What is 5G Network Security?

**Executive summary:** This SecurityScorecard article explains how 5G's distributed, cloud‑native architecture — including RAN, virtualized core, and edge computing — expands the attack surface and introduces supply‑chain, network‑slicing, and implementation vulnerabilities; it recommends adopting zero‑trust principles, aggressive segmentation, continuous automated monitoring, and third‑party vendor visibility to manage risk and highlights the vendor's platform and managed services for ongoing security posture monitoring.