As the attack surface opens with the increased number of applications and services provided by 5G, including the upward rising number of IoT devices connected, there are greater concerns surrounding 5G's security. When industry professionals were asked their main concerns surrounding 5G, the most signifcant concern, with 41 percent of respondents, was the usage of more complex and potentially unsecured network technologies, such as cloud native and virtualization. In second place was increased cybersecurity attacks with 26 percent.
Largest security concerns surrounding 5G as of 2020
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