Private 5G security benefits — Part 1
The Fourth Industrial Revolution (Industry 4.0) is driving the adoption of private networks, particularly private 5G, due to their ability to deliver Enhanced Mobile Broadband, Massive Machine-Type Communications (mMTC), and Ultra-Low Latency Communications. Beyond these core capabilities, private 5G offers significant security advantages, and this article will highlight five key benefits.
1. Reduced RAN Attack surface
As the name suggests, private 5G are deployments of mobile networks for a specific geographic area that belongs to one entity and serves this entity’s employees and assets. This network is inaccessible to the public and even other mobile networks or third-party networks.
What reduces the attack surface?
Since private 5G covers smaller geographic areas that belong to specific companies, such as factories, hospitals, nuclear power stations, mines, and others.This limited geographical coverage makes conducting physical attacks towards the Radio Access Network(RAN) challenging…
