Revolutionizing connectivity with smart security
Efficient, portabLe And Secure orchesTration for reliable servICes
ELASTIC pioneers next-gen network orchestration, harnessing WebAssembly and Confidential Computing to ensure efficient, secure service delivery across 6G infrastructures.
About ELASTIC Project
ELASTIC redefines service orchestration within 6G networks, integrating cutting-edge technologies like WebAssembly and Confidential Computing to optimize network functionality and security. Our project not only aims to advance the capabilities and reach of connectivity services but also ensures robust security measures across diverse infrastructures.
ELASTIC Project Objectives
ELASTIC aims to redefine the landscape of 6G network orchestration through innovative technologies and methodologies. The primary goal is to enhance network efficiency, security, and flexibility by harnessing WebAssembly, Confidential Computing, eBPF/XDP, Federated Machine Learning, and edge computing.
The project targets the orchestration of services and resources in a way that is both dynamic and adaptable, facilitating on-demand resource allocation and efficient service provisioning. With a focus on security, ELASTIC incorporates Trusted Execution Environments to safeguard sensitive data, ensuring the privacy and integrity of network operations across various stakeholders and domains.
Executable Isolation Techniques
Enhance efficiency, portability, and security in in-network cloud and edge computing by analyzing and improving executable isolation across the entire lifecycle.
6G Edge Workload Orchestration
Develop secure and efficient orchestration for edge and far-edge IoT workloads in critical 6G infrastructure, ensuring reliability, trust, and resilience in globally connected environments.
Secure Serverless FaaS Orchestration
Design architecture-agnostic, secure serverless FaaS orchestration to support diverse artifacts and workloads, ensuring data authenticity and trusted digital interactions.
6G Standardization and Technology Dissemination
Support the standardization and dissemination of 6G technologies, aligning with EU supply capabilities for efficient, secure, and privacy-preserving service deployment.
Confidential and Privacy-Preserving Execution Environments
Implement secure, architecture-agnostic execution environments using confidential computing and privacy-enhancing technologies to provide secure services on programmable platforms for multi-stakeholders.
Elevating Cloud-to-Edge Orchestration with Security and Privacy at its Core
ELASTIC addresses key challenges in orchestrating secure, efficient services across cloud, fog, and edge infrastructures. By combining emerging technologies like WebAssembly, eBPF, Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs), and Federated Learning, ELASTIC optimizes latency, throughput, and cybersecurity resilience.
Through targeted research and innovation, the project strengthens data privacy and integrity, enabling secure collaboration and scalable service delivery across digital and physical domains.
Management & Orchestration
The ELASTIC orchestration block manages services across cloud, fog, and edge, optimizing deployment with WebAssembly, Federated Learning, and TEEs to ensure scalable, efficient, and secure operations.
Isolation
The ELASTIC isolation block protects sensitive data and workloads using TEEs, Secure Elements, and hardware abstraction to ensure secure, private, and resilient operations across cloud, fog, and edge.
Communication
The ELASTIC communication block enables secure, efficient data exchange using WebAssembly, eBPF, and RDMA, ensuring low-latency, high-throughput operations across cloud, fog, and edge environments.
Monitoring & Detection
The ELASTIC monitoring block provides continuous security and threat detection using eBPF, AI-based intrusion detection, and cryptography across cloud, fog, and edge infrastructures.
Trust & Access Control
The ELASTIC trust block ensures secure access to sensitive data using remote attestation, TEEs, and access control, protecting system integrity across cloud, fog, and edge infrastructures.
These technologies form the backbone of the ELASTIC project’s approach to revolutionizing 6G service orchestration, aiming to create a more secure, efficient, and flexible networking environment.
ELASTIC Project Pilots
The ELASTIC project introduces several use cases derived two pilots to demonstrate the impact and functionality of its innovative technologies in real-world scenarios. These use cases are strategically chosen to address critical areas in network orchestration and secure data processing across diverse environments and industries.
Demonstrator 1
Infrastructure Enhancement
ELASTIC’s infrastructure enhancement initiatives focus on improving smart city management, supporting autonomous vehicle communications, and optimizing energy efficiency across distributed networks. These demonstrators showcase the project’s capabilities in dynamically managing infrastructure and reducing operational latencies and energy consumption.
Demonstrator 2
Secure Data Collaboration Use Cases
ELASTIC advances secure data collaboration with use cases in healthcare data sharing and telecommunications service orchestration. These demonstrators leverage advanced privacy technologies to ensure secure, efficient data analysis and service provisioning across diverse stakeholders.
ELASTIC Project Partners
ELASTIC collaborates with leading academic institutions, industry giants, and innovative SMEs across Europe to drive forward the advancements in 6G network technology and secure data processing. Together, these partners bring a wealth of expertise and resources critical for the project’s success.
Latest News & Updates
ELASTIC: Building Secure and Efficient Orchestration for 6G Cloud–Edge–IoT Systems
ELASTIC develops secure and efficient orchestration for 6G cloud–edge–IoT environments. By combining WebAssembly (Wasm), eBPF/XDP, serverless computing and confidential computing, the project enables portable, lightweight and privacy-preserving workload execution across distributed infrastructures.
[ELASTIC Demo Series] Demonstrator #2 MVP – Migration of a Sensitive IT Service to the Public Cloud
This new episode of the ELASTIC Demo Series presents the first milestone of ELASTIC’s work on privacy preserving cloud migration for sensitive IT services. The demo focuses on how regulated or high sensitivity workloads can be moved towards cloud infrastructures without compromising security, compliance requirements, or operational continuity.
[ELASTIC Demo Series] Propeller – Lightweight Orchestration Beyond Kubernetes
This episode of the ELASTIC Demo Series presents Propeller, a WebAssembly-based orchestrator that supports running application logic from cloud systems down to small edge and IoT devices. The demo walks through how Propeller deploys WebAssembly modules, manages events and executes workloads…
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