June 2025

Project Highlights
The RIGOUROUS project continues to evolve, recently reaching several key checkpoints. A major highlight was our participation in the EuCNC 2025, where we made several presentations. The event was a great success, allowing us to share development status and results and engage with the wider 6G community.
On the development front, we are proud to announce another significant milestone: the official conclusion of WP3. This marks the culmination of months of dedicated research and development, bringing a crucial phase of our technical work to a successful close and propelling us to the next challenge!
Our Progress So Far
The RIGOUROUS project has reached a major milestone with the successful conclusion of Work Package 3 (WP3). This crucial phase was dedicated to building and testing the very heart of our framework: the tools for automated security orchestration, trust management, and secure deployment across multiple domains. The extensive work from this period, covering everything from initial prototypes to final performance evaluations, has been consolidated and documented in our keystone D3.
Our progress was driven by a commitment to Human-Centric Security. We developed intuitive tools that allow for better privacy management and streamlined, secure onboarding of new 6G services. These human-centric designs provide the foundation for our automated systems. At the core of the architecture lies the:
AI-Driven Security Orchestrator
An intelligent engine that dynamically manages and enforces security policies across the entire network, from IoT devices to the cloud. To guide its decisions, we implemented a Zero Trust approach through a smart security framework that continuously evaluates the trustworthiness of all network components, enabling rapid and automated responses to threats.
A key capability brought to life in WP3 is End-to-End 6G Slicing. This powerful feature allows our orchestrator to dynamically create isolated and secure network channels. These “slices” can be used to protect critical communications or to quarantine malicious traffic, effectively neutralizing threats without disrupting legitimate users.
What happened recently
- The RIGOUROUS team was excited to participate in the EuCNC 2025, one of the year’s flagship conferences on future communications systems and networks. We welcomed many visitors to our project booth, where we showcased the significant progress made in the project. The key RIGOUROUS Use Cases were on full display, each brought to life through a dedicated live demonstration of our latest developments. The summit was an invaluable opportunity to share our results and connect with the wider 6G community.