Service providers are undergoing a technological revolution in the name of agility. They're transforming their networks and computing infrastructure to drive faster data speeds, support new services in an app-driven world and provide an improved mobile experience for consumers.
To do so, they're transitioning away from core network designs by deploying new network infrastructure to the "edge". 5G is an upgrade of the mobile architecture that pushes new computing elements and services closer to the edge to scale and enhance network performance and improve support for ultra-low-latency applications at much higher scale.
However, the move to edge computing environments and the deployment of 5G networks has far-ranging impacts on service provider cybersecurity strategies and postures at a time when the threat landscape is becoming increasingly dynamic and dangerous.