Smart Security / Security Services
The focus of this topic is on several complementary areas mentioned below and applicants may select one or more of these areas.
- Building secure 6G architecture integrating Security Services and Security attributes of 6G services. The topic deals with frameworks that will enable full life cycle service integration across multiple stakeholders. This encompasses, but not limited to, considerations for security evaluation, exposition of Security attributes, holistic composition of services in multi-provider environments, user centric monitoring/reporting capabilities.
- Secure services and security Services, including, but not limited to, user-centric security, advanced security schemes applicable to 6G APIs, intent-based security, with security policies extraction, seamless integration of Managed Security Service Providers into the 6G architecture.
- Security evaluation, including, but not limited to, continuous security assessment (in all phases of the system life cycle from development, including Safe code, DevSecOps to running phases), development of standardized metrics to evaluate security quality, design of appropriate certification frameworks, secure coding practices, vulnerability management during development, and secure deployment and update procedures.
Note: Applicants should clearly identify the areas/priorities they address in case they only cover a subset.