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Baidya, Bodhisattwa and Attaullah, Hafiz Muhammad and Ehsan, Muhammad and Shoaib, Umar (2026) Autonomous by Design: Zero-Touch Security Architecture for 6G-Driven Intelligent e-Health Networks. IEEE Internet of Things Magazine. pp. 1-7. ISSN 2576-3180

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Abstract

The combination of Sixth Generation (6G) wireless systems with the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) promises transformative advances in intelligent e-health delivery. Nevertheless, because of its hyper-connected and ultra-low latency characteristics, 6G e-health networks introduce a larger attack surface including wearable devices that are resource constrained, implantable sensors, ambulances, and health care facilities thereby making legacy, human supervised security architectures fundamentally inadequate. This paper presents a Zero Touch Security (ZTS) architecture for 6G driven intelligent e-health networks, wherein security is an inherent design attribute of these networks versus being a separate layer of functionality. Based on three complementary pillars, post-quantum physical layer security, AI native federated trust management; and autonomous policy orchestration through closed loop control. ZTS-6eH provides continuous threat detection and decisionmaking and enforcement without human intervention. We further present a comparison of our proposed architecture to existing frameworks and discuss open research directions for developing quantum resilient, semantically aware, and digitally twined e-health security.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Sixth Generation (6G)
Subjects:	T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering > TK5101-6720 Telecommunication. Including telegraphy, telephone, radio, radar, television
Divisions:	Faculty of Computing and Informatics (FCI)
Depositing User:	Ms Rosnani Abd Wahab
Date Deposited:	03 Sep 2026 01:58
Last Modified:	03 Sep 2026 01:58
URII:	http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/id/eprint/16571

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