Posted on behalf of contributing author:  Ian McLaughlin

Ian has spent the past 10 years working on leading communication enablement technologies across networking, telecommunications and healthcare. As a Product Manager in Enterprise Routing, Ian works on key Cisco strategic initiatives, including 5G, edge computing, and hyper-converged infrastructure.

As the dawn of 5G is upon us, Cisco is hard at work to bring the next generation of cellular technology to benefit customers with Cisco SD-WAN. We are looking beyond the much-hyped speed improvements with 5G to tackle the most pressing security and performance challenges that are also coming. Cisco SD-WAN will continue to provide value throughout this market shift with secure, simple management for our customers with or transitioning to 5G.

Security Continuity

One of the least discussed topics around 5G are the security challenges that it presents. Unlike 4G, 5G will split large frequencies into