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Press Release: CONFIDENTIAL6G Concludes with Strong Results Advancing Trust, Privacy and Security for 6G Networks
Press release: CONFIDENTIAL6G Concludes with Strong Results Advancing Trust, Privacy and Security for 6G Networks December 2025 The EU-funded CONFIDENTIAL6G project has entered its final stage, concluding three years of intensive research and innovation focused on...
The Winter Edition of the CONFIDENTIAL6G Newsletter Is Here
The Winter Edition of the CONFIDENTIAL6G Newsletter Is Here The winter issue of the CONFIDENTIAL6G newsletter has just been released. It brings several important updates from the project, from new publications and award-winning research to community outreach and...
Webinar: Architecting Trust in 6G – Technical Insights from SNS JU Projects
Webinar: Architecting Trust in 6G – Technical Insights from SNS JU Projects 5 December 2025 | 10:00–13:00 CET | Online Future 6G systems will span cloud, edge, and IoT devices – and their trustworthiness must be built in from the architecture. This webinar gathers...
New publication: “Fast amortized bootstrapping with small keys and polynomial noise overhead”
New publication: "Fast amortized bootstrapping with small keys and polynomial noise overhead" Antonio Guimarães from the IMDEA Software Institute and Hilder V. L. Pereira from UNICAMP have co-authored “Fast amortized bootstrapping with small keys and polynomial noise...
IMDEA Software at the 20th Anniversary Workshop of the CWI Cryptology Group
IMDEA Software at the 20th Anniversary Workshop of the CWI Cryptology Group On 15 September 2025, Ignacio Cascudo from the IMDEA Software Institute participated as an invited speaker at the Workshop for the 20th Anniversary of the CWI Cryptology Group in Amsterdam,...
Best Paper Award at IEEE CNS 2025
Best Paper Award at IEEE CNS 2025 Madhusanka Liyanage from University College Dublin (UCD), together with colleagues from the Network Softwarization and Security Labs (NetsLab), received the Best Paper Award at the IEEE Conference on Communications and Network...
Confidential Computing and Privacy-Preserving Technologies for 6G
Confidential Computing and Privacy-Preserving Technologies for 6G The transition to 6G networks brings significant opportunities for new digital services, but also introduces new challenges for security and privacy. Unlike previous generations, 6G will connect a...
CONFIDENTIAL6G Featured in the SNS Journal 2025
CONFIDENTIAL6G Featured in the SNS Journal 2025 The SNS Journal 2025 has been published, presenting the achievements of 79 projects that are shaping Europe’s future in 6G research and the continued evolution of 5G. We are pleased to share that CONFIDENTIAL6G is among...
AI & Security Webinar – Presentations and Recording Now Available
AI & Security Webinar – Presentations and Recording Now Available The AI & Security Webinar, co-organized by CONFIDENTIAL6G alongside ELASTIC, PREDICT-6G, HARPOCRATES, and RIGOUROUS, with support from FAITH, CUSTODES, and 6G-Cloud, took place online on 30...
CONFIDENTIAL6G Enters Final Phase with Key Advances in Edge-AI Security and Confidential Computing
CONFIDENTIAL6G Enters Final Phase with Key Advances in Edge-AI Security and Confidential Computing The CONFIDENTIAL6G project, funded under the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU) through the Horizon Europe programme (Grant Agreement No 101096435),...
New Research on Differential Privacy Published in PoPETs 2025
New Research on Differential Privacy Published in PoPETs 2025 Fredrik Meisingseth, Christian Rechberger, and Fabian Schmid from Graz University of Technology have co-authored a new paper titled “Practical Two-party Computational Differential Privacy with Active...
Whitepaper Release: Next Generation Edge — Architectures for AI and Machine Learning
Whitepaper Release: Next Generation Edge — Architectures for AI and Machine Learning The white paper "Next Generation Edge: Edge Computing Architectures for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Use Cases", developed by the OpenInfra Edge Computing Working...
CONFIDENTIAL6G at the Workshop on Secret Sharing Schemes (WSSS 2025)
CONFIDENTIAL6G at the Workshop on Secret Sharing Schemes (WSSS 2025) On May 14, 2025, CONFIDENTIAL6G was represented at the Workshop on Secret Sharing Schemes (WSSS 2025) in Tarragona, Spain. The event, organized by the HERMES project and INCIBE, brought together...
CONFIDENTIAL6G at the 2025 EuCNC & 6G Summit — Highlights
CONFIDENTIAL6G at the 2025 EuCNC & 6G Summit — Highlights The CONFIDENTIAL6G (C6G) project participated in the 2025 EuCNC & 6G Summit, held in Poznań, Poland, from 3 to 6 June 2025. The EuCNC & 6G Summit is a key annual event bringing together European...
CONFIDENTIAL6G at DemoCompo2025: Poster and Demonstration by VTT
CONFIDENTIAL6G at DemoCompo2025: Poster and Demonstration by VTT Andrea Dalla Costa from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, a partner in the CONFIDENTIAL6G (C6G) project, participated in DemoCompo2025, held in Oulu, Finland, on 6 May 2025. DemoCompo2025 is an...
CONFIDENTIAL6G at 2025 EuCNC & 6G Summit
CONFIDENTIAL6G at 2025 EuCNC & 6G Summit We're thrilled to present CONFIDENTIAL6G at the 2025 EuCNC & 6G Summit, taking place 3–6 June in Poznań, Poland. CONFIDENTIAL6G focuses on enabling secure and private computation across the cloud-edge continuum of...
Processing Without Exposure: How CONFIDENTIAL6G Uses Confidential Computing in 6G
Processing Without Exposure: How CONFIDENTIAL6G Uses Confidential Computing in 6G As 6G moves closer to implementation, the way data is handled inside networks is also evolving. One area gaining attention is confidential computing—a method that keeps data protected...
Join our AI & SECURITY Webinar
Join Our AI & SECURITY Webinar The AI & Security Webinar is a collaborative event co-organized by five EU-funded research projects: ELASTIC, PREDICT-6G, HARPOCRATES, CONFIDENTIAL6G, and RIGOUROUS – with the support of FAITH, CUSTODES and 6G-Cloud. The...
Antonio Guimaraes, from IMDEA Software Institute at FHE.org 2025 Conference
Antonio Guimaraes, from IMDEA Software Institute at FHE.org 2025 Conference Antonio Guimaraes from IMDEA Software was a featured speaker at the FHE.org 2025 Conference, held in Sofia, Bulgaria, on March 25, 2025. During his contributed talk, Antonio shared valuable...
CONFIDENTIAL6G at ZKProof7 Conference: Contribution from IMDEA Software
CONFIDENTIAL6G at ZKProof7 Conference: Contribution from IMDEA Software Daniele Cozzo from the IMDEA Software Institute, a partner in the CONFIDENTIAL6G (C6G) project, participated as a speaker at the ZKProof7 Conference, held in Sofia, Bulgaria, on 24 March 2025. The...
Protecting Privacy in the 6G Era – Are We Ready?
Protecting Privacy in the 6G Era – Are We Ready? As 6G networks take shape, they are expected to handle vast amounts of personal and industrial data. These networks will power everything from AI-driven smart cities to automated healthcare systems and real-time...
Ana Kovačević from Zentrix Lab Presents Research on Secure Automotive OTA Firmware Updates
Ana Kovačević, from Zentrix Lab, Presents Research on Secure Automotive OTA Firmware Updates Ana Kovačević from Zentrix Lab, a partner in the CONFIDENTIAL6G project, was invited to speak at the Seminar on Computer Science and Applied Mathematics at the Mathematical...
Advancing Telecom Security with CONFIDENTIAL6G Use Case 2
Advancing Telecom Security with Confidential6G Use Case 2 Telecom networks are evolving rapidly, bringing new challenges in securing sensitive data and workloads. Use Case 2 of the Confidential6G project focuses on addressing these challenges by implementing advanced...
Revolutionizing Aviation Maintenance with CONFIDENTIAL6G
Revolutionizing Aviation Maintenance with CONFIDENTIAL6G Aviation generates vast amounts of data every day, but siloed systems and privacy concerns often hinder collaboration. CONFIDENTIAL6G is changing the game by enabling secure, collaborative, and data-driven...
Partnering with TU Wien
Partnering with TU Wien 2024 Technische Universität Wien has joined the CONFIDENTIAL6G project as a partner. With a legacy of excellence since 1815, TU Wien stands as Austria's largest research and educational institution in science and technology, known globally for...
Advancing Security in Next-Generation Networks: CONFIDENTIAL6G at Open Source Summit Europe 2024
Advancing Security in Next-Generation Networks: CONFIDENTIAL6G at Open Source Summit Europe 2024 Dusan Borovcanin from Ultraviolet Consult (UVC) and Drasko Draskovic from Abstract Machines, partners in the CONFIDENTIAL6G project, recently participated in the Open...
Enhancing Security of Automotive Firmware Updates with Advanced Technology
Enhancing Security of Automotive Firmware Updates with Advanced Technology As part of the CONFIDENTIAL6G Project, Ana Kovacevic and Nenad Gligoric from Zentrix Lab have published a journal article titled "Enhancing Security of Automotive OTA Firmware Updates via...
CONFIDENTIAL6G Project Featured at RECsi 2024: Advancing Secure Next-Generation Networks
CONFIDENTIAL6G Project Featured at RECsi 2024: Advancing Secure Next-Generation Networks Ignacio Cascudo, from IMDEA Software, a CONFIDENTIAL6G Project partner, participated as a speaker at the RECsi 2024 conference in León, Spain, held on October 23-24, 2024. The...
Building a Future-Ready, Quantum-Secure 6G Network with CONFIDENTIAL6G
Building a Future-Ready, Quantum-Secure 6G Network with CONFIDENTIAL6G As global data flows grow exponentially, so do the challenges in safeguarding networks against new threats. CONFIDENTIAL6G is leading efforts to secure next-generation networks by implementing...
A Sneak Peek into the Third Issue of the CONFIDENTIAL6G Newsletter
We're excited to share the third issue of the CONFIDENTIAL6G Newsletter! This issue covers the latest progress in 6G security, privacy, and cryptography. You’ll get updates from key events like the SECURENET 2024 Summit, where we shared new developments on secure...
New Research Highlights Limitations in ElGamal Encryption and Related Cryptographic Systems
New Research Highlights Limitations in ElGamal Encryption and Related Cryptographic Systems Sven Schäge, a researcher from TUE and a partner in the CONFIDENTIAL6G Project, has recently published research addressing a long-standing open problem in cryptography. His...
Antonio Guimaraes from IMDEA SOFTWARE INSTITUTE attended the 4th workshop in Artificial Intelligence and Cryptography (AICRYPT 2024)
Recap of AICRYPT 2024! Our partner in C6G project Antonio Guimaraes from IMDEA SOFTWARE INSTITUTE attended the 4th workshop in Artificial Intelligence and Cryptography (AICRYPT 2024), which took place alongside EUROCRYPT 2024 on May 26, 2024, in Zurich,...
CONFIDENTIAL6G Research Paper Presented at Eurocrypt 2024
CONFIDENTIAL6G Research Paper Presented at Eurocrypt 2024 Ignacio Cascudo from the IMDEA Software Institute, a partner in the CONFIDENTIAL6G (C6G) project, participated as a speaker at Eurocrypt 2024, held in Zürich, Switzerland, on 29 May 2024. Eurocrypt is a...
CONFIDENTIAL6G at 2024 EuCNC & 6G Summit: Showcasing Innovations and Engaging the Community
CONFIDENTIAL6G participated in the 2024 EuCNC & 6G Summit held 3-6 June in Antwerp, Belgium. The goal was to raise awareness about the project and to showcase some first CONFIDENTIAL6G outcomes. The booth included demonstrations of setting up and running Trusted...
SECURENET 2024 Summit: Advancing Mobile Network Security
The SECURENET 2024 Summit, held at University College Dublin, was a landmark event organized jointly by the Network Softwarization and Security Labs (NETSLAB), research group at the UCD School of Computer and Science, SFI Connect Center and the Horizon Europe...
CONFIDENTIAL6G Project Meeting in Dublin, Ireland
CONFIDENTIAL6G consortium recently held a highly productive project meeting in Dublin, Ireland, hosted by the University College Dublin (UCD). The meeting, which took place on the 22nd and 23rd of May 2024, was a significant milestone in our journey towards pioneering...
CONFIDENTIAL6G at EuCNC 2024 Summit
CONFIDENTIAL6G at EuCNC 2024 Summit We are excited to announce that CONFIDENTIAL6G will be participating in the 2024 EuCNC & 6G Summit. This prestigious event brings together two successful conferences in the telecommunications field: EuCNC, supported by the...
2nd Summit on Security and Privacy in Future Mobile Networks (SECURENET) 2024
2nd Summit on Security and Privacy in Future Mobile Networks (SECURENET) 2024 Date: 21 May 2024Time: 08:30 AM - 05:00 PM WESTLocation: O’Brien Centre for Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland The 2nd SECURENET Summit on Security and Privacy in...
Claudia Bartoli from IMDEA Software Institute Spoke at PKC 2024 in Sydney
We are pleased to share that Claudia Bartoli, a partner in the Confidential6G project from the IMDEA Software Institute, was invited to speak at Public Key Cryptography (PKC 2024). The event took place on April 16, 2024, in Sydney, Australia. Claudia presented her...
CONFIDENTIAL6G Project Partner Prof. Schröder Presents at CODE-Kolloquium
Prof. Dr. Dominique Schröder, a project partner of CONFIDENTIAL6G from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, presented at the recent CODE Colloquium on February 21, 2024. Prof. Schröder delivered an insightful presentation on "Adaptor Signatures in...
UCD Presents TRUST-SPEC: Advancing Wireless Communication
UCD has presented their work at the recent Deep Tech Partner Opportunity Platform event held in Cork, hosted at the Tyndall National Institute. Pramitha Fernando and Chamara Sandeepa, two of our UCD team members, performed a pitch on our TRUST-SPEC directive....
Claudia Bartoli from IMDEA Software Institute Speaks at Itinerant Cryptography Seminars in Barcelona
Claudia Bartoli from IMDEA Software Institute Speaks at Itinerant Cryptography Seminars in Barcelona Claudia Bartoli, a partner in the Confidential6G project from the IMDEA Software Institute, was invited to speak at the Itinerant Cryptography Seminars. The...
Telefonica and Zentrix Lab introduced CONFIDENTIAL6G project at the OpenInfra Edge Computing Working Group
Telefonica and Zentrix Lab introduced CONFIDENTIAL6G project at the OpenInfra Edge Computing Working Group, with the presence from Verizon, RackN, Inria, and the OpenInfra Foundation. The OpenInfra Edge Computing Group is working on the Edge infrastructure and...
Madhusanka Liyanage from UCD, CONFIDENTIAL6G Partner, Shares Insights at 6Gsec CP² Event
January 23, 2024 | Paris, France Madhusanka Liyanage, Assistant Professor at University College Dublin and project partner of CONFIDENTIAL6G, participated as a panelist at the 6Gsec Common Path and Cardinal Points “6Gsec CP²” event on January 23, 2024. This event,...
Thomas Attema from TNO Speaks at Fuse5G in Utrecht
Thomas Attema from TNO, CONFIDENTIAL6G Project Partner, Speaks at Fuse5G in Utrecht Thomas Attema, a partner in the Confidential6G project from TNO, was invited to speak at Fuse5G. The event took place on January 19, 2024, in Utrecht, Netherlands. Thomas...
The CONFIDENTIAL6G Project is on Zenodo!
The CONFIDENTIAL6G project is on Zenodo! It’s an open repository that allows researchers to deposit and share research papers, data sets, and software! We are happy to announce that papers from CONFIDENTIAL6G researchers have already received 100+ downloads. This is...
CONFIDENTIAL6G at CINC23: Building a Safer Digital Future
Madhusanka Liyanage from UCD, representing our CONFIDENTIAL6G project, recently joined at CINC23 held on Wednesday, 27th September, in Galway. This event provides a unique platform, bringing together the cybersecurity community to showcase the best of our cluster,...
Dr. Luis Muñoz-González from Telefonica represented CONFIDENTIAL6G at Corunna Innovate Summit
During October 26th and 27th, the Centro de Servicios Avanzados (CSA) in Cidade das TIC de A Coruña hosted the Corunna Innovate Summit. This event aimed to shape the future of society by sharing ideas about AI, data, and the Internet. It brought together smart...
CONFIDENTIAL6G 3rd Plenary Meeting
The 3rd plenary meeting of the CONFIDENTIAL6G project took place on the 31st of October in Pancevo, Serbia hosted by Zentrix. The discussions revolved around the three main pillars of CONFIDENTIAL6G: Post-quantum cryptography, Confidential Computing and Confidential...
CONFIDENTIAL6G Introduced at 1st Summit on Security and Privacy in Future Mobile Networks (SECURENET) 2023
The SECURENET 2023 Summit, was a remarkable event that focused on the security and privacy of future mobile networks, including the exciting prospects of 6G and Our partner Madhusanka Liyanage, from the University College Dublin (UCD), and his Netslab...