An Architecture for Privacy-first Security in 6G
As the evolution towards 6G networks accelerates, privacy and security become key priorities. This paper explores the development of a privacy-first architecture tailored for 6G, taking into account stringent privacy regulations such as GDPR and the strict requirements of the NIS2 directive. The architecture emphasizes decentralized security analytics, privacy-aware orchestration, proof-of-transit and trust assessment mechanisms. By leveraging advanced technologies such as federated learning, blockchain, and privacy-preserving data sharing, this framework aims at enhancing both security and privacy in the heterogeneous environments anticipated in 6G. The proposed workflows demonstrate the practical application of this architecture in protecting against various types of attacks, ensuring a robust and secure 6G network infrastructure.
Authors
- Jesús A. Alonso-López (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6001-4170)
- Antonia Karamatskou
- Maria Christopoulou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7062-6146)
- Christos Verikoukis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8774-1052)
- Dimitris Santorinaios
- Dimosthenis Masouros (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6147-6908)
- António Pinto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5583-5772)
- Anastasios N. Bikos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6236-1707)
- Pedro Sousa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2950-6414)
- George Xilouris (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2695-4534)
- Kostas Ramantas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1304-784X)
- Antonio Pastor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3819-3982)
- Thanassis Giannetsos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0663-2263)
- Anna Angelogianni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0009-4479)
- Luis Javier García Villalba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7573-6272)
- Cristian Petrollini
- Ilias Papalamprou
- Fábio Silva (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9872-7117)
- Ricardo Santos (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2929-8950)
- Mattin Antartiko Elorza Forcada
- Elmira Saeedi Taleghani
- Georgios Gardikis
- Nikolaos Papadakis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2379-7158)
- Viktoria Katsarou
- Cesar Penacoba
- Nikos Fotos
Institutions
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid (ES)
- National Technical University of Athens (GR)
- National Centre of Scientific Research "Demokritos" (GR)
- Information Technologies Institute (GR)
- Space Hellas (Greece) (GR)
- Telefonica Research and Development (ES)
- Ubitech (Greece) (GR)
- Iquadrat (Spain) (ES)
- INESC TEC (PT)
- Polytechnic Institute of Porto (PT)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2024-10-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1109/fnwf63303.2024.11028145
- Primary Topic
- Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00