Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. Generally, the described techniques provide for efficiently protecting communications between a base station and a UE with limited signaling and processing overhead. As described herein, a base station may generate a system information security container (SISC) including integrity information of one or more system information blocks (SIBs), and the base station may transmit (e.g., broadcast) the SISC with a signature to one or more UEs (e.g., to protect the integrity information of the SIBs in the SISC). Once a UE receives the SISC, the UE may verify the signature of the SISC, identify the system information included in the SISC (e.g., the system information included in the integrity information of the SIBs), and apply the system information for communications with the base station.