style="color: #333333; display: block; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">OpenLight unveils Silicon Photonics platform with integrated InP lasers</a></h3><div class="post-header-line-1"></div><div class="postmeta-primary" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 5px 0px; text-shadow: rgb(247, 247, 247) 1px 1px 3px; text-transform: capitalize;"><span class="meta_date" style="background-image: url(&quot;//3.bp.blogspot.com/-HtLpT8FHgVI/Td-m0u_f4WI/AAAAAAAAHDs/u68p5bwgE8c/s1600/time.png&quot;); background-position: left center; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding: 3px 0px 3px 20px;">Monday, June 06, 2022</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="meta_categories" style="background-image: url(&quot;//1.bp.blogspot.com/_7wsQzULWIwo/Ss44Xlzeq1I/AAAAAAAAB7I/EdpligkErdk/s400/folder.gif&quot;); background-position: left center; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding: 3px 0px 3px 20px;"><a href="https://www.convergedigest.com/search/label/Optical" rel="tag" style="color: #e96300; outline: none;">Optical</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.convergedigest.com/search/label/Silicon%20Valley" rel="tag" style="color: #e96300; outline: none;">Silicon Valley</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.convergedigest.com/search/label/Start-ups" rel="tag" style="color: #e96300; outline: none;">Start-Ups</a></span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="meta_comments" style="background-image: url(&quot;//4.bp.blogspot.com/-hIXLuxxbMek/T2ucbLFdTYI/AAAAAAAAEQY/UXKHfSwL0nk/s1600/comments.png&quot;); background-position: left center; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding: 3px 0px 3px 20px;"></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px;"><p></p><div id="summary3961679078101167759"><span style="float: left; padding: 0px 10px 5px 0px;"><img height="150px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigiVlg3ukFhR6r9Frml3hCV-OpjGG9lGVad0XyMd7FdtlZ6YXGDcOq_D-agahRtjS6_8Ts0FHnmd8knlLge4zXr9iVmxTT6LA0QYqTLXpMrJmUOIV5tris24qiC_lyQOmGZHAwtdHyZoj38HYBTIrVrNR-CNkIRJpI5RipE8e1jc1fyxlTMS4DsDVe/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-06-06%20at%2017.40.15.png" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); padding: 6px;" width="200px" /></span><div>OpenLight, a start-up based in Santa Barbara, California, introduced its open silicon photonics platform with integrated lasers.OpenLight operates under the tagline, "Open. Integrated. Scalable." The open platform includes integrated lasers, optical amplifiers, modulators, photodetectors, and other key photonic components to form a complete solution for low-power, high-performance photonics ICs. In addition, OpenLight offers select PIC designs and...</div></div><p></p><div class="readmore" style="float: right; margin-bottom: 5px;"><a href="https://www.convergedigest.com/2022/06/openlight-unveils-open-silicon.html" style="background-color: #f0f0f0; color: #e96300; display: inline-block; font-size: 12px; line-height: 12px; outline: none; padding: 8px 14px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">READ MORE</a></div><div style="clear: both;"></div></div><div class="post-footer" style="margin: 5px 0px;"><div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-1"></div><div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-2"></div><div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-3"></div></div></div></div></div><div class="wrapfullpost"><div class="post hentry" style="margin-bottom: 15px;"><h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.convergedigest.com/2022/04/synopsys-and-juniper-form-joint-venture.html" style="color: #333333; display: block; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Synopsys and Juniper form joint venture for silicon photonics</a></h3><div class="post-header-line-1"></div><div class="postmeta-primary" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 5px 0px; text-shadow: rgb(247, 247, 247) 1px 1px 3px; text-transform: capitalize;"><span class="meta_date" style="background-image: url(&quot;//3.bp.blogspot.com/-HtLpT8FHgVI/Td-m0u_f4WI/AAAAAAAAHDs/u68p5bwgE8c/s1600/time.png&quot;); background-position: left center; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding: 3px 0px 3px 20px;">Monday, April 04, 2022</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="meta_categories" style="background-image: url(&quot;//1.bp.blogspot.com/_7wsQzULWIwo/Ss44Xlzeq1I/AAAAAAAAB7I/EdpligkErdk/s400/folder.gif&quot;); background-position: left center; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding: 3px 0px 3px 20px;"><a href="https://www.convergedigest.com/search/label/Juniper" rel="tag" style="color: #e96300; outline: none;">Juniper</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.convergedigest.com/search/label/Silicon%20Photonics" rel="tag" style="color: #e96300; outline: none;">Silicon Photonics</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.convergedigest.com/search/label/Synopsys" rel="tag" style="color: #e96300; outline: none;">Synopsys</a></span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="meta_comments" style="background-image: url(&quot;//4.bp.blogspot.com/-hIXLuxxbMek/T2ucbLFdTYI/AAAAAAAAEQY/UXKHfSwL0nk/s1600/comments.png&quot;); background-position: left center; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding: 3px 0px 3px 20px;"></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px;"><p></p><div id="summary991937028122198894"><span style="float: left; padding: 0px 10px 5px 0px;"><img height="150px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2-q9xMKX1fEdRlFcHWAi8VJGqkzBZJ5JSlWjPQWDqkAgw1jmEXqveD7suIULXo_x7TnY1FUFisRX3CcjcqJVxhf7S1jTpYwTtJE4pfry1H3noIMn0T2L-tacL4f7RlBb2J9M71THOkpHHrLvgWNiJyC51HtkR2iYYFWqAHWR96SkbT_kGuBcjqltL/w400-h240/Screen%20Shot%202022-04-04%20at%2010.32.59%20PM.png" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); padding: 6px;" width="200px" /></span><div>Synopsys and Juniper Networks are establishing a joint venture company focused on open silicon photonics for applications such as telecom, datacom, LiDAR, healthcare, HPC, AI, and optical computing.&nbsp;The new company's open silicon photonics platform will include integrated lasers, optical amplifiers, and a full suite of photonic components to form a complete solution that will be accessible through a Process Design Kit (PDK). The platform promises...</div></div><p></p><div class="readmore" style="float: right; margin-bottom: 5px;"><a href="https://www.convergedigest.com/2022/04/synopsys-and-juniper-form-joint-venture.html" style="background-color: #f0f0f0; color: #e96300; display: inline-block; line-height: 12px; outline: none; padding: 8px 14px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">READ MORE</a></div><div style="clear: both;"></div></div><div class="post-footer" style="margin: 5px 0px;"><div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-1"></div><div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-2"></div><div class="post-footer-line post-footer-line-3"></div></div></div></div><div class="wrapfullpost"><div class="post hentry" style="caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 15px;"><a name="4870956492761493868"></a><h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="color: #333333; font-size: 20px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"></h3></div><div class="blog-posts hfeed" style="caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); color: #555555; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div class="wrapfullpost"><div class="post hentry" style="margin-bottom: 15px;"><h3 class="post-title entry-title" style="color: #333333; font-size: 20px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><a href="https://www.convergedigest.com/2021/12/tower-semi-and-juniper-develop-silicon.html" style="color: #333333; display: block; outline: none; text-decoration: none;">Tower Semi and Juniper develop silicon photonics process&nbsp;</a></h3><div class="post-header-line-1"></div><div class="postmeta-primary" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: #222222; font-size: 11px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 10px; padding: 5px 0px; text-shadow: rgb(247, 247, 247) 1px 1px 3px; text-transform: capitalize;"><span class="meta_date" style="background-image: url(&quot;//3.bp.blogspot.com/-HtLpT8FHgVI/Td-m0u_f4WI/AAAAAAAAHDs/u68p5bwgE8c/s1600/time.png&quot;); background-position: left center; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding: 3px 0px 3px 20px;">Tuesday, December 21, 2021</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="meta_categories" style="background-image: url(&quot;//1.bp.blogspot.com/_7wsQzULWIwo/Ss44Xlzeq1I/AAAAAAAAB7I/EdpligkErdk/s400/folder.gif&quot;); background-position: left center; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding: 3px 0px 3px 20px;"><a href="https://www.convergedigest.com/search/label/Israel" rel="tag" style="color: #e96300; outline: none;">Israel</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.convergedigest.com/search/label/Juniper" rel="tag" style="color: #e96300; outline: none;">Juniper</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.convergedigest.com/search/label/Silicon%20Photonics" rel="tag" style="color: #e96300; outline: none;">Silicon Photonics</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.convergedigest.com/search/label/Tower%20Semiconductor" rel="tag" style="color: #e96300; outline: none;">Tower Semiconductor</a></span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="meta_comments" style="background-image: url(&quot;//4.bp.blogspot.com/-hIXLuxxbMek/T2ucbLFdTYI/AAAAAAAAEQY/UXKHfSwL0nk/s1600/comments.png&quot;); background-position: left center; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; padding: 3px 0px 3px 20px;"></span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" style="font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 10px 0px 0px;"><p></p><div id="summary6912675185520489337"><span style="float: left; padding: 0px 10px 5px 0px;"><img height="150px" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiq2zitzPHq6UwB8-L7eHn0DVs4I0ZyAQji93-fCUcfZhCr_qW1f4qnuqrIaRvO4TrVTPlqPABNUwrykKd3zzZBZdkUPHGtg7u2AsvzD8sGzr3HStaLki-jb6p6w4r4iOLtmmD2L6mCp7wWCJSPfO-TlYMviJAVJBGuDoKy8r5ylWChDDuxpzOxrL1l=s320" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); padding: 6px;" width="200px" /></span><div>Tower Semiconductor and Juniper Networks announced a silicon photonics (SiPho) foundry-ready process with integrated III-V lasers, amplifiers modulators and detectors.&nbsp;Potential applications include optical connectivity in datacenters and telecom networks, as well as AI, LiDAR and other sensors.&nbsp;The new platform co-integrates III-V lasers, semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOA), electro-absorption modulators (EAM) and photodetectors with...</div></div><p></p><div class="readmore" style="float: right; margin-bottom: 5px;"><a href="https://www.convergedigest.com/2021/12/tower-semi-and-juniper-develop-silicon.html" style="background-color: #f0f0f0; color: #e96300; display: inline-block; line-height: 12px; outline: none; padding: 8px 14px; text-decoration: none; text-transform: uppercase;">READ MORE</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>

OpenLight released its process design kit (PDK) for use with the Synopsys photonic IC design solution, and includes indium phosphide active optical elements on-chip that can be directly used by Synopsys OptoCompiler and simulated with the Synopsys OptSim photonic simulator,
The PDK can be used  to create PICs with optical amplifiers, on-chip lasers, and high-speed, low-loss modulators tailored to their design requirements.



Customers can access an extensive library of tested and proven photonic components to enhance first-time PIC success and deliver more reliable design and fabrication. The technology has passed qualification and reliability tests on Tower Semiconductor's Silicon Photonics production flow (PH18DA).
"We strongly believe in the ability of OpenLight's technology implemented in Tower's foundry platform to push the envelope and enable the next generation of photonic IC products," said Dr. Marco Racanelli, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Tower Semiconductor's Analog Business Unit. "With PDKs now available to the world, mutual customers can benefit from access to this advanced technology through an open foundry model. Results of PICs fabricated to date are impressive and the PDK announced here will speed up further PIC innovation from the industry as designers confidently develop and bring to market new products faster with on-chip lasers and optical amplifiers."
Synopsys supports OpenLight's PDK through Synopsys OptoCompiler, bridging the gap between photonic experts and IC designers to make photonic designs as productive as electronic designs. Synopsys OptoCompiler is a complete end-to-end design, verification, and signoff solution for photonic ICs. The solution combines specific capabilities for photonic design with industry-proven electronic design methods in a unique, unified platform to make photonic IC design accessible, fast, and flexible.
"The combination of Synopsys' industry-leading photonic IC design solution and OpenLight's integrated laser technology in one cohesive platform empowers teams to design real-world PICs in a way that has never been done before," said Aveek Sarkar, Vice President of Engineering at Synopsys. "We look forward to supporting mutual customers together with Tower and OpenLight to accelerate adoption of silicon photonics with integrated lasers."
https://openlightphotonics.com/


OpenLight unveils Silicon Photonics platform with integrated InP lasers

Monday, June 06, 2022  Optical, Silicon Valley, Start-Ups  



OpenLight, a start-up based in Santa Barbara, California, introduced its open silicon photonics platform with integrated lasers.OpenLight operates under the tagline, "Open. Integrated. Scalable." The open platform includes integrated lasers, optical amplifiers, modulators, photodetectors, and other key photonic components to form a complete solution for low-power, high-performance photonics ICs. In addition, OpenLight offers select PIC designs and...


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Synopsys and Juniper form joint venture for silicon photonics

Monday, April 04, 2022  Juniper, Silicon Photonics, Synopsys  



Synopsys and Juniper Networks are establishing a joint venture company focused on open silicon photonics for applications such as telecom, datacom, LiDAR, healthcare, HPC, AI, and optical computing. The new company's open silicon photonics platform will include integrated lasers, optical amplifiers, and a full suite of photonic components to form a complete solution that will be accessible through a Process Design Kit (PDK). The platform promises...


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Tower Semi and Juniper develop silicon photonics process 

Tuesday, December 21, 2021  Israel, Juniper, Silicon Photonics, Tower Semiconductor  



Tower Semiconductor and Juniper Networks announced a silicon photonics (SiPho) foundry-ready process with integrated III-V lasers, amplifiers modulators and detectors. Potential applications include optical connectivity in datacenters and telecom networks, as well as AI, LiDAR and other sensors. The new platform co-integrates III-V lasers, semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOA), electro-absorption modulators (EAM) and photodetectors with...


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OpenLight releases process design kit for photonic ICs

<p>The FCC issued new rules prohibiting the importation or use of communications equipment and video surveillance systems produced by Huawei Technologies, ZTE Corporation, Hytera Communications, Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology, and Dahua Technology (and their subsidiaries and affiliates).&nbsp;</p><p>The FCC said such equipment is deemed to pose an unacceptable risk to national security.&nbsp;</p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); clear: right; color: #555555; float: right; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; padding: 0px 10px 5px 0px;"><img height="150px" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dhSw5kr27-A/U3UvqQCrYBI/AAAAAAABDnQ/XEjFUqmMcJY/s1600/fcc3.GIF" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); padding: 6px;" width="200px" /></span></p><p>“The FCC is committed to protecting our national security by ensuring that untrustworthy communications equipment is not authorized for use within our borders, and we are continuing that work here,” said Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel. “These new rules are an important part of our ongoing actions to protect the American people from national security threats involving telecommunications.”</p><p>The new rules prohibit the authorization of equipment through the FCC’s Certification process, and makes clear that such equipment cannot be authorized under the Supplier’s Declaration of Conformity process or be imported or marketed under rules that allow exemption from an equipment authorization.&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-bans-authorizations-devices-pose-national-security-threat">https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-bans-authorizations-devices-pose-national-security-threat</a></p>

The FCC issued new rules prohibiting the importation or use of communications equipment and video surveillance systems produced by Huawei Technologies, ZTE Corporation, Hytera Communications, Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology, and Dahua Technology (and their subsidiaries and affiliates). 
The FCC said such equipment is deemed to pose an unacceptable risk to national security. 

“The FCC is committed to protecting our national security by ensuring that untrustworthy communications equipment is not authorized for use within our borders, and we are continuing that work here,” said Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel. “These new rules are an important part of our ongoing actions to protect the American people from national security threats involving telecommunications.”
The new rules prohibit the authorization of equipment through the FCC’s Certification process, and makes clear that such equipment cannot be authorized under the Supplier’s Declaration of Conformity process or be imported or marketed under rules that allow exemption from an equipment authorization. 
https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-bans-authorizations-devices-pose-national-security-threat

FCC issues new ban covering Chinese video surveillance equipment

<p>Optical transport equipment revenue declined 6 percent year-over-year in the third quarter of 2022, according to a recently published report from Dell’Oro Group. Supply of components continued to weigh down the growth potential of the optical equipment market.</p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); clear: right; color: #555555; float: right; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; padding: 0px 10px 5px 0px;"><img height="150px" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-q6WRn79WIBY/V7_M_jAonbI/AAAAAAACosY/OtJJ8aEu5lwltxc-eD3Ye89jx9b0nyS7gCLcB/s320/delloro-newlogo.png" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); padding: 6px;" width="200px" /></span></p><p>“The main culprit for this market revenue decline was the lack of component supply needed to make finished goods,” said Jimmy Yu, Vice President at Dell’Oro Group. “Optical vendors have a growing amount of backlog due to higher demand for DWDM equipment but are not able to deliver completed systems when they are short on one component or two. Another factor lowering the market revenue is the strengthening US dollar. Since the market revenue is based on US dollars, most sales in Europe and Asia are converted to fewer US dollars and reducing the reported market size,” added Yu.</p><p>Additional highlights from the 3Q 2022 Optical Transport Quarterly Report:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>The total WDM equipment market, comprising Long Haul and Metro systems, declined 5 percent year-over-year in the quarter. However, we estimate that on a constant currency basis, the market revenue grew 0 to 1 percent in the same time period.</li><li>Among the regions in the report, North America remained slightly positive while Europe declined at the highest rate. Revenue from the European region declined due to a couple factors: 1) the lower conversion of euro currency to US dollar and 2) the declining demand caused by the Russia-Ukraine war.</li></ul><p></p><p><a href="https://www.delloro.com/news/optical-transport-market-declined-6-percent-in-3q-2022/">https://www.delloro.com/news/optical-transport-market-declined-6-percent-in-3q-2022/</a></p><p><br /></p>

Optical transport equipment revenue declined 6 percent year-over-year in the third quarter of 2022, according to a recently published report from Dell’Oro Group. Supply of components continued to weigh down the growth potential of the optical equipment market.

“The main culprit for this market revenue decline was the lack of component supply needed to make finished goods,” said Jimmy Yu, Vice President at Dell’Oro Group. “Optical vendors have a growing amount of backlog due to higher demand for DWDM equipment but are not able to deliver completed systems when they are short on one component or two. Another factor lowering the market revenue is the strengthening US dollar. Since the market revenue is based on US dollars, most sales in Europe and Asia are converted to fewer US dollars and reducing the reported market size,” added Yu.
Additional highlights from the 3Q 2022 Optical Transport Quarterly Report:


The total WDM equipment market, comprising Long Haul and Metro systems, declined 5 percent year-over-year in the quarter. However, we estimate that on a constant currency basis, the market revenue grew 0 to 1 percent in the same time period.
Among the regions in the report, North America remained slightly positive while Europe declined at the highest rate. Revenue from the European region declined due to a couple factors: 1) the lower conversion of euro currency to US dollar and 2) the declining demand caused by the Russia-Ukraine war.


https://www.delloro.com/news/optical-transport-market-declined-6-percent-in-3q-2022/

Dell'Oro: Optical transport market declined 6% in 3Q 

<p>Preliminary findings suggest the slower momentum that characterized the Radio Access Network (RAN) market in the first half of 2022 extended into the third quarter. according to Dell'Oro Group. The data in the 3Q 2022 report indicate that the overall 2G-5G RAN market, declined year-over-year for a second consecutive quarter.</p><p><span style="caret-color: rgb(85, 85, 85); clear: right; color: #555555; float: right; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; padding: 0px 10px 5px 0px;"><img height="150px" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-q6WRn79WIBY/V7_M_jAonbI/AAAAAAACosY/OtJJ8aEu5lwltxc-eD3Ye89jx9b0nyS7gCLcB/s320/delloro-newlogo.png" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); padding: 6px;" width="200px" /></span></p><p>“After four years of extraordinary growth that catapulted the RAN market to record levels in 2021, the RAN market is now entering a new phase,” said Stefan Pongratz, &nbsp;Vice President at Dell’Oro Group. “Even with 5G still increasing at a healthy pace, comparisons are more challenging and the implication for the broader RAN market is that growth is decelerating. Still, one major difference between 4G and 5G is the fact there are now more frequency options for the operators to pursue, which helps to curb the decline in the post-peak rollout phase,” continued Pongratz.</p><p>Additional highlights from the 3Q 2022 RAN report:</p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Top 5 global suppliers in the quarter include Huawei, Ericsson, Nokia, ZTE, and Samsung.</li><li>Top 4 suppliers outside of China in the quarter include Ericsson, Nokia, Huawei, and Samsung.</li><li>Nokia’s RAN revenue shares improved sequentially for a third consecutive quarter.</li><li>Short-term RAN prospects have been revised downward to reflect weaker-than-expected developments in the first three quarters of 2022. Global RAN revenues are now projected to decline at a low-single-digit rate in 2023, underpinned by surging RAN investments in India and more challenging comparisons in China, Europe, and North America.</li></ul><p></p><p><a href="https://www.delloro.com/news/ran-declines-again/">https://www.delloro.com/news/ran-declines-again/</a></p>

Preliminary findings suggest the slower momentum that characterized the Radio Access Network (RAN) market in the first half of 2022 extended into the third quarter. according to Dell'Oro Group. The data in the 3Q 2022 report indicate that the overall 2G-5G RAN market, declined year-over-year for a second consecutive quarter.

“After four years of extraordinary growth that catapulted the RAN market to record levels in 2021, the RAN market is now entering a new phase,” said Stefan Pongratz,  Vice President at Dell’Oro Group. “Even with 5G still increasing at a healthy pace, comparisons are more challenging and the implication for the broader RAN market is that growth is decelerating. Still, one major difference between 4G and 5G is the fact there are now more frequency options for the operators to pursue, which helps to curb the decline in the post-peak rollout phase,” continued Pongratz.
Additional highlights from the 3Q 2022 RAN report:


Top 5 global suppliers in the quarter include Huawei, Ericsson, Nokia, ZTE, and Samsung.
Top 4 suppliers outside of China in the quarter include Ericsson, Nokia, Huawei, and Samsung.
Nokia’s RAN revenue shares improved sequentially for a third consecutive quarter.
Short-term RAN prospects have been revised downward to reflect weaker-than-expected developments in the first three quarters of 2022. Global RAN revenues are now projected to decline at a low-single-digit rate in 2023, underpinned by surging RAN investments in India and more challenging comparisons in China, Europe, and North America.


https://www.delloro.com/news/ran-declines-again/

Dell'Oro: RAN declines again in 3Q

<p>The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted OVHcloud a €200 million credit facility devoted to investments in Europe.&nbsp;</p><p>The credit facility is the Bank’s first financing operation for a pure cloud player, and will support the expansion of OVHcloud in Europe, where the group is positioning itself as the champion of users’ data sovereignty in an open, reversible, transparent and federated cloud ecosystem.&nbsp;</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://us.ovhcloud.com/bare-metal/" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="1590" data-original-width="2556" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOmsWV6JGrAPqWY8IG7mhG684KBfutVNs5WHWGGaa5ndbwZr09hBfxD2rJWKLdWvyDKjAo14dPKqLuPUITlxAUmzUMZXnBYXb-gWolgIKk294mLV-NWz6STps5rt6dHzTfbWiuXBf4f6TLvPtF1KPMvWuGg6hNeeB8DCWdqdO33XE6kRigHRH9Lr2h/s320/Screenshot%202022-11-27%20at%2019.54.48.png" width="320" /></a></div><p>OVHcloud plans to accelerate its international deployment on this booming market by opening 15 new data centres by the end of 2024, connecting with new markets and regions and showcasing its progress in sustainable development. Ten of its 15 new European sites will open in the next 24 months.</p><p>“Whether in software or hardware, innovation is at the heart of our company’s DNA and guides each and every one of our actions in a sustainable, open and transparent approach,” said Michel Paulin, CEO of OVHcloud. “This additional financial capacity provided by the EIB contributes to our group’s strategic roadmap and will enable us to promote a cloud marked by faster, higher and stronger respect for our European values.”</p><p><a href="https://www.eib.org/en/press/all/2022-504-france-la-bei-soutient-le-developpement-du-leader-europeen-du-cloud-ovhcloud-avec-un-pret-de-200-millions-d-euros-destine-a-ses-investissements-en-europe">https://www.eib.org/en/press/all/2022-504-france-la-bei-soutient-le-developpement-du-leader-europeen-du-cloud-ovhcloud-avec-un-pret-de-200-millions-d-euros-destine-a-ses-investissements-en-europe</a></p>

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted OVHcloud a €200 million credit facility devoted to investments in Europe. 
The credit facility is the Bank’s first financing operation for a pure cloud player, and will support the expansion of OVHcloud in Europe, where the group is positioning itself as the champion of users’ data sovereignty in an open, reversible, transparent and federated cloud ecosystem. 

OVHcloud plans to accelerate its international deployment on this booming market by opening 15 new data centres by the end of 2024, connecting with new markets and regions and showcasing its progress in sustainable development. Ten of its 15 new European sites will open in the next 24 months.
“Whether in software or hardware, innovation is at the heart of our company’s DNA and guides each and every one of our actions in a sustainable, open and transparent approach,” said Michel Paulin, CEO of OVHcloud. “This additional financial capacity provided by the EIB contributes to our group’s strategic roadmap and will enable us to promote a cloud marked by faster, higher and stronger respect for our European values.”
https://www.eib.org/en/press/all/2022-504-france-la-bei-soutient-le-developpement-du-leader-europeen-du-cloud-ovhcloud-avec-un-pret-de-200-millions-d-euros-destine-a-ses-investissements-en-europe

OVHcloud secures €200 million loan from EIB

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The infostealer Aurora’s low detection rates and newcomer status are helping it fly under the radar, as more cybercriminal gangs target cryptocurrency wallets and communications apps.

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