5G Cyber Security

5G Cyber Security encompasses the strategies, technologies, and policies designed to protect the entire fifth-generation wireless ecosystem, from the core network and radio access network (RAN) to end-user devices and applications. It addresses the unique vulnerabilities introduced by 5G's architecture, which heavily utilizes virtualization, software-defined networking (SDN), and network slicing, creating a more complex and dynamic attack surface than previous cellular generations. Key focus areas include securing the virtualized network functions, protecting the massive scale of connected Internet of Things (IoT) devices, ensuring strong authentication and encryption, and maintaining the integrity and isolation of individual network slices to prevent threats from propagating across the infrastructure.