Security in 5G Private Networks

Businesses and industries are looking to 5G to further unlock digital transformation potential and innovation. Non-public mobile networks, aka private mobile networks, promise the benefits of 5G technology tailored for enterprise-specific needs, use cases, privacy, management and control. Multiple research reports indicate that private mobile networks spending will experience continuous growth and may surpass spending on public mobile networks in the future. The legal and practical ability of enterprises to build their own 5G private networks, independently of public 5G infrastructure and services, is both a threat and an opportunity for MNOs: - A threat of potential revenue and growth engine loss that is the enterprise market in case of a lack of a comprehensive private 5G network offering. - An opportunity to create real 5G competitive differentiation alongside a revenue and growth engine with a complete private 5G network offering and ecosystem. To gain market share and revenue, MNOs must provide a set of flexible and secure architectures and services to meet different industries demand for private 5G. With a common set of security platforms applicable to a wide range of architectures and use cases, Fortinet solutions enable MNOs to meet the security requirements that are key to enterprises – either as part of 5G private network offering or on top as a set of managed security services.