Private 5G: New Possibilities — and Potential Pitfalls

**Executive summary:** Private 5G promises high-capacity, low-latency connectivity for large sites but significantly expands the enterprise attack surface; the report summarizes threats such as rogue base stations, insecure IoT/OT and SIMs, DDoS and configuration vulnerabilities, and advises mitigation through secure design, zero‑trust segmentation, device SBOMs, removal of default credentials, MDM/RADIUS integration, firewalls between RAN and applications, regular penetration testing, and strong incident response and governance.