6G Cyber-Physical Security for Critical Infrastructure (6G-CPS) Certification Program by Tonex
This program secures next-generation critical infrastructure—smart grids, factories, healthcare, and transport—built on 6G. It gives you a rigorous framework to design, implement, and validate protections across cyber-physical systems (CPS) spanning edge, RAN, core, and cloud. Learn to harden OT/ICS and connected devices, safeguard URLLC services, and protect data across network slices and APIs. Master zero-trust patterns, resilient control loops, PQC migration, and safety-aligned incident response.
6G reshapes the attack surface. AI-boosted adversaries will target dense edge nodes, digital twins, open RAN, and exposed telemetry. The cybersecurity impact is profound: breaches escalate into safety and continuity events; latency budgets become security budgets; compliance expands to autonomy and assurance. This certification equips you to anticipate threats, engineer verifiable resilience, and align controls with mission-critical availability.
You will architect defense-in-depth around sensing, actuation, and control, and measure protection with safety, reliability, and performance KPIs. Expect reduced downtime, faster response, and stronger public trust.
Learning Objectives:
- Map 6G threat models to CPS risk and safety impacts
- Design zero-trust architectures for OT/IT/edge convergence
- Secure URLLC, network slicing, and time-sensitive flows
- Implement identity, device attestation, and SBOM at scale
- Plan post-quantum crypto migration and crypto-agility
- Build detection/response for edge, RAN, and control paths
- Validate resilience with KPIs, SLOs, and safety cases
- Align governance with standards and regulatory mandates
Audience:
- Cybersecurity Professionals
- OT/ICS Engineers and Architects
- 5G/6G Network and RAN Engineers
- Safety, Reliability, and Compliance Leads
- Enterprise and Solution Architects
- Critical Infrastructure Operators and CIO/CTO staff
Program Modules:
Module 1: 6G-CPS Foundations
- 6G architecture for critical infrastructure
- CPS layers: sensing, control, actuation, cloud
- OT/IT/edge convergence patterns
- URLLC, slicing, TSN, deterministic networking
- Safety, reliability, and security interplay
- Risk, threat, and consequence modeling
Module 2: Threats, Adversaries, and Abuse Cases
- Edge/RAN exploits and control-plane attacks
- Supply-chain and firmware compromise
- Data-in-motion and timing manipulation
- Digital twin and telemetry poisoning
- AI-enabled reconnaissance and evasion
- Safety-critical abuse scenarios
Module 3: Zero Trust for CPS and Edge
- Identity, attestation, and secure boot
- Micro-segmentation and policy enforcement
- Least privilege for devices and services
- Secure APIs and service meshes
- Key/credential lifecycle and rotation
- Observability and continuous verification
Module 4: Crypto, PQC, and Confidentiality
- Crypto inventory and algorithm agility
- PQC readiness and migration roadmaps
- Key management at massive scale
- Secure time, sync, and randomness
- Confidential computing and enclaves
- Data protection across slices and domains
Module 5: Detection, Response, and Resilience
- Telemetry for edge, RAN, and OT events
- Anomaly detection for control loops
- Runbooks for safety-aligned incident response
- Fault isolation and graceful degradation
- Backup, recovery, and continuity planning
- Metrics: MTTD/MTTR, safety KPIs, SLOs
Module 6: Governance, Standards, and Assurance
- Policy, risk, and compliance alignment
- Safety/security co-engineering practices
- Vendor assurance and SBOM governance
- Testing, validation, and certifications
- Third-party and interconnect risk control
- Program roadmapping and ROI tracking
Exam Domains:
- 6G Threat Intelligence and Adversary Modeling
- Secure CPS Architecture and Trust Boundaries
- Identity, Attestation, and Access in Edge Fabrics
- Post-Quantum Cryptography and Data Protection
- OT Safety, Resilience, and Incident Response
- Governance, Compliance, and Assurance Engineering
Course Delivery:
The course is delivered through lectures, interactive discussions, case-based workshops, and project-based learning led by Tonex experts in 6G-CPS. Participants access online resources, including readings, case studies, templates, and checklists for guided exercises.
Assessment and Certification:
Participants are assessed via quizzes, short assignments, and a capstone security architecture blueprint. Upon successful completion, participants receive a certificate in 6G Cyber-Physical Security for Critical Infrastructure (6G-CPS).
Question Types:
- Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
- Scenario-based Questions
Passing Criteria:
To pass the 6G-CPS Certification Training exam, candidates must achieve a score of 70% or higher.
Secure the systems that power cities, hospitals, factories, and transit. Enroll now to lead 6G-ready cyber-physical defense and build resilience that the public can trust.