Securing a versatile, hybrid, and highly scalable 4G and 5G radio access network is critical due to the evolving nature of technology and new use cases these networks can now deliver. Evolving LTE and 5G RAN technologies and architectures are expanding the operators’ customer segment from consumers to enterprises and industries – enabling new markets and growth engines. But at the same time, they introduce complexity and increase the potential attack surface and risk presented by the 5G radio access infrastructure. It is clear that the delivery of business and industry use cases to drive growth must be accompanied with the appropriate security controls – in the RAN and elsewhere in the telco cloud.
Securing the RAN for industry use cases and scalable and hybrid architectures mandates a new kind of security gateway (SecGW) infrastructure. It requires one that is agile and…
