The MARE consortium was hosted by its partner CeADAR, University College Dublin on 16–17 June 2026 for its General Assembly, which brought together project partners to review progress, align technical priorities and prepare the next phase of activities toward secure, resilient and trustworthy 6G networks. The meeting provided an opportunity to assess achievements from the first half of the project, discuss integration progress across work packages and review upcoming milestones. During the meeting, partners presented updates on the evolution of the MARE Security Plane, including architectural refinements, workflows, attack-surface modelling, telemetry, orchestration, and pre-assessment capabilities. Discussions also covered the continued definition of Security Functions and DOTs, which form the building blocks of MARE’s programmable and modular approach to security. A major focus of the General Assembly was the project’s technical progress across its thematic areas and proof-of-concept activities. These included work on threats to consider, AI and data analytics, network exposure APIs, along with the corresponding security functions, detection approaches, and validation KPIs to address them. The consortium also reviewed progress on the implementation and integration of the MARE framework. This included updates on the joint software repository, the integration matrix for architectural components, the formalization of DOT and Security Function data models and the continued work needed to ensure interoperable APIs and compatibility with MARE’s automation and orchestration processes. Another key topic was the advancement of MARE’s validation ecosystem through PASTE, the Testing Environment Manager, and the Pre-Assessment and Validation framework. Partners discussed how simulation environments, Network Digital Twins, and infrastructure testbeds are being used to assess mitigation strategies before deployment, helping ensure that security responses are effective, policy-compliant and suitable for real operational conditions. The General Assembley meeting also highlighted the role of ASPO, MARE’s Adaptive Security and Privacy Orchestration component, which supports the selection of mitigation strategies, playbook generation and coordination with Security Function composition and validation workflows. These capabilities are central to MARE’s goal of enabling intelligent, automated and context-aware security management for future 6G systems. Looking ahead, the consortium agreed on the next technical and reporting actions for the months ahead, including contributions to deliverables, refinement of threat models and workflows, and preparation for the project review process scheduled for September 2026. The meeting in Dublin reaffirmed the consortium’s shared commitment to delivering an open, programmable and trustworthy security framework for next-generation mobile networks.

Málaga – Spain, June 2-5 2026 The MARE project, a flagship European initiative under the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU), successfully presented its latest advancements and activities in 6G security, with a project booth, workshops participation and poster presentation at the prestigious EuCNC & 6G Summit 2026 in Málaga. As the 6G landscape evolves toward a “network of networks,” the MARE project aims at demonstrating how its novel and programmable Security Plane – presented at the booth with a poster, can be used to address the expanded attack surface of future 6G ecosystems. MARE PoCs and Publications At the booth, the 11 MARE Proof of Concepts were presented, with posters describing the scope of each one, and videos detailing their technical progress. The 9 MARE publications were also presented, each one with a poster describing the research carried out. Further to these, the 1st MARE White paper – providing a good description of the project, was published during EuCNC. Details of these PoCs can be found on the MARE website: https://mare6g.eu/pocs/ Full details of the MARE publications including the 1st MARE White paper can be found here: https://mare6g.eu/publications/ MARE Proof of Concepts MARE Publications Throughout the summit, MARE experts were present at the booth to provide more details about the project and highlight how its programmable, modular and disaggregated security plane can reinforce Europe’s leadership in trustworthy next-generation connectivity. EuCNC Workshops and Poster Session The MARE Technical coordinator – Xavi Masip from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, also represented the project at two key workshops of the conference: Workshop: Advancing Network Digital Twins (NDTs) for AI-driven 6G systems: Insights, applications, and cross-project synergies Where he presented MARE’s key focus on “Using an NDT-based Sandbox for incidents and remediation actions analysis and pre-assessment” Wokshop: Is there anything new on Security for 6G Networks? Where he presented MARE’s innovative strategy of “Softwarizing security provisioning in 6G ecosystems” In the Second Poster session on Thursday 4 June 2026, Marla Grunewald from Technische Univeristät Braunschweig, Germany, presented the poster entitled ”Enhancing Secure Intent-Based Networking with an Agentic AI: The EU Project MARE Approach” This poster – along with its abstract, can be found with the other MARE posters published so far in the following link: https://mare6g.eu/posters/ MARE Posters MARE SNS Award! A key highlight of MARE’s participation at 2026 EuCNC & 6G Summit was its recognition by the SNS JU and the award it received as one of 10 6G SNS Most inspiring 6G Use Cases. With this award, we would like to thank the SNS JU and emphasize our commitment to developing our MARE research and innovations to the benefit of the European 6G SNS ecosystem and community. Thank you Malaga and see you all at 2027 EuCNC & 6G Summit in Dublin!

The MARE consortium gathered in the beautiful city of Verona, Italy, on 10–11 February 2026 for its latest General Assembly, hosted by CNIT. The meeting brought together project partners to review progress, align technical developments and coordinate next steps in advancing the MARE vision for a secure and trustworthy 6G Security Plane. Technical Progress and Integration Throughout the two-day meeting, partners presented updates across all Work Packages. Discussions included: Progress in architectural refinement and evolution of the MARE Security Plane. Detailed design activities and roadmap alignment, Development and integration status toward the first internal release, Development of enabling layers, tools and facilities, Validation strategy and KPI-driven performance monitoring. The consortium reviewed the current integration roadmap and confirmed alignment with key milestones, including upcoming demonstration activities and validation of intermediate releases, to ensure consistency between iterative releases and the final integrated Security Plane. Particular focus was placed on risk monitoring, coordination across technical work streams and ensuring coherence between design, implementation and validation activities. Validation and Demonstration MARE’s validation framework includes continuous prototype monitoring and KPI-based assessment. The consortium discussed demonstration planning for the first release and the feedback-driven refinement loop that will guide further improvements. These activities are central to ensuring that the Security Plane evolves in line with state-of-the-art requirements and anticipated 6G threat landscapes. Dissemination, Standardisation and Collaboration The General Assembly also reviewed progress in dissemination, communication, exploitation and standardisation activities. MARE continues to actively contribute to major standardisation bodies, including ETSI, IETF and 3GPP, which support topics such as trustworthy telemetry, data governance, automation, intent-based management, and security mechanisms relevant to 6G evolution. MARE is further strengthening collaboration within the SNS ecosystem and the broader 6G community. The consortium discussed participation in key events, including EuCNC & 6G Summit 2026, where MARE aims to showcase its security control plane for 6G networks. Future Steps Looking ahead, MARE will: Continue integration and validation of its Security Plane releases, Advance demonstration and KPI-driven performance evaluation, Strengthen engagement with standardisation bodies and other SNS-JU projects, Further develop exploitation and sustainability planning. The Verona General Assembly confirmed the consortium’s shared commitment to delivering a secure, interoperable and future-proof Security Plane for 6G networks, contributing to Europe’s leadership in trustworthy next-generation communications.

The consortium partners of the MARE project (Programmable, Modular and Disaggregated Security Plane for 6G Ecosystems) held their third General Assembly meeting (2nd face to face GA meeting), at Telefonica premises in Madrid on Tuesday 21st and Wednesday 22nd October 2025. The meeting brought together representatives from all consortium partner organizations from across Europe, and the meeting provided an opportunity to review the project’s progress, assess technical milestones and plan the activities for the upcoming reporting period. During the General Assembly, partners discussed administrative updates following the completion of the first months of implementation, including status of the Data Management Plan and the upcoming project technical deliverables. From the technical perspective, the meeting reviewed ongoing work in defining: The 6G landscape and functional design (Work Package 2), The architecture of the MARE Security Plane (Work Packages 3 and 4), The preparation of the deployment and validation ecosystem (Work Package 5), The progress of all PoCs, highlighting their progress and any difficulties which are faced, so the consortium could help in discussing ways with which these could be resolved. These developments pave the way for the first iteration of MARE’s proof-of-concept (PoCs) demonstrations, which will validate the project’s innovative approach to modular and programmable security functions. The consortium also discussed its growing involvement in the SNS JU and 6G-IA Working Groups, including active participation in the Security, 6G Architecture, Software Networks, Communications and Sustainability groups. These collaborations ensure that MARE’s results contribute to and align with broader European 6G research and standardization activities. The meeting also reinforced MARE’s commitment to open science practices. Partners reviewed procedures for data sharing, open-access publication and the use of the Zenodo repository to disseminate results in line with FAIR data principles. Upcoming dissemination activities and participation in SNS JU community events were also discussed. The next General Assembly will be hosted by CNIT in Verona (February 2026) and will focus on assessing technical progress toward the first integrated release of the MARE Security Plane and its initial validation in representative 6G use cases.

Athens, Greece – June 30 2025 – The MARE Project held its General Assembly on June 18–19 in Vilanova i la Geltrú, Spain, gathering partners from across Europe. Hosted by UPC at Neàpolis—an innovation hub 40 km south of Barcelona and home to the CRAAX Lab (UPC BarcelonaTECH)—the meeting set the stage for strategic discussions on the future of secure 6G networks. MARE aims to develop a secure, programmable platform to address emerging cybersecurity threats and ensure resilient, trustworthy 6G communications. Over two days, experts aligned on the project’s roadmap and refined the MARE Security Plane, which integrates open, programmable security functions for multi-domain protection. Key focus areas included: AI/ML-aided threat detection Full-plane and edge-level security Intent-based and digital twin security Zero-touch mitigation and trustworthy AI Eleven Proofs of Concept (PoCs) were presented, alongside plans for milestones, validation metrics, and collaboration with SNS JU initiatives. Technical sessions highlighted progress across work packages and contributions to 6G standardization. The MARE project has received funding from the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU) under the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme (Grant Agreement No 101191436). Stay tuned for updates on how MARE will contribute to the future of secure communications. Follow us on social media using #MARE6G_EU to track our progress! Linkedin X-twitter Youtube Mastodon MARE Consortium Partners: SPACE HELLAS | TELEFONICA INNOVACION DIGITAL SL | ATOS(EVIDEN) | ERICSSON TELECOMUNICAZIONI SPA | THALES SIX GTS FRANCE SAS | HEWLETT PACKARD ITALIANA SRL | ORANGE SA | AIRBUS DEFENCE AND SPACE SAS | NATIONAL CENTER FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH “DEMOKRITOS” (NCSRD)| TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET BRAUNSCHWEIG (TUBS) | UNIVERSITAT POLITECNICA DE CATALUNYA (UPC) | CONSORZIO NAZIONALE INTERUNIVERSITARIO PER LE TELECOMUNICAZIONI (CNIT) | UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, DUBLIN (CeADAR)| NEXTWORKS (NXW) | FOURDOTINFINITY | XLAB | ACCELLERAN |EIGHT BELLS LTD| UBITECH About MARE Project: The MARE Project is an EU-funded initiative developing a secure, programmable platform for 6G networks. It introduces a novel security plane with open functions to protect data, ensure integrity, and counter emerging threats, contributing to a resilient 6G ecosystem.MARE project has received funding from the Smart Networks and Services Joint Undertaking (SNS JU) under the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No 101191436.