5G is the most natively secured mobile generation

Rajesh Maurya, Regional Vice President, India & SAARC, Fortinet

“The game-changing benefits of 5G can only be realized if properly secured. Digital innovation in mobile networks creates a dual role for security in mobile environments. It provides internal mobile-infrastructure security and external use-case security and monetization.

Fortinet provides a common set of security solutions and tools that provide end-to-end security visibility and control for 4G and 5G mobile infrastructure, while enabling industry use cases’ security and monetization. This approach facilitates integration and onboarding while keeping operations and management efforts to a minimum as the same platform is constantly used throughout the 5G ecosystem.

Fortinet’s next generation firewalls not only protects the mobile carrier signalling, roaming, charging, and internet interfaces with our 5G-ready FortiGate series, but also provides secure transport for backhaul and fronthaul traffic. These specialized tools provide the ability to build an integrated security framework that optimizes the cost of launching and operating new services and revenue opportunities and enhances the ability to achieve service level goals, all while mitigating advanced threats.

The security foundations laid out in the 5G standards can only be a starting point for a security blueprint that secures end-to-end 5G-enabled innovation and use cases.  5G networks will therefore need a solution that will provide comprehensive protection at 5G speeds without compromising end-to-end visibility, automation, and enforcement throughout the ecosystem’s attack surface.  

Fortinet’s diverse portfolio and in-depth security experience across enterprises (IT), mobile network operators, operational technologies (OT), and IIoT/IoT has resulted in a uniform, practical, and flexible platform framework that is ideal for implementing security for 5G ecosystems. Unlike any other solution, the Fortinet Security Fabric enables the building and deploying of a comprehensive shared security responsibility model that supports both 5G providers and their enterprise customers across all use cases.”