TAC Members and Project representatives should mark their attendance below 

• Action Item Review (Backlog)

• AI & Observability

  • Observability - We did not go further than use case analysis. Is there appetite for anything else or can we dissolve the workgroup?

  • LFN AAIF Whitepaper draft - https://docs.google.com/document/d/17mkvid_0r8r3K1VZMMrAKftFi_iaqcC_8MriBtv9Puw/edit?usp=sharing

• TAC Election

  • 2026 TAC Chair ElectionPreview

  • 2026 TAC Vice-Chair ElectionPreview

  • 2026 LFN LGBMCR ElectionPreview

  • An additional 2 seats currently held by @Fatih Nar (AI) and @Amy Zwarico (Security) are also up for election.

    • TAC will decide the “theme” of these seats for this election period.

• Lifecycle Draft documentation updates

  • LFN Lifecycle States & GuidelinesPreview

  • DRAFT- LFN Candidate Project Data TemplatePreview

• Security

• Community Events

AI & Threat Identification presentation

Open

• Presenters: Maggie Cogdale (NSA), Jeff Pitcher and Yatis Dodia (Georgia Tech Research Institute)

  • Research Focus: Network observability and anomaly detection in 5G networks using AI/ML

  • Key Points:

    • Created an open source 5G lab testbed using Open Network Automation Platform (ONAP)

    • Focused on detecting cyber threats through performance and fault metrics

    • Used MITRE FIGHT 5G threat guidance framework

    • Simulated a Distributed Slice Mobility Attack (denial of service attack exploiting auto-scaling)

    • Implemented solution on SD Core and Open 5GS cores

    • Collected metrics via Prometheus and streamed through Strimzy Kafka

    • Applied autoencoder AI model for anomaly detection

    • Successfully identified malicious UE (User Equipment) and affected network slices

    • Demonstrated potential for autonomous detection and mitigation actions

  • Applications: Intent-based policy enforcement, predictive resource optimization, dynamic micro-segmentation, and root cause analysis

• @Maggie Cogdell

• For more details on this research and if you would like to get in touch with us about this work please see link below:

  • 5G ONAP Anomaly Detection ProjectsPreview

  • Source code: https://github.com/gtri/5G_slice_mobility_security

  • Contact Maggie: mmcogde@uwe.nsa.gov

TAC Elections

• 2026 TAC Chair ElectionPreview

• 2026 TAC Vice-Chair ElectionPreview

• 2026 LFN LGBMCR ElectionPreview

• An additional 2 seats currently held by @Fatih Nar (AI) and @Amy Zwarico (Security) are also up for election.

  • TAC will decide the “theme” of these seats for this election period.

• Self-nominations are now open.

  • After discussion, the TAC agreed to keep the AI seat as it is, and update the language for the Security seat to include Observability responsibilities.

  • Casey will distribute the vote via email after the language has been updated.