Security News > 2021 > February > 5G adds more concerns: CISOs should build cybersecurity from the ground up
Public 5G networks, private 5G networks, broader attack surfaces, and more complex environments add extra layers of vulnerability, expert says.
We're actually going to see private 5G networks interacting with public 5G networks, but here's the rub: Not for benign use cases.
Now those businesses are standing up private 5G networks with unique devices they hadn't yet seen before, on networks they've never been responsible for managing, and these networks will be interacting with other public networks.
There wasn't necessarily a reason to, but when you look at the use cases around what will be running on 5G networks, lot of concerns there.
As we think about private 5G networks, we've got to have the talent, the skill sets, the experience to actually build these networks responsibly, safely, and we have to take the time to do it.
If it's true here, who will pay the price? Because we won't have the resources required to securely build out these networks, securely manage these networks, monitor these networks, understand when things are potentially going malicious versus still acting normally, and these will be running critical functions both within our businesses and as we think about smart cities, we're actually now talking about the potential disruption of human lives.