Blue-Team Defense of mmWave RF Systems Fundamentals Training by Tonex
Modern mmWave systems deliver breathtaking bandwidth and beam agility—but that same agility creates complex attack surfaces. This course arms blue-teams with the frameworks and tactics to harden mmWave links, antennas, and control planes under real-world constraints. You’ll learn to instrument beams, detect anomalies, and orchestrate resilient counter-measures without disrupting mission performance. From redundancy engineering to multi-band fallback, we translate RF theory into defendable architectures. Cybersecurity impact is front and center: we map RF threat paths to cyber kill chains, enforce secure control signaling, and integrate telemetry for SOC visibility. Participants leave ready to defend high-frequency communications at scale.
Learning Objectives
- Understand mmWave propagation, phased arrays, and beam control workflows
- Identify RF threat vectors across PHY, MAC, and control/scheduling planes
- Detect and classify beam anomalies with metrics, thresholds, and ML features
- Engineer redundancy and graceful degradation into RF architectures
- Orchestrate adaptive counter-beam and multi-band fallback under policy
- Apply cybersecurity practices to protect mmWave signaling and telemetry across the stack
Audience
- Cybersecurity Professionals
- RF and Wireless Engineers
- Network and Systems Architects
- Spectrum Operations and EW Teams
- SOC Analysts and Threat Hunters
- Mission and Communications Planners
Course Modules
Module 1 – mmWave Foundations
- Spectrum, channels, regulations
- Propagation, path loss, blockage
- Antenna arrays, beamforming basics
- Codebooks, beam sweep, tracking
- PHY/MAC control and timing
- Telemetry and observability
Module 2 – Threats and Blue-Team Posture
- Jamming, spoofing, meaconing
- Beam hijack and misdirection paths
- Control-plane fuzzing and floods
- RF–cyber kill chain mapping
- Threat intelligence for mmWave
- Detection coverage and gaps
Module 3 – Beam Anomaly Detection
- Telemetry signals and KPIs
- Angle-of-arrival consistency
- Null-depth and sidelobe drift
- Link budget variance patterns
- Model-based vs data-driven flags
- Alert triage and validation
Module 4 – Adaptive Counter-Beam Strategies
- Dynamic codebook hardening
- Null steering and pattern shaping
- Time/frequency hopping policies
- Power control under adversary load
- Coordinated multi-point defense
- EW-aware response playbooks
Module 5 – Redundancy and Graceful Degradation
- Path diversity and spatial reuse
- Redundant control signaling paths
- Rate adaptation under duress
- FEC/interleaving for resilience
- Load shedding and QoS tiers
- Health monitoring and failover
Module 6 – Multi-Band Fallback and Integration
- Sub-6GHz and SATCOM fallbacks
- Handover triggers and thresholds
- Cross-domain keying and auth
- Policy engines and orchestration
- SOC integration and dashboards
- Compliance and test strategies
Strengthen your mmWave defense posture with Tonex. Enroll now to equip your blue-team with practical detection methods, resilient architecture patterns, and coordinated response playbooks that keep high-frequency communications secure and mission-ready.