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Open RAN security in 5G
for MNOs and CSPs in the 5G world, particularly where Open RAN enables integrated equipment from a multitude of vendors,” said Paul Willemse, Technical Sales Consultant at NEC XON. “It’s vital to secure the radio access network (RAN), mobile roaming, 5G edge deployments, and the telco edge cloud (TEC).” It is essential to prioritise security in 5G and Open RAN environments to protect infrastructure from constantly emerging threat vectors.
N EC XON and Fortinet have created a demonstration and test facility of best practice Open RAN security in the NEC XON Experience Centre in Midrand, South Africa. The Experience Centre includes FortiGate from Fortinet, the world’s highest performing hyper-scale firewall, as well as NEC XON’s carrier- grade integration expertise and resources. “We can cost-effectively secure Open RAN environments using FortiGate, and customers can test it in our
Experience Centre before bringing it to their live environment,” said Anthony Laing, GM of Networking at NEC XON. Because 5G massively increases data traffic and introduces architectural shifts to mobile network operator (MNO) and communication service provider (CSP) networks, this requires them to protect against emerging threats without sacrificing customer experience. NEC XON can show customers how to get deep visibility into their user, application and threat environments via a single pane of glass, and how to protect themselves from unknown threats in the emerging 5G era.
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Fortinet’s security solutions include automation capabilities and AI-driven threat intelligence that
customers can test in the Experience Centre. NEC XON will leverage these solutions and ICT giant NEC’s
network expertise accumulated at its NEC Centers of Excellence (CoE), and NEC Open Networks, an ecosystem consisting of an end-to- end suite of future-proofed open products and solutions.
“There are new security concerns
“There are new security concerns for MNOs and CSPs in the 5G world, particularly where Open RAN enables integrated equipment from a multitude of vendors.”
Paul Willemse, Technical Sales Consultant at NEC XON
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