SHIELD-6G sits within a highly competitive Horizon Europe SNS JU call aimed at accelerating European 6G research and innovation, which ultimately selected just 20 new 6G projects.
VIAVI Solutions is stepping into the 6G security race with fresh backing from Europe. The company has secured $1.1 million in funding from the European Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU) and Horizon Europe to help drive the SHIELD-6G project, a major initiative focused on securing next generation networks.
At the core of SHIELD-6G is an AI driven Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) platform designed specifically for 6G.
The aim is to deliver interoperable security, orchestration and regulatory compliance capabilities for operators, enterprises and governments as cyber threats grow more sophisticated and quantum enabled attacks move from theory to near term reality.
VIAVI’s role centers on using its TeraVM AI RAN Scenario Generator (RSG) to build digital twins of future 6G networks. These virtual environments will allow AI driven security models to be developed, tested and validated before the first commercial 6G signals go live, giving stakeholders a way to harden networks well ahead of deployment.
As part of the project, VIAVI will apply its AI RSG technology to support advanced security testing of 6G network environments.
That includes using AI to simulate, detect and analyze potential threats across the network, generate realistic network datasets, power intelligent anomaly detection and continuously refine AI based security mechanisms so vulnerabilities can be identified and mitigated before adversaries exploit them in production.
SHIELD-6G sits within a highly competitive Horizon Europe SNS JU call aimed at accelerating European 6G research and innovation, which ultimately selected just 20 new 6G projects.
VIAVI is joining a European consortium led by University College Dublin and working alongside major industry players such as Ericsson, Nokia, THALES and THALES SIX, as well as operators Telefónica and Latvia’s LMT. Together, the group brings end to end expertise spanning research, equipment, systems and network operations to tackle the security challenge for 6G from the ground up.
Leadership Comment
“Security for 6G networks has to be built in from day one, and that requires the ability to simulate, test and detect threats before a single commercial 6G signal goes live,” said Ian Langley, Senior Vice President, Wireless, Security and Applications Business Unit, VIAVI. “Our AI RSG technology is already being used to provide the essential digital twin foundation required to better understand 6G propagation, improve energy consumption and reduce FR3 signal interference. SHIELD-6G takes that capability directly into the security domain, where the stakes are even higher. We’re delighted to be involved in this latest collaboration at the forefront of global technological innovation.”
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