This TR studies the security aspects of System Improvements for Machine Type Communication. In
particular, the goals of the present document are:
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To identify and analyze the threats to the MTC system within the scope of the service requirements, functionality
and use cases as specified in TS 22.368.
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To identify possible security and privacy impacts induced by the system architecture improvement for machine
type communications based on TR 23.887 and TS 23.682.
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To determine possible security requirements based on the analysis above and describe the possible solutions to
meet those requirements.
Machine-type communication aspects of (x)SIMs and/or new models for the management of (x)SIM are out of scope of
the present document.
